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ADJUSTMENT DE
STRIKE PEACE
PACTBEGUN
Train Service on Georgia Road
Resumed and Traffic Jam
Clears Rapidly.
With all trains running and the
freight traffic being cleared rapidly, ar
bitration of the troubles between the
Georgia railroad and its trainmen and
conductors began today, with every in
dication of a rapid adjustment of dif
ferences. Under the rules of the arbi
tration. there shall be no strike while
differences are being threshed out. and
? . both side- pledge themselves to
-'Agreement with the arbiters, there can
be no further labor troubles on that
road over the recent differences.
Major T. K. Scott, president and gen
ora! manager of the Georgia, arrived
In the city today and will look after the
arbitration interests of his road. He
said he had not yet determined on the
Georgia’s representative on the media
tion board. Major Scott seemed well
satisfied with the peaceful turn af
fairs had taken, but would make no
statement of the road s attitude, He
will be in the city for a week, indieat- !
Ing. evidently, that the arbitration pro- i
reedings will all take place in this city.!
!•'. A Burgess, assistant grand master I
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- |
gineere has been chosen to representj
the trainmen on the arbitration board
The road is to name Its representative!
■od<T . and these two shall agree on a
; : ,l if they fail to agree within five
third shall be appointed by
.1;. • Martin A. Knapp, of the national
curt of ■ omr.erce. and Dr. Charles P. ,
N»ill, v /--toner of labor.
The negotiations may continue for a
week o more before the officials and I
t Ur cinp’oyees settle their disagree
ments. Commissioner Neill, whose, me- |
dirtion brought about a cessation of'
tl" sir’kt.. will remain in Atlanta sev- 1
fr-, davs, The scene of the labor dra- j
.. ago;,, it ts shifted to Augusta, where ’
tin' mbitration meetings will be held. ;
All the passenger trains ran on time I
nn toe Georgia road yesterday, and to-;
cay the vast freight, traffic, which has i
heretofore been diverted to other roads. |
I-- t’l rolling- over the old tracks. The |
.-i ik' lucaking switchmen are gone. I
and the old employees, of the joint ter- j
initials ar back on their jobs. In s. ‘
(laj : two me road will be tn its nor
tnal condition.
T* ain men Want
Burgess as Arbitrate.
M.’Grs I G.\ < let. 14. Thr G;-
B<a raiimad and the conductors a )
■ 'ra.'nro *;| : name their arbitrator
.wirin' the day and it is expected that
;’•»> ill gei down to business just as
Cinckiy as the third man can be se .
cured. There has been nc intimation i
pu ’ ■a= , who tile arbitrators will be,
/'■'i' tha the conductors and train
ti Asst. tan. Grand Chief F. A.,
I'. - .of the Brotherhood of Loco- !
W"|hns.neei s. Mr. Burgess is n
■ gusta. and win act if he has the!
time.
hi ery tiling Is normal on the Georgia I
ag ; n and •he trains are running on
i.edule time. A number of trains left •
at 1 o'clock this morning, and j
height that has been accumulating fori
me win be dispo.-er>of as quick- i
■■ i- 'ssii.'e. Thousands of bale.- of I
. yi'w that nave been tied up along the!
, r "‘, ' 1 nearly two weeks will be rushed I
A'us.a within the next few days. I
EXPECTS WOMEN’S
VOTES TO SAVE HIM
FROM THE GALLOWS
„ / ISCO. Oct. 14.—John Rog-!
sentenced to be hanged for;
'■ r murder of Beniamin Goodman, a
salesman, expects to live many
trough the grace of California's
"omen voters.
watch the women vote on the ;
, ■latoia! punishment amendment at
• o ember elections,* Rogers said
v.-T'lr',. '.' I . rn counting on that. I know
a,e opposed to capital punish-
S3,'. ‘"' F ‘ second sentence pronounced
an io ' i ”. as necessitated because of
Ti , ‘i ea ’ th ® supreme court.
• • JL ur t.° r °f Goodman was especially
to o' s , I’ody having been chopped
Les and thrown info a gutter.
[DEATHS and funerals
Beulah L. Jenkins.
g < Beulah h. Jenkins, who
a? mda\ afternoon at the residence,
\ .. s <Jn ee !' held this after-
. W o'clock, interment will be
• •*>’ view.
T. Stoudemayer.
a, 11 <>f A. T. Htoudemayer. who
, morning a> his home in
•yeu., held this morning n‘
npi ? al Mayson.** church Intel-
Was at the church.
Arnold R. Bryan.
- . oieu hi a private sanitarium
was held tn;-- morning at 10:30
A l ' al 'ersoli's chapel Interment
" Westview
di* Martha M. Dennis
, h uariba M Dennis. age<l .ped
'* -anltarium Suridat morning
I lie funeral Will be ,r|<l In
’ F A Bond’s ihapel ihls after-
► •'•luck, and the interment will
" ' view
H. S. Oryder
~ of II ■*’ Drvde.. wnn med
a tlr le.ldenii. a Hapeville
'. taler, thl. mo'iung '«> Zebulon
*1 and ntermeni
Mr*. La.la Burn*.
, 'i . B i'-c» aged ■>’, <e.ii, died
■r ate . nltartum *«.!• »h • |
*■ ' mined In he. iqe. !
" Bui • nf <h il • G. Tne 1
'r no,»n i„ Gie»ob»'g ♦
, "std ’ M he laaen 'n <l< 'iia 'his j
■w fr, fun»n»j and tn.ertriero i
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Judge A. 'A. l-'ite. of the Cberwkee circuit, convicted of eon
iempi of the 'ourt of appeals and sentenced to pay SSOO fine or
: serve ten days in jail.
iFriends Rally to Aid of Jurist!
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Fined for Contempt of the
Appeals Court.
CARTERSVILLE. GA.. Oct. 14. —|
(Judge Augustus \V Fite, of the (.'hero- ;
I kee circuit, sentenced Saturday by the
'Georgia court of appeals to pay a SSOO
| fine or suffer imprisonment for ten days
' so- contempt, will seek no mercy ftoni
• the judges who held him guilty.
I in a statement issued at hie home
i today he denied that he would ask a
j ’-eduction of the fine as reported in At
| iant? papers "The report is absolutely
j false. ■’ he asserted. "I am not going to
appeal for a reduction of the sentence,
nor would 1 accept it were it given vol
untarily. I am standing by my guns in
this case and on my legal rights.
According to the decision of the court
of appeals, the fine must be paid by Oc
tober 28 or the judge will go to jail. It
is expected that a subscription will be
started immediately throughout the
Cherokee circuit by his friends io raise
the amount of the fine. though there is
the possibility that the judge will seek
further legal stay of the sentence. Ho
has announced no plan.
Judge Augustus W. Fite, of the Cher
okee superior court, was fined SSOO and
all costs of the proceedings in the fa
mous contempt case concluded in th,
court of appeals late Saturday after
noon.
The judge was given an alternative
sentence of ten days in the common
jail of I-niton county, ami October 28
was fixed as the fina' time limit within
which he must decide which sentence
he will accept.
The coir i of appea's. in delivering
sentence through Chief Judge Ben Hill,
said that the court had decided, f>r
reasons of its i>wn not to impose a Jail
sentenc' straig I upon Judge Fit,-
The court explained that it did iiii--
not so mm h because the court thought
sm li a sentence undeserved, ar tie, HUS’
the e-pondent himself was I lie judge of
|a trial court, ami the coin of ai-> • >
I desired to arrange M,-nt'm • m such
I wine that the auperiot court might e»
nape the humiliation of having one of
: it* judges in< an elated so- any >au->-
For t i* same reason the court of ap
i P».t • explain*- that it Mould not e
lijufre hail of Judge Kite (lending his
|d»'i»ton a« o which sememe he (mild
ia, epl
The lear'llg Saiord;” aft, on « <a
noi con, hided ,nfl ong aft- dart
Tn* out', >n delve Ing <» »p<nior> and
s*ni*n>> ' nfi’un ■* ■ over xti h»,ji Im
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY. OCTOBER 1-1. 1912.
SHOCKS JUDGE,
GUT MS POINT
“Coffee” Lady Starts to Un
dress in Court, and Pro
duces Blushes.
NEW YORK. Oct. 14 Mme. D
Schnable, who is known to all the
Bronx as the "Coffee Lady,” because of
her dispensary for the beverage, caused
a shock to Magistrate O’Conner In Mor
risania court, which caused rich, red
blushes to rise up to the tops of the
judicial ears
Mme. Schnable was summoned to
court by Samuel Poanesaa, ladies' tai
or. who alleged that after eight fittings
of a dress for which she had furnished
ihe material, the woman had declined
to pay l\im sl7 for his work.
The dress does not fit,” said Mme.
Schnable, as she took the stand. She
shook the dress out of its box and
rallied around to the back of her neck
md began to unfasten the hooks of the
dress she was wearing.
'Don’t, madatne. Don’t!" Implored
j Vlagist l ate O'Connor, with breathless
hast,-. "Don’t undress!”
"How can I show you the new dress
isn't a fit if I don’t undress to put It
on’”’ retorted the ’’Coffee Lady” Indig
n iiii'. and hook after hook snapped
undone under her busy fingers.
Hut. madame!" shouted the judge,
'you must not! .Stop! Slop at once!
Mi- Smith'.’’ he called, appealing to the
probation officer, 'will you please
make her atop?"
While the spei latorg chewed theil
longues and stiffened theli faces to
k, , p 1t.,, i< 'slighter, Mrs Smith led th
diimmalrating Mme Schnable away to
a private room.
.VI S, tillable emerged » few mo
rn, i lai, wearing ihe new dreg*
Madame »ald Un magiaf'Sie when
-■» was ahi,- to apeak it is enough
The fin • »■ you »a no more fit, you
tnai, would a < off** *a< k,”
Il «u ag ri >1 tha 1 l’oanr,«» • hould
’ ”' ' ‘"x ir efigfice io make ,ue
bl and tilt' 'lull the man, , if
| urn • 1 o »h','i,,| b» taken to a clvi.
ME DIATIDN ED
RESTORE PEACE
Amicable Adjustment of Au
gusta Car Strike Appears
To Be Close at Hand.
AUGUSTA. GA.. Oct. 14.-A general
feeling exists here that the street car
strike will soon be over, for the citi
zens mediation board promises to ac
complish more than any other body has
accomplished thus far.
President Mahon, of the Amalgamat- !
ed Association of Street Railway Em
ployees. arrived in the city last night
and has taken personal charge of the
situation. He will submit the answer
of the striking car men to the media
tion boatd today, in regard to whether
or not the strikers will make conces
sions in the interest of peace in the
community.
The answer of the Augusta-Aiken
Railway and Electric Corporation is ex
pected during the day. While the rail
way company ha« steadfastly refused
to reerde from the position that it has
nothing to arbitrate or mediate, still
thf pressure that is being brought to
bear, it is believed, is certain to force
General Manager Deal to yield.
The people have been inconvenienced
so long and business has been injured
so much that Augusta people are de
manding a settlement. The city has
been under martial law for more than
two jiyeeks. and will remain so until,
quiet is fully restored.
Colonel W. L. O'Leary reports that
everything was quiet yesterday and last
nignt, with the exception of a street
car being fired on last night by .un
known persons. No one was hurt.
There will be a meeting of the media
tion board in the street railway strike
situation at 5 o'clock this afternoon at
the Chamber of Commerce. T. W. Loy
less. chairman of the board, had a con
ference with Vice President Hardee, of
the lailway company, and with Presi
dent Mahon, of the Amalgamated As
sociation of Street Railway Employees,
i today, and will report the results to
| the board this afternoon.
ATLANTA GREEKS OFF
TO WAR IN ANSWER TO
CALL OF SOVEREIGN
Answering the cal! of King George of
Greece. 75 Atlanta Greeks are leaving
; from the Terminal station this after
noon in a special car for New York.,
where they will sail on the Greek liner
Macedonia for their native land, to
! fight against the Turk Their objective
I point is Athens.
! The band of Greeks was gathered
' from the local colony of 800 or 900 per
j sons, and their departure leaves va
■ fancies in dozens of restaurants and at
las many fruit stands. They are mem
bers of the Pan-Hellenic union, which
! supplies the king with a fighting force
I from thig country.
| Andrew Berry and other companions
i left Atlanta several days ago, and will
arrive in the old country ahead of the
larger force. Those who remain behind
are subject to summons before a court,
which has the powei to send them /o
the penitentiary for 20 years, but as
long as they stay in America they are
not molested.
HUMANE SOCIETY IS
URGED TO SAVE CHILD
FROM LIFE IN MILLS
INDIA NAPOLIS, IND., Oct. 14.—The
thirty-sixth annual meeting of the I
American Humane association opened I
here today. Many delegates represent- l
ing anti-cruelty associations and socie
ties from all parts of the United States
are in attendance at this convention.
These meetings will last for three
days and will be devoted first to the
consideration of work for children and
the second half of the sessions will be
devoted to the consideration of animals.
Many important addresses pertaining
to the treatment of children and look
ing to the elimination of child labor
have been prepared by eminent men
and vtomen, who have devoted their
lives to this humane cause: in fact,
everything pertaining to children and
every kind and condition of childhood
will be ably discussed
'Save the child is the ruling spirit of
the day," said President Stillman at
the opening of the congress. “This no
ble work should engage the attention
of every good man and woman in the
country, and I venture to believe that
within a few years such things as little
children working tn factories will not
be heard of.”
SCHOOL GRADUATES
CALLED SAUSAGE
CHICAGO. Oct. 14.—American high
school graduates were likened to edu
cated frankfurter sausage* by Dr. C. H.
Zhitlowsky, of New York, in a lecture at
the University of Chicago
"The public schools manufacture good
students «h a meat factory- manufacture*
desitable frankfurter sausages." he said.
' Thus every year they graduate thou
sands of frankfurters I mean students -
duly labeled and all alike in appear
ance."
LEAVES RELATIVES IN GEORGIA.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA , Oct. 14. B E
VI. Cornett, aged 50 (earn. was found
dead al Ensley today, heart failure be
ing the cause of death. H» was a
watchman so the Tennessee Coal and
iron Company He belonged to Ma
sonic and Odd Fellows lodges here Mi
ilia relatives reside in Georgia
THE BONITA PRESENTS
“A NIGHT ON \ ROOF
GARDEN” ALL WEEK
v Night on a Roof Garden” is the |
title of the play at The Ronlta. 3111
Peachtree etrnet, this week. The play
l> presented by’ The Southern Beauty
Comedy Company which has proven «r>
pnpu'a l with m*ry lover of good, (lean
, Hintil; If 'ou wan' to see one of fie
funni*” <n*i heai a, t>d plays of th*
*smn psv a visit to Th* Ronita this
♦ **a i Advt )
SEARCHING SIDELIGHTS
ON GEORGIA POLITICS
By JAMES B. NEVIN.
Those who attended the Fite con
tempt hearing before the court of ap
peals Saturday had whatever quality
of satisfaction there may have been in
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witnessing the
second judicial
proceeding of the
kind ever insti
tuted in the his
tory either of
American or Eng.
lish jurisprudence,
for only once be
fore Iti American
-—and never in
English legal
history has a
judge of a trial
court been haled
before a court of
review for con
tempt.
Never again in
Georgia, perhaps,
will any person
living today have another opportunity
to attend such a hearing. It is the
hope of the bar. no less than the lay
men, of course, that never again will
such a proceeding be necessary; but,
whether it were the hope or not, it
likely is true that the Fite case will
stand forever, isolated and alone, as
Georgia's one contribution to the spe
cific contempt record in question.
There was one feature of the hear
ing, however melancholy its general
aspect may have been, that all Georgia
would have profited in having imme
diate knowledge of, and that feature
■was the wonderful speech delivered, for
the court, by Judge Samuel B. Adams,
of Savannah.
Fortunately, it will be an available
part of the record, for it was taken
down by a court reporter, and will be
transcribed into ordinarily readable
shape eventually.
This speech was a gem of repressed
and dignified oratory—it w ill become a
classic.
It is no: an easy matter to express
an opinion, even in favorable criti
cism, upon a public utterance such as
Judge Adams' was. It was so lofty in
tone, so chaste in .language, so devoid
of harshness or violence, and .vet so
tremendously impressive, that the in
clination is to discuss it with a meas
ure of reserve, that one may not seem
to be in any wise fulsome or touched
ever so remote)y with a mere desire to
praise
Judge Adams’ speech was one that
must have made very person who heard
it a better citizen, and a patriot more
sure of himself than ever before.
It decried the cheaper and meaner
things of life —it exalted the virtues of
simple faith and the sweeter and no
bler sentiments.
It expressed the sincere and abiding
love of a lawyer, without fear and
without reproach, for the orderly and
earnest preservation of the peace
through the law honestly administered,
and freed of passion, prejudice and ap
peal to the mob.
In specific terms It reproached ths
respondent in the case at bar not at
all: but it scathingly protested the ut
terance that called forth the contempt
proceedings, and it deprecated the ten
dency of such things.
Judge Adams’ speech should be read
by every Georgian. Nothing finer has
been said in all the history of the
courts of the state—nothing more
nearly certain in its good anil uplifting
effect.
If nothing more had come of the
Fite hearing than Judge Adams' mag
nificent address, the proceeding would
have been well worth while.
I Three Georgia congressmen came to
DR. GEORGE BROWN IS: "I WOULD LIKE TO SEE
ILL NIT ERIENDSSUPPORTILDINEGHIINIBERS''
Atlanta. Ga., Oct. 9, 1912.
In commenting on the recent
r
election. Dr. George Brown said:
‘‘The position that I occupy is
one that can be likened to the
spectator who. standing upon a
high hill, witnesses a combat be
tween two armies, uncertain as
to what the outcome will be.
“In thanking my friends for
their loyal support I wish to say
that the late mayoralty campaign
has left with me no feeling of bit
terness toward any person X'or
am I conceited enough to dictate
to my loyal supporters, or to at
tempt to dictate what they shall
•io in the nest election Rut a
plain statement of facts might not
be out of place.
“I have carefull.' gone over the
list of mon who have indorsed
Mr. Chambers, and I am sure
that he has a following of very
sti'cessful, hightoned men. men
who have done much sot the up
lift and upbuilding of Atlanta I
town Saturday—William G. Brantley,
of the Eleventh: Gordon Lee. of the
Seventh, and William Charles Adam
son. of the Fourth.
Judge Adamson brought his market
basket along with him —as he nearly
always does when he runs over to At
lanta from Carrollton —and bought a
week’s suplpy of groceries and things.
Gordon l ee came dow n to see the gov
ernor about a little matter, and Mr.
Brantley was here on legal business.
I All denied any curiosity whatever
w-ith respect to the Fite case, and each
said he merely happened to be in town
that day.
State Game and Fish Commissioner
Jesse Mercer has been telling his asso
ciates around and about the state cap
itol of a fish pond he has discovered in
south Georgia which quite puts it over
all other fish ponds known to disci
ples of the reel and rod in this state.
In performing his duties as guar
dian of the piscatorial interests of
Georgia. Commissioner Mercer has to
visit all sorts of out-of-the-way places
and sections, and makes the acquaint
ances. in consequence of all sorts of
persons and things. Naturally, there
fore. he meets many worthy and well
qualified Georgians who rarely get to
the big cities, and who are more or
less unmindful of the big cities’ neces
sities and desires.
in one of these rounds. Colonel Mer
cer ran across the big fish pond of
which he lately has been talking', and
what he says of it is enough to awaken
and arouse a rampant desire In the
heart of the most blase sportsman to
be up and doing.
"This pond," says Mercer, "contains
not less than 8,000 acres and is In the
southwest corner of Berrien county,
bordering on the Okefenokee swamp
region.
"It literally swarms with sish —the
most beautiful and gamey imaginable,
too! From it may be taken, by the
millions, speckly bream, weighing from
one to three pounds: trout, running up
to twelve pounds, and blue bream,
weighing from one-half to one pound.
“Moreover, there is not one German
carp in the entire pond, and to the
complete absence of that pirate and
most undesirable citizen in all flendom
may be ascribed the great size of the
noble fish familv running free In this
pond.
"This pond Is a pond, mind you, and
not a lake. It waa built originally for
a mill pond. It is now In the custody
of B. T. Berivhil). of Milltown, and Is
visited Infrequently by fishermen.
"I em perfectly honest when I say I
believe there sre more fish in this one
p< nd than there are In the entire state
of Georgia outside of it. And as yet
those who care to may flah there with
out hindrance or cost.
"The famous Reelfoot lake section In
Tennessee has nothing whatever on the
pond I have discovered in Berrien
county, right here In our own state of
Georgia.”
helps cut down the "high cost of living” by saving you
from 10 to 20 cents per pound, a big worth-while saving
on a year’s supply. 1 lb. 20c— z , lb. 10c.— % lb. sc.
All good Grocers sell it or will get it for yon.
auppose no one man can run a
government or a city to please
all parties. If this has ever been
done. I have yet to learn of it.
“This being the case, and 1 am
sure no one will deny it, it be
hooves the individual voter to
choose the candidate who nearer
represents his ideas. A great
many of my friends are warm
supporters of Mr. Chambers, and
while I do not know him very
well, I am thoroughly satisfied
that the affairs of this city would
be safe and secure in his hands,
and as I said before, I will not
ami do not presume to dictate to
any of my friends what they
shall do.
“It iy my belief that the wel
fare of the city of Atlanta re
quires Aldine Chambers' election
nn |he lath of October next. I
would like tn see my friends sup
port him
(Signed) ■ GEORGE BROWN.”
REUUIIES THINK
MAYS WIS SLAIN
FORHISMONEY
Kin of Young Atlantan Begin
Probe of Strange Death in
Birmingham Hotel.
Following the discovery that Frank O.
Maya, 24 years of age. 55 Garnett street,
shipping clerk for the Spool Cotton Com
pany. had been robbed prior to Ms mys
terious death Saturday in the Burton ho
tel, tn Birmingham. Atlanta relatives to
day began a searching investigation of
the mystery, believing the young man to
have been slain.
Coroner Brasher's jury In Birmingham,
however, found a verdict of suicide.
Mays, who was tranferred by the
Spool Cotton Company to the Birming
ham office only! a week ago. was found in
his room in the Burton hotel unconscious
from the effects of laudanum. He died a
few minutes later in an ambulance on the
way to the Hillman hospital.
Hfs bodv was brought to Atlanta last
ntght at midnight, and this afternoon seas
interred In Westview oemtery
Money Bag and S3OO Missing.
The theory of murder grows out of'the
fact that Mays was robbed of nearly ev
erything he possessed. A chamois bag.
In which he had nearly J2OO and which Is
known to have been fastened about his
neck, fs missing, as Is his gold watch and
trunk. The disappearance of the valu
ables was discovered when examination
of his room was made after he was found
dying.
A search by the Birmingham police Nas
failed to locate the money and
Members of the family In Atlanta wi
thoroughly convinced that murder was
done and that robbery was the motive-and
Intend to use every possible effort to get
to the bottom of the mystery. The
Birmingham authorities today are endeav
oring to find a clew to the identity of any
person who may have been in the hotel
room with the young Atlantan at any
time Saturday
The fact that the chamois bag and
money are gone Is regarded as a strong
olew. as it is believed the presence of this
money bag could not have been genenally
known.
Mays was single, and had lived in At
lanta all of his life. He resided at 55
Garnett street with his family. His
mother is a widow. Ha has two broth
ers and two sisters, all of Atlanta, as fol
lows: Rev. Henry Mays, Percy Mays,
Mrs. Irving Goodrich and Mrs. Emory
Jones.
SEVERE JAPANESE STORM
CLAIMS HEAVY DEATH TOLL
TOKIO, JAPAN, Oct 14.—Another se
! vere storm swept the southern coast to
day, causing many deaths and doing
more real damage to property and to
shipping The steamer Yedx Maru was
sunk with heavy loss of life and the
steamer Alkiwa Mani ie missing.
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