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VOL. XL NO. 69.
CHEMATDRY
1 WASTE OF I
MOMS
AMOROUS
Former Finance Chairman De
clares People Will Rise Up
Against It as Nuisance.
THREE DISPOSAL PLANTS.
HIS SOLUTION OF QUESTION
Single Garbage Place Would
Compel Hauling Through the
Center of Atlanta.
Martin Amorous, -well known capi
tailst and former chairman of the
finance committee of council, said to
»av that the $276,000 garbage disposal
plant the city is preparing to build
would create a nuisance the people of
mta would not tolerate.
y Amorous took Sanitary Chief
jrrtzen and newspaper men on a tour
of investigation today to prove his as
sertions.
H< raid that with a larger crematory
Iw.'k of the Terminal station, in the
tenter of the city, all garbage taken to
it would have to be hauled through the
center of the city. With the wind scat
tering its fumes and its particles ir.
every direction, he said the people
would protest so vigorously that the
< r i it,n-y would have to be aban
doned.
'lr Amorous went further. He said
that the plan of disposal of garbage
©rwciraiffinrsr dollars of
lhe city's money. Besides the $276,000
lost price of the plant, it would take
elmost SIOO,OOO to purchase automobile
trucks to haul the garbage from all
parts of the city. The new plant is to
burn 250 tons of garbage a day, while
the present plant, which is burning 125
tons a day, cost only $30,000, and still
Is odorless.
Old Crematory
Can be Repaired.
In addition, the present crematory is
to be torn down to make room for the
pew one. The new one is not to be
rompleted until more than a year, the
contract giving the Destructor Compa
ny of New York, which has the con
tract, 310 working days to complete
the plant. With a few thousand dol
lars the old crematory can be thor
oughly repaired.
Mr. Amorous wants to know whero
n’l the garbage will be dumped during
’he next year. He said the city will be
swamped with damage suits and in
junctions.
Mt. Amorous offers a remedy. He
said the city should retain the old
crematory and build two new ones in
' ifferent sections of the city. Witli one
ventral crematory he said it would cost
$1,600 a day to haul the garbage, the
average haul being two and one-half
miles. With three crematories in dif
ferent sections of the city, a minimum
haul would be secured and the two
plants could be built for SIOO,OOO at
most.
Officials Say
Plan Must Stay.
Ir. Amorous said this was the plan
1 the board of health when he was in
ncil. and it was also the project out
fl when the bond issue was voted,
declared he could see no reason why
1 ity should proceed with its pres
'■ Plan, especially since it must glva
moral obligation for all but $50,000
|,f he cost price.
Hut the city officials declare it is
late to consider any change of
tins, a contract for the new crema
' has been signed and the work of
,f;< rlng down the old crematory will
51 A n within a few days. John Jent
sanitary chief, is rather non-com-
’’tai on the wisdom of the new plan,
he said Atlanta would have the
t garbage disposal plant In the
’try when th.' new qne was com
pleted.
■■ plan originated with the board
r |f alth. When council was slow ap
'"'ing it, Dr. W. L. Gilbert, president,
other members of the board of
'th threatened to resign. They de 1
1 "-‘I if was the best possible plan for
' mta. Only Aidermen John S. Can
6lf,r and A. J Johnson held out to the
,ast that small, cheaper plants should
h " built.
1 he plans of the Destructor Compa
for the new crematory have not yet
" n approved. Chief of Construction
'.'ton has revised them and returned
• i to the company's office in Nett
’ h. But the changes are only tech
'l and will amount to nothing mon
<n a little delay, it is said.
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results.
Georgia Wife Will
Give $25 for Return
Os Blue-Eyed Hubby
Mr a. Virginia Barker Jones Seeks
Word of Man Missing Since
September.
Mrs. Virginia Barker Jones, of Rut
ledge, Ga., today offered a reward of
$25 for the return of her neatly dressed,
blue-eyed, 23-year-old husband, who
vanished on September 29 and hasn’t
been heard of since. Here’s Mrs. Jones’
announcement made in an appeal to
The Georgian :
REWARD!
I will pay $25 to any one finding
my husband, Charles F. Jones, who j
left Madison, Ga., September 29,
1912. He may have an assumed
name. He left on account of finan
cial trouble, which has been
straightened out. Description:
Age 23 years, clean shaven,
weight about 130 pounds, has mid
dle finger of left hand bent in from
a burn, forefinger of same hand ’
without a nail, large blue eyes, dark
hair, very straight in back. When
walking he springs forward on toes:
very neat in appearance; height
about 5.11. (He may be employed
I in dry goods or shoe store or writ
ing insurance.) When he left home
he wore dark blue suit, brown felt
hat, tan slippers. His name was
written in indelible ink on inside of
shirt and underctothes he wore
away. Please help me find my hus
band.
Telegraph Mrs. Charles F. Jones,
Rutledge, Ga.
JOCKEY CLUB CALLS
OFF RACES; TO COURT
TO REMOVE MILITIA
_
I MINERAL SPRINGS. IND.. Oct. 23.
• Officers of the Mineral Springs Jockey
I club decided not to attempt to put on
I races at their track here today.
[ The soldiers at the track are suffering
with severe colds today. The hospital
corps is on hand and the doctors have
been busy all morning.
A. F. Knotts, president of the race
track association here, declared today
he would seek court aid in removing the
two companies of militia which have
camped in the race course on orders of
Governor Marshall to prevent racing
and gambling. The track owner re
fused to state what action he would
take, but it was said he would seek an
injunction compelling Hie,withdrawal of
’'"’Notts’ defian've’**?n t was
not contained in his threat to get court
aid. He declared there had been
no gambling at the track, that
Chicago gamblers were not in
terested in the association and
that the place had been run as a model
race course for lovers of thoroughbreds
and the owners would not submit to the
commands of the “tin soldiers." as he*
called the militiamen.
JOE BILLUPS AND HIS
COMPANIONS ROBBED
WHILE SOUND ASLEEP
MONTGOMERY, ALA.. Oct. 23.
While passenger officials of tire West
Point Route snoozed last night in pri
vate car No. 99, at the railway station
here, the front door was smashed and
thieves helped themselves to articles of
value found in the clothing of the of
ficials. Joseph P. Billups, general pas
senger agent, lost $lO and his railroad
passes; Frank Thompson, district pas
senger agent, was relieved of S2O and a
pistol, and Clarence Wickersham, trav
eling passenger agent and son of the
president of the road, was separated
from a dollar and a few cents.
The robbery was reported to the po
lice and the detective department of the
sailroad early today. buCno clews have
been found. No one was tn the-car ex
cept the three officials, all of whom re
side In Atlanta. They are in Montgom
ery handling the railroad’s special
service to the state fair.
FLEES TO ATLANTA
WHEN ROBBED OF HIS
EMPLOYER’S MONEY
RICHMOND. VA., Oct. 23.—Fear that
his employers might refuse to believe
the story that he was held up and rob
bed of S3O, which he had collected for
the Metropolitan Life Insurance Com
pany, while returning home late one
night some weeks ago. prompted R. B.
Bullock, agent for that company, to
flee to Atlanta in quest of a position.
This is the explanation which Bullock
gives for his recent mysterious disap
pearance from Richmond.
Bullock says he reached a North Car
olina town on an excursion train with a
$2 bill, which the highwaymen over
looked. The remainder of the distance
he covered by blind baggage.
AGED MAN RUN DOWN
BY AUTO; IN HOSPITAL
WITH FRACTURED RIB
T. M. Dodson, 75 years of age. of 241
Woodward avenue, is in Grady hospital
today with one broken rib, and with his
head and arms bruised and lacerated as
a result of having been struck by an
automobile this morning at Woodward
avenue and Fraser streets.
Patrolmen Haslett and Eddleman are
l investigating the accident. The num
■ ber of the car, as furnished the police,
Is 17290.
The aged man was crossing the street
'at the time he was run down. His con
dition is not considered serious.
DOCTOR SAYS
CAMP ms
OELIHIUM
VICTIM
Slayer of Brother Policeman
Treated for Tremens Week
Previous to Tragedy.
ATTORNEYS FOR OFFICER
CHANGE DEFENSE PLAN,
______ i
Effort to Prove by Chief of
Police That Accused Didn’t
Have Time to Drink.
With the admission of testimony to
show that Dr. T. D. Long.no had. treat
ed Policeman J. W. Camp for de'irium
tremens a week or so prior to the day
the patrolman killed his fellow officer.
S. A. Belding, tile state rested Its case
in the Camp trial at 12 o'clock today.
Attorneys for the defense immediately
sent up a score of character witnesses,
who held the stand until 2 o'clock.
The fight over the admission of cer
tain phases of Dr. T.onglno’s testimony
proved conclusively that the prosecu
tion would attempt to sliow that Camp
was in a frenzy when he. fired on Behl
ing in their room at 48 1-2 Central ave
nue. September 21. The defens ', head
ed by Reuben Arnold, fought vigorous
ly to have the testimony ruled out.
Chief Beavers
Sent Back to Stand.
With the success of the prosecu
tion's procedure, attorneys for the de
fense took another tack. Chief Beav- '
ers wgs sent back jg the stand at 16
o'clock and cpnaiderable of the rwl
nmny'WT# gone ovef. “ ' ' •
"Could you safely shy that Camo!
would have time, between the hour of!
the shooting and the time he was ar
rested. to take a drink T’ asked Arnold.
Chief Beavers admitted that Camp
could have taken several drinks, for he 1
was not arrested until twenty minutes i
after the killing. ,
Judge Roan ruled out testimony 1
brought out by Arnold that a man in
<’amp’s position would very likely take I
a drink after killing his best friend. ;
Congressman Howard
Witness For Camp.
W. R Edwards and iiis stenographer.
I.ena Valentine, who are important wit- ’
neases for the state, are ’expected to
take the stand tills afternoon. Solicitor
Dorsey declined to say whether or not
the state would send up any other wit
nesses after the defense finished.
Among th.- c laracter witnesses sub
mitted by the defense was Congressman
William Schley Howard. Howard as- ;
sorted that he had known Camp for
years and considered his general repu
tation excellent.
The trial which began at 1:30 o’clock
yesterdav afternoon was resumed at 9
o’clock this morning. Police officers,
witnesses for the state, held the stand
during the early hours. The jury was
drawn late yesterday afternoon after
58 veniremen had been examined.
The contest over the selection of the
jury ■ was’waged as vigorously by the
state as by the defense, and seventeen
veniremen were excused at once by the
solicitor. Every one of the seventeen
went on record before the court as be
ing opposed to capital punishment. Per
haps never before in Fulton superior
couyt have as many veniremen, drawn
on a single case, told the court that
they coukl not sentence a man to death.
Dr. S. H. Green, city physician, was
the first witness. He finished his tes
timony before court adjourned at 5
o'clock yesterday. Police Chief Beav
ers then took the stand and resumed his
testimony this morning.
The court room was filled with spec
tators. Scores of witnesses, who will
be called to the stand by the defense
to testify to Camp’s character, were
on hand, most of them summoned from
Fayette and Campbell counties.
insane’womanTies
ON RAILROAD TRACK;
TRAIN BEHEADS HER
NEWARK. OHIO, Oct. 23.—Mrs. Harry
King, aged 50, suffering from temporary
insanity, kilted herself today by lying with
her head across the track of the Penn
sylvania railroad. She was beheaded.
Before leaving her home for the rail
road yards, she had laid her best clothes
out on her bed.
She leaves a husband and three chil
dren.
MALLORY LINER GROUNDS
OFF MOBILE: REFLOATED
’ MOBILE, Oct. 23.—The Mallory line
■ steamer Comal went aground on Sand
! island, at the entrance to Mobile bay,
I during the night. She has a heavy cargo
1 anil a large passenger list, bound for east
; ern Atlantic ports.
1 The Comal was floated shortly before
noon.
ATLANTA, GA.,
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Atlantans, who will dance in Silver Spray Kiriness ballet.
FELIX DIAZ AND HIS ARMY
CAPTURED BY FEDERALS
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 23.—General
Felix Diaz and his entire staff have
been captured by the Mexican federals
at Vera Cruz, according to advices re
ceived here this afternoon.
The entire army of General Diaz,
composed of 2,500 men, was disarmed
by the victorious federals. according to
government dispatches given out here.
The battle raged three hours before
Surrenders to
Avoid Loss of Life
VERA CRUZ, Oct. 23.—General Diaz
surrendered to the Mexican federals to
day. after Gemeral Beltram’s troops had
brought cannon to bear on the bar
racks in which the insurgents were
making their last stand. The rebel*
were completely trapped and Genejal
Diaz notified the federal eommanfcr
that he would yield in order to awtd
' great loss of life. E
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1912
the government forces, under General
Beltram., forced the Insurgents to sur
render.
It is understood the casualties were
not heavy. The rebels were driven into
the city from the suburbs and made
their last stand in the barracks, which
was taken by storm.
This defeat is expected finally to
terminate plans for the return of Por
tfire Diaz to the presidency.
U. S. Newspaper
Man in Prison
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 23. Harry N.
Dunn, an American newspaper man. re
cently returned from New York, has
been arrested by the government and is
being held incommunicado today some,
where on the city’s outskirts. He was
secretly taken out of town in an auto
mobile.
Dunn’s wife is a niece of Senor DeLa
Barra, former ambassador to the United
States.
Little Atlantans Learning Steps
Rapidly, and Will Be Pretty
Part of Entertainment.
Imagine the fairies of Peter Pan and
Titania's awakening to MentfelssohnV
delicate music in the "Midsummer
Night’s Dream” rolled Into one. and
you have a clear idea of the Silver
Spray ballet, the children’s feature of
the Elks Klrmess.
More than 150 tots, ranging from 4
to 7 years, will appear in the ballet. It
will be practically the only number
devoted to children, and for that rea
son is bound to be one of the most at
tractive features.
This children’s number will be a real
ballet,” said Professor F. M. Agostini,
who is drilling the numbers of the Kir.
mess, “and I expect that it will be one
of the most interesting numbers. Chil- !
dren are easy to teach. You can put '
them in shape for any sort of dance in
very little time.”
Fully 100 children were going through
the intricate motions of the ballet at
the ball room of the Elks club yes
terday afternoon, and from the way
they romped through the figures it was
evident that this feature of the Kir-1
mess was complete. I
MOTHER, WITH TEARS,
PLEADS WITH POLICE
TO FIND MISSING BOY
Mrs. Exfa Durcee, of 102 Western
avenue, appeared today at the police
station and, with tears streaming down
her face, pleaded that the police make a
search for her fourteen-year-old son.
Howard Durcee, her "only boy.”
Mrs. Durcee said the boy disappeared
Monday and that since that time she
had received no word from him. He
had been suffering with a pain in his
head, she said, and feared he might be
111 and helpless somewhere.
HOHL
EDITION
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE P M A O Y R £°
CLUBWOMEN
THRILLED BY
FIGHTFOR
REFORMS
They Hear of Progress in the
Schools and Higher Plane
of “Movies.”
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ATLANTA GIRLS WAIT 7
ON HOST OF DELEGATES'
Reception to Mrs. Pennybacker w
Head of the National Body, ,
This Afternoon. t f
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With nearly every seat tn Thft hartt
occupied by delegate or vlattor, the,
Georgia Federation of Women's Chibs'
began Its sixteenth annual conventions
in the Auditorium today, hearing re
ports of progress in the past year whloh
indicated that club life had taken a
new hold on Georgia womanhood. From
almost every town in the state came the
news that new members had been add
ed to the clubs, that actual work had
been accomplished.
Schools had been aided, poor boys
and girls given free education, mo
tion picture shows had been persuaded
to change their bills from murders and
burglaries to scenes of an uplifting or
purely amusing nature. And as each
report was concluded the delegates
showed by hearty applause their in
terest in the work.
The formal business session was con
cluded at 1 o’clock, and the hundreds of
visitors thronged into the main Audito
rium for luncheon. There were fifty
Atlanta girls, white-aproned, whlte
ca.pped’, to play waitress for the occa
sion. and the menu was one to satisfy
the hungriest and most fastidious. The
luncheon was given as a compliment to
the visitors by the Atlanta Woman's
club.
Reception to Head >
Os National Body.
After luncheon, the business session
was resumed, with reports from clubs
created and organized in the past year.
At 5 o’clock this afternoon a reception
will be tendered Mrs. Percy V. Penny
backer. president of the general federa
tion. and Mrs. H. C. White, of Ath
ens. president of the state federation,
at the Capital City club, with the airy
federation as the hostess.
There was a conference of club prgufl
dents and members of the executive'
board just before the main seston, and 1
a half hour was spent in giving credenF
tials to delegates. No secret order
conclave ever guarded more jealously
Its seats and votes, and no visitor was
given a badge who did not come with
the proper papers from her home or
ganization. ,
Mrs. Pennybacker ’
On the Stage.
Dr. Charles A. Daniel, of the First
Baptist church, opened the convention
with a brief prayer, and Mrs. H. C.
White, of A thens, president of the state
federation, called the meeting to order.
With her was the guest of honor, Mrs.
| Percy V. Pennybacker, president of the
national federation.
The first session wai given largely to
receiving formal reports of the state
officers. These were made by Mrs.
Howard McCall, recording secretary’;
Mrs. IJ. R. Hodgson. Jr., corresponding
secretary; Mrs. J. E. Hays, treasurer;
Mr*. Max Nussbaum, auditor. Then
Mrs. Bolling Jones, secretary of the
general federation, and Mrs. P. J. Mc-
Govern. chairman of the credentials
committee, submitted their reports.
Mra. Z. I. Fitzpatrick, state vice
president at large, is scheduled to de
liver an address on “The Formation
and Development of Clubs," and M. L
I Brittain, state superintendent of educa.
i tion, will speak on “The State Depart
ment of Education and the Georgia
Federation of Women's Clubs." Miss
Celeste Parrish, state supervisor of ru
ral schools, will discuss “School and
Home Improvement Clubs," and Miss
Mary L. Creswell, assistant state agent
of boys and girls clubs, will talk of
I "School Expansion and Canning Dem-
I onstratlons.” Then reports from ths
'various institutions maintained by ths
: federation will be heard, with, reports
■ from the vice presidents representing
the twelve congi essional districts of
I the state.
The program for tonight opens with
an organ recital by Miss Eda Bartholo
|mew. Then Mrs. Pennybacker will de
. liver the principal address of the even
ing. "The Mission of the Genera) Fed
eration." Mrs. Nellie Peters Black will
i speak on “The Biennial at San Fran
cisco.” and Mrs. A. O. Granger will
a "Tribute to Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker."
' Mrs. A. E Frederick, president of the
: Florida federation, w ill bring greetings
from that state, and this will he. fol
lowed by an Introduction of former