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THE WEATHER ro'ecast for Atlanta and Georgia: Fair todav and tomorrow. 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. I. R. IMPROVES, BUT MUST STICK TO HOSPITAL BED SCHRANK LN CELL AFTFR SHOOTING ROOSEVELT “My u Jrlw uirtia XIGS! Sas ' should be killed I a» !■ '"’ice I had killed him. I had no ■ thought that I could u gw 'scape the ntisguid- aBMS" awmL mm :d mob that always 'W' o®' KI -trouts on the wrong Sfyl ’ ,«s»sSix- SSfHqS s| de. —l’ om as fefw fW Waal S i ® ment b y John IHpMI hr.ank in i II at! UtLfSJ Milwaukee as this T ohtocraii! was pm L? 's> fft ak-n. r- ; s i hct Is Iww • \ •"O'.& ’ ■ ft;Jfi BW ” ■ Ufa \ a 4 ■wimiihii k’ S'.ft' i tv- IrW v KhwmF s > X .■ tWw # a gg* E» I ■ '■B'i H fl y kb Cr - I -'h-i ■ m -A • I ; x - B- w- 1., ' T .'uV'Wis lai' ' rN u- / X i " / *Xw rSo.- ' ‘ ® x ’■ J fflu ft. » If \ »■ W IKS - \ EWw. -. 1 Kg? -.. I i’ ’• a F ■' W A . w '' ' r Mi ifei W MwMWwt % • i ’ "" ' BOM z ■ ' : BLAZE IN SKYSCRAPER 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