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VOL. XI. NO. 64.
MOM
FOES MOVE
10 CUT HIS
POWER
Councilman Would Take Au
thority to Name Committee
Chairmen From Mayor.
BITTER FIGHT EXPECTED
TO FOLLOW MANEUVER
Mayor-Elect Is Likely to Have
Strong Support Against the
Chambers Faction.
A movement, began before the pri
mary by a number of Chambers sup
porters in council, to curb the power
of the mayor should James G. Wood
ward be nominated promises today to
develop one of the-bitterest fights ever
seen in council.
Councilman Albert Thomson has pre
r-nvei'i an ordinance to take from the
mayor the authority to name committee
chairmen. He said he thought the ordi
nance was legal, for the charter pro
vides tha’ the mayor shall appoint all
committees, but does not mention how
the chairmen shall be named. He would
have eouneil name she chairmen.
if such an ordinance should pass, it
would take from the mayor the power
to appoint the finance committee chair
man. the position next to the mayor in
importance: the chairman of the police
/ummittei, which carries with it a
membership on the police commission;
the chairman of the committee on san
itation which includes a membership
on the board of health; the chairman
ship "f the committee on hospitals,
which gives a membership on the board
of Grady hospital trustees; the chair
manship of the water board, which in
cludes membership on the water board;
the chairmanships of the streets and
sewers committees, and all other com
mittees.
Woodward Will
Have Strong Support.
Woodward will have strong support
in council, despite the expressed ani
mosity of Aldine Chambers .to the
Woodward administration since the
primary, when he said in his written
statement yesterday':
“I trust that the apprehension felt by
so many of our citizens will not be
realized, but that he (Woodward) will
measure up to the full standard of
American citizenship.”
Aiderman John E. McClelland and
Councilman Orville H. Hall were open
ly for Woodward. Several other mem
bers say privately that they voted for
him. A number, not closely' identified
with the Chambers faction, will vote
with him now.
Councilman Chambers also goes out
of office on January 1, while Woodward,
as mayor, will have many perquisites
with which to gain councllmanic favor.
It Is doubtful If the Chambers fac
tion can control council now.
Mayor Winn recently declared that
the mayor does not have enough au
thority. While he voted for Council
man i ’hambers for mayor, it is expect
ed that he would veto any action curb
ing the authority of his successor.
Woodward-Mason
Clash Due in Council.
I’ll'' first clash in the fight for control
the police commission between Mr.
and Carlos H. Masjn, the
Present head of the police board, will
occur tn council over the« election of a
f'" commissioner from the Ninth ward.
T"o candidates for Hie place. A. R.
King end Dr. Linton Smith, both have
tppeured favorable to Chairman Ma
*on-. Rut the. fight developed by the;
" filiation of Woodward and his dec
of antipathy to Mason will
make this factionalism the issue in all
s affecting the police board.
• 'he fight also gives Councilman Al-
Chambers an opportunity for a
J 1 * 1 ’ ‘ otaliation at Woodward. The
’’ u of a Mason man vhtually would
t l e election of a Chambers man, for
' and Chambers have been closely
’'fteu.o d.
I' White is the present commis
r ■’> the Ninth ward and he Is a
. n man He has been nominated
"■■tiei to succeed Aldine Chambers
V must resign his police commis-
The Mason men hold the
. , r "‘ttv ; ositlon because they can
j,, - time of the resignation of
‘ ” nite and the election of bls suc-
p . ' *’ Humphrey, chairman, and the
members of the police contmlt
-1 'tindl, have begun an inspec
f ail locker clubs of the city. I’n
p, " charter amendment th"
"ill harge all locker leubs an
mui, iieunse O s |SOO, und it has the
1 "Si- any of them at any time.
, '■’•map Humphrey said he consld-
■ ekei clubs illegal where in
, ■ - v,ere receiving the profits
, sale of beers and liquors. Ho
"oulq fight to close all locker
’here the profits horn the zale f
v "ere not for the mutual benefit
Uit members
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results.
BECKER HILI
TK STAND
11 HIS DIM
DEFENSE
Accused Police Official Over
rules Lawyers and Will Be
Witness for Himself.
JEROME TO TESTIFY TO
DISPROVE ROSE'S STORY
Lieutenant Hopes to Impress
His Personality on the Jury.
Contempt for Gangsters.
NEW YORK, Oct. 17.—Police Lieu
tenant Charles Becker on trial before
Justice Goff in the criminal branch of
the supreme court for the murder of
Herman Rosenthal, the gambier inform.
| er, will take the stand in his own de
i sense.
■ It is expected that the prosecution
will conclude its case today and that
the defense will open at once. It is un
derstood that one of the most important
I witnesses for Becker will be former Dis-
I trict Attorney William T. Jerome.
I Wm. T. Jerome
Witness for Becker,
j Jerome’s part in the plan of defense
i is said to embrace an attack upon the
! truth of part of Jack Rose's story.
■ Counsel for Becker evidently believes
I that if any part of Rose’s story can be
! proven false the main effect of it upon
i the jury would be lost.
‘ Becker's counsel are reported to have
i pleaded with Becker not to take the
[ stand, but the accused police official
insisted and finally overruled his law
yers. Becker holds the principal wit
nesses against him, namely, Rose, Har
ry Vallon ami Louis Webber, in con
tempt, and believes that the jury would
be more disposed to credit his story
than that of the prosecution’s wit
nesses.
CONFEDERATE CAMP
TO HOLD ITS ANNUAL
* MEMORIAL SUNDAY
Fifteen veterans, members of Camp I":*.
U. C. V.. died during th" last year, and
in memory of them the camp will hold 'ls
twenty-fourth annual memorial service
next Sunday night at the Second Baptist
church. The Ladies Memorial association
and the Sons and Daughters of the Con
federacy will be present at the services,
which will begin at 7:45.
The members of the camp who died in
the last year are: Thomas E. Screven,
Henry T. Jennings. James G. Bioodworth,
J. L. Richmond, Charles K. Maddox,
Joseph J. Maddox, J. Edgar Thompson,
L. B. Folsom. Thomas Wood, J. M. Wad
dill, M. M. White, W. C. New. Henry D.
Capers, Edwin M. Sherman and M. J.
Cofer.
GIRL SHOOTS HERSELF:
ACCIDENT, SAYS MOTHER
SAVANNAH, GA., Oct. 17.—Jose
phine Bowman. 16 years old. is suffer
ing from a self-inflicted bullet wound in
the left arm. The bullet passed through
the fleshy part of the arm and was
picked up off the floor. The girl was
alone when the shot was fired. Het
mother declares it was accidental. She
was found in a fainting condition. Phy
sicians state that the iniuiy is not se
rious.
Mrs. Bowman asserts that her daugh
ter was searching an old trunk and
found the revolver. She says the weap
on was fired by accidentally striking
the side of the trunk.
VETERANS OF ARMY OF
CUMBERLAND IN REUNION
CHATTANOOGA. TENN., Oct. 17
The Society of the Army of the Cum
berland is holding Its fortieth annual
reunion here. Captain H. S. Cham
berlain, of this city, delivered the ad
dress of welcome, while General Gates
T. Thurston, of Nashville, presided. The
first session was purely a business one,
consisting of the treasurer's report and
the selection of committees. About
100 are in attendance.
HE GOT $50,000, BUT NO
0. K. TO HIS SCHEME
NEW YORK, Oct. 17.—After a month
spent in secret efforts to convince the
state department at Washington of his
own availability as president of the
Dominican republic, Frederico Velas
quez, former treasurer of that country,
is on his way back to Santo Domingo.
He sailed from New York after th"
state department promptly and vigor
ously rejected the proposition of Senor
Velasquez to use it to further his polit
ical plans and ambitions.
While in New York he induced some
persons to subscribe to a slush fund
of SSO,|
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 17, 1912.
Macon Really Goes Dry
When Water Main
To Filter Plant Breaks
Peddled Water Sells for 20 Cents
a Gallon While 32-Hour
Drouth Lasts.
MACON, GA., Oct. 17. Macon is just
recovering today from a long dry spell,
which began at 1 o’clock yesterday
morning and terminated this morning
about 9 o’clock. For- about 32 hours
three-fourths of the houses and busi
ness places of the city' were without
water, due to the breaking of the feed
main at the pumping station. This was
the only main connecting the city with
the filtering plant, and, as by a recent
order of the council, nearly all of the
wells were filled up, there was no means
of obtaining water.
The few places that were within ac
cess of the reservoirs were supplied,
and a number of persons even filled
barrels of water at the reservoirs and
went about the city, from door to door,
selling it. They asked and obtained
twenty cents a gallon. It is estimated
that fully 10,000 gallons were sold. It
was the first time in the history of the
city that there was such a water fam
ine as to oblige people to purchase it.
Numerous businesses were forced to
suspend during the drouth, including
scores of dental offices, barber shops,
saloons and soda water fountains.
To make matters worse, the city was
in darkness last night.for nearly an
hour because of an accident at the
electric powAr station.
MAJOR H. G. COLE DIES
IN WASHINGTON, D. C.;
BURIAL AT MARIETTA
Major H. G. Cole, chief aid to General
H. G. Sharpe, commissary general of the
United States army, died in Washington.
He was a Marietta 'man and was the
brother of Assistant Postmaster D. C.
Cole, of Atlanta.
The body will be brought to Marietta
this afternoon and the funeral will take
place tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. In
terment will be in the National cemetery
at Marietta.
Besides his brother, D. C. Cole. Major
Cole is survived by his mother, who lives
in,Marietta, two sisters, Miss May Cole
and Mrs. A. A. Fletcher, and another
brother, D. W. Cole.
Major Cole was appointed to West Point
from Marietta by Congressman Clements
in 1.888. Upon graduation he served four
years as lieutenant in the Twenty-third
infantry, stationed in Texas. He was
made captain at the outbreak of the
Spanish war and was present at the cap
ture of Manila. After that he served four
years in the commissary of subsistence
department, and then was returned to
staff duty in New York, Chicago and
Washington.
He was in charge in the commissary of
subsistence department with the army of
pacification in Cuba and was ordered back
to the United States to serve on General
Sharpe’s staff. He had been a major in
that position for some time.
“BUNNY” M’FARLAND
TO TAKE STAND IN
RETRIAL AS SLAYER
NEWARK, N. .1.. Oct. 17. —The prosecu
tion in the trial of Allison M. MacFarland,
charged v. :ih the murder of his wife,
Evelyn, cl« sed before Justice Gummere
In the court of oyer ano terminer and the
defense at once opened.
Attorney Frank M. MeDermit, lor the
defense, announced that MacFariand
would take the stand. Mr. Mcl 'ermV. de
clared that he was opposed to MacFar
land's testifying, bir that his rlimt had
over-ruled him. The lawyer also said
that Mis:’ Florence F. omley, cf Ph'la
delphia. MacFarland's affinity, wou d tes
tify and reveal her re'ations wi'h Mac-
Farland. •
MacFarland’s contention is that his
'wife committed suicide after she learned
of his relations with the Philadelphia
girl.
CARLISLE’S CLAIMS
FOR SECURITIES OF
THEG.R.&P.DENIED
W. A Carlisle’s claim for one-third of
the $4,000,000 of securities Issued by the
Georgia Railway and Power Company
and his petition for injunction against
C. Elmer Smit* Eugene L. Ashley, Mrs.
Ashley and the Atlanta Power* Company
were turned down by Judge W. T. New
man. in an opinion rendered yesterdaj.
Carlisle failed to prove he had any part
nership interest in the Atlanta Power
Company, stated .Judge Newman.
Carlisle claimed he was one-third
partner in the concern for which the
Georgia Railway and* Power Company
paid $1,000,000, and filed an injunction to
restrain Smith and the Ashleys from dis
posing of any of the proceeds. Both hfs
plea and injunction were denied by Judge
Newman.
ANOTHER TO AWAIT
BURIAL BY GYPSIES
HERE NEXT SPRING
The clan O'Hara will nave the memories
of many to honor when they coine to
Atlanta next spring to bury their dead.
The fourth death in the past seven
months occurred yesterday, when Annie
Sherlock, wife of Pete Sherlock, of the
O’Haras, died at Baxley, Ga., where the
clan is camping. She was 49 years old.
The O'Hara clan conies to Atlanta on
the first day of April each year and holds
funeral services for those who died dur
ing the twelvemonth preceding. The
bodies are held at the Greenberg Bond
chapel and rhe funerals are held at the
Church of the Innuaculgte Conception.
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STICK TO HOSPITAL BED
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SCORES IN STAMPEDE
Short circuiting of wires in the Eng
llsh-American “Flatiron” building, at
Broad and Peachtree streets, which
stopped the glevator service and filled
the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth
floors with smoke, caused an incipient
stampede on the staircases of the
building al 10 o’clock today.
As the offices filled with smoke, clerks
became alarmed and hurried to th, ele
vators. When they found th?it the ele
vators had stopp'd, there was a rush
fur the stairways. For a while there
was danger of a crush, but cool counsel
by several men permitted an orderly
exit to the street until the circuit had
been repaired and elevator service re
stor'd.
No damage was done the building.
MAY IRWIN WILL STUMP
NEW YORK FOR WILSON
NEW YtIRK. Oct. 17.-May Irwin,
actress, this week will take the “stump”
for Wilson She will do her ‘spell
binding' aci in and near Uns city.
Official Bulletin Gives Patient’s Condi
tion as Splendid—Will Not Be Per
mitted to Leave for Oyster Bay
Before Monday—Bullet to Remain.
CHICAGO. Oct. 17.—Colonel Roosevelt today definitely aban
doned the idea of being removed from Chicago to his home in Oyster
Bay before Monday.
The colonel h.id hoped to be permitted to leave Chicago tomor
row. After a consultation at which Dr. Murphy, Dr. Bevans and Dr.
Terrell were present, it was officially announced that the colonel could
not leave before Monday al the earliest. At the same time, it was de
clared that the patient’s condition was progressing favorably and
that not the slightest indication of a complication that might retary
his recovery had been discovered.
The surgeons eptered Mr. Roose
velt's room al 8:35 o'clock and re
mained with him twenty minutes.
The following bulletin was issued at
9:05 a. m.:
“The pulse. 72; temperature. 98.3;
respiration. 18 all night. Wound
dressed, looks well, some oozing. Ex
amination of lungs by Dr. Alexander
Lambert shows lungs in good condi
tion. General condition splendid. The
case Is progressing so favorably that,
unless some complications occur; the
bullet will not be removed at present.
"(Signed)
“DR. JOHN B. MURPHY.
"DR. ARTHUR DEAN BEVAN.
"DR. ALEXANDER LAMBERT.
“DR. SCURRY L. TERRELL.”
Colonel Roosevelt will dine on moose
steak and trimmings tonight, If the
consent of the attending surgeons can
be obtained. A coterie of the colonel’s
admirers have discovered a quarter sec
tion of moose meat in a cold storage
warehouse and the tenderloin steaks
are intact.
Dr. S. L. Terrell, first of the sur
geons to reach the hospital today, de
clared the colonel could have moose
meat if he wanted it.
Awakes Hungry,
Eats Heartily.
Colonel Roosevelt, after a night of
almost uninterrupted slumber, called
his nurse at 6 o’clock this morning and
asked for breakfast. The colonel had
been awake since 4 o'clock.
“I have not slept since 4 o’clock,” he
told the night nurse. Miss Margaret
Fitzgeiald, as she entered the room. "I
feel all right, however. I’m hungry.”
The colonel was given an alcohol
bath and breakfast. The tray came in
about 7 o’clock and th< wounded man
fell to with a relish.
The menu was unchanged. There
were three soft-boiled eggs, some but
tered toast, a few strips of bacon and a
cup of tea. The colonel ate every mor
sel allowed him.
The colonel himself was delighted
with his condition this morning. He
had a night of almost uninterrupted
sleep. Only once was he awake, and
then only for a short time. In all he
slept about five and a half hours —a
total that is close to his usual average
"1 fee] bully this morning,’’ he told
the nurse. "At this rate of improve
ment it won’t be long before I am out
of here. 1 had a most refreshing
sleep.”
At 6 o'clock, when he called Miss
Fitzgerald, the colonel's temperature
was 98.4 degrees, his pulse 72 and his
respiration 18. All these marks are
virtually normal.
Physicians Pleased
With Night Record.
The colonel’s night, as shown on the
nurse's iecord, pleased hfs physicians
today. The patient went to sleep
shortly before 10 o’clock. It was 2:10
o'clock this morning before he awoke.
When he did the thermometer showed
no indication of fever. At that hour his
temperature was 98.4. pulse 74 and his
respiration 18. When he awoke his
temperature was 98.2, his pulse 74 and
his respiration 18.
Mrs. Roosevelt was awake at that
hour and talked with her husband for a
few minutes.
"Let’s see you smile, mother—-we’re
out of the woods,” was Colonel Roose
velt’s demand upon Mrs. Roosevelt
when she tiptoed to his bedside from
her own apartment next door at 4 a. m.
M's. Roosevelt touched the ex-presi
dent’s brow lightly, found no trace of
temperature, smiled as she haji been
bidden and leaning over, kissed her
husband before retiring.
Everything is as it should be, nurse,”
Mrs. Roosevelt whispered to Miss Fitz
geiald, who displayed anxiety about
getting her distinguished guest back to
bed, for the hospital felt chilly in the
early morning hours.
Early today Mr. Roosevelt demanded
to know whether he would be permitted
to assume the airs of a convalescent in
view of his improved condition.
"if this had-happened in the field,"
said the patient to his attendants, "I’d
have got first aid if I was lucky and
then cleaned up the business in hand
without further fuss.”
But there is no doubt that the col
onel has been brought to realize the
seriousness of bis wound, which all the
doctors in Milwaukee were unable to
'IXTRA
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE
impress on him in the exciting two
hours thag followed the shooting.
Mrs. Roosevelt
Rules Situation.
On Mrs. Roosevelt's decision the time
the colonel leaves the hospital depends.
She is in absolute control of the sick
room. Even the colonel admits that.
The former president is anxious to re
turn to the campaign. He is certain
that he w ill be able to stand the exer
tion early next week. He wants to re
turn to New York Saturday.
Mrs Roosevelt wants her husband to
be very cautious. She does not want
him to run any tisk, especially that of
pneumonia, which, the physicians have
warned her, might follow unusual exer
tion with the wound in the colonel’s
side. Early this morning after one of
her brief visits to the colonel’s room
Mrs. Roosevelt intimated that It might
be some days y’et before she would con
sent to her husband leaving the hos
pital and starting to Oyster Bay. She
said no move would be made until the
doctors were convinced there would be
no complications. She believed that
the ten days’ confinement originally
suggested as necessary might be ad
hered to.
Final decision maj' be made tomor
row. The last danger of Infection
should pass by tomorrow at noon, ac
cording to the surgeons, and if the colo
nel’s condition then is as satisfactory
as it was this morning it is possible
that the doctors will consent to his
leaving for the East. They believe it
might be better for him to be In his
own home, where he could look after
some of the details of his campaign,
than to remain In the hospital here
disturbed because he could not give
personal attention to these things.
Plans New York
Speech October 26.
Colonel Roosevelt himself believes he
will be able to travel Saturday. In
fact, if the doctors would permit, he
would be willing to start for the East
today. He is planning confidently <m
addressing the Madison Square Garden
meeting in New York October 26.
The physicians were relieved when a
successful X-ray photograph definitely
located the bullet. While its location
was generally determined by previous
examinations, it was not until late yes
terday that its position was known.
The fact that it is lodged against a rib
ends the fear that it might be lodged
against the inner chest wait, and the
fear that it might penetrate the tho
racic cavity and pierce the right lung.
The slight fracture of the fourth rib.
the surgeons say, is a matter of no con
sequence. The fracture accounts for
some of the slight pain the colonel has
experienced in breathing, and the nat
ural soreness of the wound itself is re
sponsible for the rest. This has cleared
away any apprehension in the minds
of the physicians that the soreness
might be caused by infection.
The physicians were ojJttmlstic in the
extreme this morning. Before the first
formal bulletin was issued, they point
ed out the fact that practically normal
conditions obtained. None of them
cared to discuss the case, however, be
fore a careful examination of the pa
tient.
“Not a Thing to
Cause Alarm.’’
“There is not a thing that could cause
alarm,” said Miss Fitzgerald, as she
went mH' duty this morning. "Mr.
Roosevelt is a splendid patient and he
does precisely what the doctors havo
ordered. He passed « restful nieht.
Mrs. Roosevelt only visited him once
during the night. He wanted a big
breakfast and laughs at the idea of be
ing ill. He says he never felt better."
A consultation of surgeons to decide
whether or not Colon ji Roosevelt may
be permitted In some degree to resume
active discussion of political affairs was
scheduled for this morning.
I.ate last night the colonel wanted to
be given assurance that the embargo on
talk and visiting would be removed to
day. but Mrs. Roosevelt displayed the
utmost firmness In this matter and in
sisted that no political exigency was of
sufficient importance to warrant risking
a set-back.
Mrs. Roosevelt has shown an ability
to impose her will upon her husband
that amazes Colonel Roosevelt’s politi
cal associates and reveals a side of her
character never befoie presented to th"
public.
Mrs. Roosevelt is believed to be