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VOL. XL NO. 94.
HO COUPLE
TRUDGE 70
MILESTO
FREESON
I
Mountaineer and Wife Reward-'
ed When Prison Board Gives
Youthful Robber Parole.
JIM BRUCE NOW CAN EAT
TURKEY WITH THE FOLKS'
Old Father and Mother Rejoice
as They Start Jauntily for
Distant Home.
n Brace and Ins good wife, Sally,
~, n j 64, respectively, walked all
v from their home in Pickens
ie: r Ball Ground, to ask Gov
, . crown for a pardon for their
■ the Georgia penitentiary
-.- .bbviy, and got it-
. p-.' they got a parole- for the I
and that means a par- |
.1 eventually.
r couple made a good case before
■•,’orgia prison commission, and
e.ednesday afternoon that body
. >ded the young man to the
- nor for clemency. The commis
•nund there were mitigating cir
‘■ances in connection with the rob
:-ed against Jim Bruce. Be
ll old man had been to see the
i i •mmission twice before con-
■i; tlx- matter —walking down from
untain home every time, and
< hi rations along with him,
Ip .. darning bandana and
.cross hie broad shoulder at the
; o snort piicL.
Sringj Old Woman”
'I Aid Him in Plea.
.. tue old man ciune the last
brought the "old woman’’ with
•m . bination was too much for
■ commission's already wi’b
■h.tion, and It capitulator,
cernor, looking into toe rec-
■■cfully. as is his custom, know- ,
th. loyal old father and
o.sidering their long tramp |
ay up in the mountains of;
. . • —;> good seventy miles —
. ■ ■ ; rison commission was
I ti nt Jim Bruce should be
~ ids good behavior for a year,
■ prospect of a full pardon
■ ~i.,-.i Bruce and his wife left At-
.. this morning for their home
-i ' ..louniains. Jim Bruce will be
■used from the state farm today, anil
. join the folk-i at home —just about
■ i tl.-.e for Thanksgiving dinner.
4very Cue Is Happy
L Parole Is Drawn.
E. c.voody connected with the as
-■ happy over it today—the gov
the prison commission, the
■. Sr., and the secretary charged
J preparing the official documents i
ii" prisoner’s release.
I: uces, Sr., expect to reach home i
night. They say they will I
■, by keeping steadily on the ,
" make 35 miles each day. unless
•I. “sets in.” in which vent 11 j
:o u.pji Saturday noon to walk |
WOMAN PICKPOCKET
ROBS UNDERSHERIFF
ON A CROWDED CAR
tain Bob Devers, deputy she: iff. |
chlng for a well dressed, comely !
'loiin with an assertive air who deftly |
‘ his pockets for $8 on a South i
I'tur car last night.
i ’ wers boarded a crowded ear at |
1 hltehall and Mitchell streets at 5:30 j
1 i: and managed to wedge, himself 1
tn. aisle. Just as lie got straight- j
‘ ■ ’d away a well dressed woman bus- :
i’ (i mto -the car.
i..-t me get ahead of you," she de- |
li .wr? complied gallantly and even J
■ift?d his hat. The woman said that ,
s -• was glad he thought that way about
for she was going by him or know
"■ reason why. When the deputy
' hed for his fare he discovered that
was short aboht SB.
■
DYNAMITE MANIAC PLAN’S
TO BUILD PERFECT’ BOMB
1 ->S ANGELES, Nov. 21.—“ The next
jomb i make will explode. I liave
gunned a new' machine which will be
!’*■ ‘ t.’’ was the defiance hurled at the
today by Dynamiter Carl Keldel-
Hllas- Warr.
physicians express grave con
>ver Reld'elhach's condition, but
tter is confident both of his re
'■c .f.i'y- u nl | release
1913 To Be Bloody and
Epoch-Making Year, Is
Prediction of Seeress
Mme. De Thebes’ Almanac Says
Pope Will Die and Prince of
Wales Will Reign.
PARIS, Nov. 21.—Madame DeThebes’
1913 almanac has made public today
these predictions for next year:
“Paris will be the scene of a terrible
theater fire; the German emperor will
come to Paris, but not as king; Bulga
ria will play a stupendous role in Euro
pean politics; the Prince of Wales will
reign; the pope will die; French troops
I will rush to the frontier; Poland will
,be freed; Italy will witness an up
heavai and may have a new king; the
I marriage of the queen of Luxembourg
will astound the world and damage
France's political interests.”
The year 1913, taken as a whole, will
be a bloody epoch-making year, ac
, cording to the famous French prophet
| ess.
SOCIALIST ÜBOB
lexers beaten
i ROCHESTER, N. Y.. Nov. 21.-—-Social
ist leaders in the American Federation of
Labor went down to defeat today- when
they attempted to place the resolution on
record fAr the formation of a new po
litical party to be known as the National
Union Labor party.
This proposition was *etnbodied in an
amendment to the report of the committee
on the president’s report, but after a
long and bitter debate the report was
. adoptd by- a vote of 166 to 43 without the
amendment.
• The Socialists were first defeated when
Delegate Thomas Rowe, of the Flint Glass
Workers union, quoted that section of the
federation's constitution forbidding dis
cussion of partisan politics in the conven
tion.
Will Pursue Old Policy.
When Rowe made this point of order
he was upheld by the chair, and a vote
sustained the chair’s ruling by 161 to 30.
This action by the delegates means that
tile federation will not form a new patty
nor will it officially Indorse the Socialist
party. President Goinpers announced that
the federation would pursue in this regarc,
the same policy it has maintained in past
years.
The committee on adjustments reeofri-<
mended that the ..nittHlf 1 .
representatives to CfneSgo iror the purpose
of arranging a settlement of the print
i ing m ehsrnen’s strike and the tt«ul le
* growing out of that Struggle. Delegate
Berry, president of ctie pressmen, was
given unlimited time to state the case for
his organization. Berry made a savage
onslaught upon the Chicago Publishers'
association.
Delegate Lynch, president of the Inter
national Typographical union, replying to
Berry, said that every other international
j union of the printing trades, through their
I representatives, after a full investigation
I had repudiated the Chicago pressmen’s
I strike.
NATION-WIDE RAID ON
QUACKS EXPECTED TO
STOP MALPRACTICE*
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2t.—Postoffice de
partment officials today expressed the be
lief that the nation-wide raids of yester
day on “quack" medical concerns charged
with misuse of the mails and in connec
tion with which the department has work
ed for two years, will shatter the crimi
! mil practices against which cities have
been powerless In tiie past.
1 It was announced that in the two years
I during which postoffice, inspectors have
| been investigating these individuals unit j
'concerns, more than 1,800 arrests have I
I been made and 900 convictions secured
and that concerns have been closed up
I which, by fraud, obtained from the people
| over 81(10,000.000.
I Warrants were issued in 173 eases and
290 inspectors, under the direction of
i 'hief Inspector Robort Shari>e, were
| engaged in preparing the evidence which
| resulted in the wholesale amssts. With
j the raids completed and the indictments
j effective the work of the inspectors is
completed. The results of the crusade
are still being received iti telegrams from
‘ various division headquarters. The raids
j yesterday were the larest single "haul”
I in the history of the postoffice depart
| ment and probably establishes a record
for any department of this government.
I The postoffice department, prior to its
I activity against medical frauds, received
| hundreds of letters from women In al!
I parts of the country complaining against
l the freedom allowed persons engaged tn
criminal medical practices. S
ORTIE M’MANIGAL TELLS
I OF ORDERS TO DYNAMITE
I INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 21. —"Go out
Ito California, blow up the Llewellyn
| iron works, the Baker iron works and
i add some more to the list by putting
| some more soup in The Times auxil
' lary plant.”
Such were tiie instructions Dynamit
er McManigal says J. J. McNamara
gave him at his office on the night of
December 9, 1910. McManigal said he
went to California carrying twelvc
qu iris of nitro-glycerine. He stopped
at the Roslyn hotel, sent a souvenir
spoon to his wife, went around and
1 looked over The Times explosion ruins,
I made up a batch of infernal machines
and blew up the Llewellyn works, got
scared and came back to Indianapolis.
AEROPLANE BLOWS UP
BUT JANNUS NOT HURT
ST LOUIS, Nov. 21.—The hydro
aeroplane of Tony Jannus in which he
was living from Omaha to New Or
leans was destroyed after he resumed
his flight from here this afternoon.
The gasoline tank exploded and the
flames destroyed the machine. Jannus
•escajied without injury.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1912.
CHINA READY
TOSTHIKEAT
RUSSIA FOR
MONGOLIA
Republic Party. Nation’s Lib
erator, Opens Public Cam
paign for War Funds.
SIXTY THOUSAND TROOPS
I ARE ALREADY MOBILIZED
|
i Hero of Revolution Appointed
Leader of Movement—U. S.
Chinese Raise Money.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 21.—China
town is In a ferment over the receipt of
cablegrams that Chung Hwa republic is
preparing for a war with Russia for the
possession of the province of Mongolia.
The big secret societies which fostered
the revolutionary movement and led
the qnnipatgn for funds through their
headquarters here have for the last
week been interchanging cablegrams
with President Yuan Shi Kai and Gov
ernor Wu Hon Man, of Quang Tung
province, concerning the situation In
Mongolia. The climax was reached
iast night, when the Young China as
sociation, the society organized by Dr.
San Yat Sen, China's liberator, opened
a pubjTc fw Hinds to sustain
e. war with Russia.
Lecturers were sent through, C’Wria
towu today bearing placards announe-
• ing •‘Chinese-Russian war At
•c? e<.rrr*‘s ’Try •v-nlnluod’ to sh?
I Chinese tiie situation, saying that v.-a'
1 was iminiuent and that fnudr were ne?-
I es sery to aid Clllna.
Tiie situation parallels the action last
September, when the Young China as
sociation publicly opened the campaign
for fundi for the Chinese revolutionary
movement.
Dispatches liave been .received by
IGook Har, secretary to; Fung Chi You,
secretary of state of Yuan Shi Kai’s
cabinet, to tiie effect that an army of
6d,000 l as been mobilized in Pekin and
that General Wong Hing, hero of the
revolution, has been appointed its I
j leadei.
j
I Atlanta Chinese
Have War Fund
Lum Joe. head of the Gee Gong tong
of Georgia and one of the inhabitants
of a Chinese boarding house on East
Hunter street, was greatly exercised
this morning over the report that
China had prepared to engage Russia
in war. Lum long since lost his queue
j by order of ex-President Sun Tat Sen. j
I but lie waved his arms excitedly in
explaining that the local tong would bo
hit some 81,600 worth in such a contin
gency, and that he (Lum Joe) would
not bi ible tu get back to China for
many years to see ids wife end married
son. The 81,600. said Lum. would go
forth by foreign motley order next week,
direct to tile coffers of the president of
the young republic. Yuan Sh! Kai. Each
Chinaman in the local tong, c omposed
of 72 members, had formerly given $4 a
month, but now the dues had risen to
$lO.
ARGUMENTS ON IN
PROBE OF GEORGIA
RAILROAD STRIKE
A—»
I Viet President Murdoek, of the Order
dos Railway Conductors, began conclud
i ing arguments today before the board
of arbitration of the Georgia railway
strike with a denunciation of Super
intendent Brand, of the road.
I tin account of Judge W. L. Cbam
! bers, the third arbitrator, arriving in
I Atlanta on a belated train from Wash-
I ington, the arguments did not begin
f until 11:30 o'clock, ft was expected
1 that Brand would follow Murdoek and
I would speak until the session closed.
! No verdict was expected before to
i morrow.
I In his denunciation of Brand. Mur-
I dock declared that if Conductor Pas-
• chai violated the 16-hour law, it was
done under tiie inntructions of the su
perintendent. He declared that Pas
chal was not discharged because of any
failure to perform his duties, but be-
i cause he had been active In endeavor
ing to better the condition of his fel
’ low workmen.
Brand, h» x declared, had forced the
strike. When he first reached Atlanta
■ to effect a settlement, he found it im
possible to put his case before the
president of the rnad, on account of
Brand's activity, and found tiie super
i intender.t already in conference with
strikebreakers.
Clay, Doomed Slayen
Speaks for First Time
Since Tragedy, May 12
Breaks Long Silence by Com- j
plaining of Cold Coffee, Then
Becomes Mum Again.
Robert L. Clay, condemned wife slay
er and alleged maniac, today, for the
first time, broke the long silence he has
maintained since the tragedy of May 12.
He spoke five words plainly and Intel
ligently, then lapsed again into abso
lute silence.
One of the trusties carried Clay's j
morning meal to the slayer's cell. Clay. ;
who has always manifested a sub- '
stantial appetite, looked over the break- .
fast and then picked up the cup of cos- '
fee. Poking his finger into tiie coffee, a j
momentary expression of disgust cross- I
ed his features, and he exctplmed:
"This coffee Is not hot.”
The startled trusty was so taken bv I
surprise that he couid hardly speak. ' '
“What’s that you say?" he ilnaih
gasped.
But not another word Carrie from t;a
doomed slayer.
It is this remarkable silence that led
to the plea by the defense that Clay its
crazy.
SUES EMPLOVEH
Os WIFE IK VAIN
—1
With a letter cuuchcu in terms of
endearment written by iiis wife to L.
Jackson Hood as evidence. B. B. Fiadg
er, a public accountant living at 69
: Bedford place, asked a jury in Judge-
Bills’ court today to give him s2',o(io
Judgment against Hood for alienathm
of his wife's affections.
Findger told the court that H too. '.'ho
Is a member of the firm of Wnithour & ‘
Hood, 51 South Forsyth street, I id
taken advantage of tiie fact that .Mrs.
Fladgtr worked for him as a rtenogre.-
pher, and unde - the covcrtm ■ : ,t
friendship had won her aliections.
The plaintiff introduced the lette as
his trump card, it was written by Mi -.
Pledger on board the steamship "City
of Columbus.’’ and addressed Hot d as '
“darling" and “dearie” throughout. Mrs. ,
Fjattger accused, het husband .of being
uhjtist to de;- »nd cold In his frer.t .iieut.
Metftjr No
Fladjwr nait,l that he 4W not asc dbe |
any rer.l v. roixg to the relations lietv.-eea
Hood and Mrs. Fldtigor. but from the
letter and other eyldenc.es he had bs
- sutplcioub of Hood's dealings with
her.
The plaintiff said that the ciiarge
brought by the defense that, he was
worthless and h«ui failed to support his
wife and child '.was untrue. He a:>-
I peered in i ourt supported by ei titefi'-s ■
He said he war sufft ring i'rcnl a re
cent stroke of paralysis,
E. V. Carter, acting for Hood, was .
willing to rest the-case on. the contents ;
of the letter; and McSwain Woods,
I Flodger's attorney,' consented. The
i jury re' nned a verdict in. favor of
Hood.
RACES
RESULTS.
AT JAMESTOWN.
First—Jonquil, 5, first; Cardemla, 1;
Lindesta, 3. Also ran: Syosset, LatSain
erelle. Astute. Fairy Godmother, First
Trotnp, Juaquin. Sanguide, Federalist and
R. H. Gray.
| Second —Jesuit. 3-2, first; Llzxle Flat,
2; Orderly Nat, 3. Also ran: Renault,
Lampblack, Benora. Norbltt and Ben
Dila. . .
Third —Moncrief, 5, first; Napier, 8-5;
Joe Gaitens, 5. Also ran: Gagnant, Viley,
Montclair, Elma. Jacobite, The Gardner,
Jack Nunnally, Port Arlington and Dip
per.
Fourth —Lahore, 4, first: Carlton G.. 1|
Guy Fisher, 1-2. Also ran: Paton. Die
bold, Volthorpe. Amalfi.
Fisth —Deduction, 12, first; Premier, 6;
Amoret, 1-4. Also ran: Running Account,
Berkeley, Veneta Strorne, Towtonfleld,
Chilton Queen, Frog, Takahira.
Sixth —Donald McDonald, 7-2, first;
Aplaster, 8-5; Supervisor, 3-5. Also ran:
Futurity. Accord, Springmass and lacqul
llna.
ENTRIES.
AT JAMESTOWN.
FIRST —Two year olds. 8300, selling, 6>s
furlongs. Kelly 103, Votes 103. xSmash
104, Goldy 103, Mary Ann K. 106, Mattle
L. 109, Brush 109, x< >ld Coin 111, Schaller
112, Palatable 112, Pike’s Peak 112, Intent
116. Also eligible: xHoney Bee 108, Fiel
106. xMarna Johnson 104.
SECONIL—Three year olds, J3OO, selling,
mile: xPendant 95, xDlpper 98, Ticktack
99, Wooddove 100, Little Ep 100, Judge
Howell 103, Camellia 104, Napier 105,
Manasseh 107, Rey 104, xCol. Cook 109,
xßreaker Boy 111, Pardner 112, Dynamite
112, Master Jim 113.
THIRD —Three year olds and up. sell
ing. S3OO, 6 furlongs: Old Tank 101. Door
mat 101, Ticktack 101, Concurran 104, Eton
Bleu 106, Duke Daffy 109, Geo. S. Davis
111, Howlet 117, Manhelmer 111, Harcourt
111, Mlrdll 111, Clem Beachey 111, xChil
ton Chief 99.
FOURTH—Junior handicap, ell ages,
1400, 6 furlongs: L’Aigion 90, Royal Tea
101, Buskin 102. Prince Ahmed 108. Besom
115. Grover Hughes 118, Caughhlll 124.
FlFTH—Selling, 3 year olds and up,
S3OO, 6 furlongs: xßenedlctine 99, Tod
dling 101, Slim Princess 101, Dust Pan
101. xAstroioger 104, Vigorous 104, xßad
News II 106. Little Pal 106, Virginia Cup
106. The Squire 111, St Joseph 111. St.
Regis 111. Cat 111.
SlXTH—Selling. 3 year olds and up.
S3OO. mile and a sixteenth: xKautman 98.
Hempstead 98, xAnnie Sellers 101, First
Peep 103. Stairs 103, Tom Melton 103,
Harlem Lass 103, Sidon 104, Granla 106.
Lucky George 106. Haldeman 106, Evelyn
Dorris 10». Little England 109.
SEVENTH -Selling, 3 year olds and up.
S3OO, mile and a sixteenth: xEmily Lee
98. xßxeallbur 101. Billy Vandiver 106.
Daingerfield 106. Sam Barber 103, Lad of
I-angdon 108, Nimbus 108, Heretic 108,
Mollie S. 108. Golden Castle 108, Lord
Wells 117, Irish Kid 111, Knight Deck
lU.
Balky Balloon Disappoints Fair Aeronauts
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AUTO BEARING DOWN
ON HIM; IS UNINJURED
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A. A. DeLoach. the manufacturer
took a thrilling' ride today at noon on
the-police auto while several hundred
excited persons at Pryor and Decatur
streets looked on. '.
It was an involuntary ride on the part
of Mr. DeLoaeb, although be was not
urfder arrest by any means—it was a
ride for life.
Mr. De Loach started across Decatur
street at Pryor and had to pass close
behind a traffic jam. As he emerged,
the police auto came along, and Mr.
DeLoaeh found himself directly in its
path. The big ear was so close on him
that he didn't have time to got out of
the way—there was but one thing for
him to do, and he did It.
With a tigerlike leap, he went high in
the air, the car shooting under him. He
a..ghted with an energetic bump on the
hood of the car and reposed there. The
auto was brought to a stop several feet
away and Mr. DeLoach alighted, un
harmed.
In referring later to the speed of the
auto, Mr. DeLoach said he thought it
was moving too swiftly through the
crowded streets, but that he was glad
to be able to demonstrate successfully a
new method of escape for pedestrians
trapped in the streets by autos.
FRANK CRAVENS SHOOTS
STEPMOTHER AND SELF
HAMMOND. IND., Nov. 21 —Frank
Cravens, 19, son of Lincoln Cravens, a
prominent lawyer, shot his stepmother
four times at her home here today and
then fired two bullets into his own
body. Both will die. Cravens. who
lost a leg in a railroad accident, quar
reled with his stepmother frequently.
Neighbors who heard the shooting
rushed in and found the two bodies on
the floor.
B. AND 0. OFFICERS NAMED.
NEW YORK, Nov. 21.—A1l the offi
cers of the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road were re-elected at the board of
directors meeting this afternoon.
I FINAL * *
Ai.ovtv Mrs. E. C. Itnpht.v, on
left, mid M iitit-n Frederick in
-■ .-T'r- •- . .
low. th< captive balloon “Good
year’’ in Hight o’ ( . r spire of First
Baptist eimreli.
Illuminating Gas Fails to Lift
Giant Air Craft From Store
*
Top.
Mrs. E. C. Kupley, of Atlanta, and
Miss Helen E. Frei.-k, of Washing
ton, D. •tel ly are telling their ex
periences in a balky balloon and are
j eagerly looking forward to the arrival
| of special gas tanks, which the owner
. of the big aircraft says will make the
I bag soar to a height which will sat-
I Issy any flyer.
I The balloon was brought here by
I Myrl D. Trenu lin, of the Goodyear Rub
ber Company, for the auto show, and
I as soon as it was known that passen
gers would be taken aloft he was< be-
I sieged with requests to be allowed to
fly.
He agreed yesterday to allow Mrs.
Rup'cy and Miss Frederick to go up.
When he prepared for the flight, he
found that his hydrogen gas tanks had
■ been misplaced in the railroad yards.
The would-be flyers were so anxious,
though, that he agreed .to try Common
Illuminating gas. The women climbed
In the basket on the roof of the Good
year store In Peachtree street. The
word was given, the balloon was east
off, but it struggled for a few seconds,
and then flopped back on the building.
Several more trials were made, but the
bag had decided not to go aloft, and
the flight finally was abandoned.
Another trial will be made as soon as
the more powerful gas Is located.
SCOTT SAYS PASCHAL
TO BLAME FOR WRECKS
General Manager Scott, of the Geor
gia railroad, testified before the strike
arbitration board this afternoon that,
before the recent strike was called, he
had proposed a truce to Vice Presidents
Gregg and Murdock, of the trainmen,
but that they flatly turned It down and
ordered the strike. He said his pur
pose was to have the troubles on the
road settled by arbitration.
Mr. Scott also said that he held Con
ductor J. T. Paschal, whose discharge
resulted in the strike, partly responsi
ble for the demoralization of the em
ployees last spring, when a number of
wrecks occurred and when, for the
first time in the 75 years’ history of
the Georgia railroad, passengers were
killed in a wreck.
Superintendent Brand, who preceded
Mr. Scott on the stand, broke down
and wept for several moments when he
told of his efforts to teach the employ
ees always to be careful and how
"Conductor Paschal, by his acts, taught
them cat elessneos.”
THE WEATHER
Forecast: Rain tonight or Friday.
Colder Friday. Temperature*: 8 a.
m„ 54; 10 a. m,, 56; 12 noon, 62: 2
p. m., 68,
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE
woodward;
; LOSES OUT;
GREMATDRY
GOES DOWN
Woodward and Chambers
Spoke on Question Before
Aldermanic Board.
I WORK OF RAZING PLANT
TO BEGIN IMMEDIATELY
Aiderman Van Dvke's Motion
j to Reconsider Lost by Vote
of 6 to 4.
By n vote of 6 to 4. the alder
' manic board late this afternoon
| refused to reconsider its former
: action on the crematory proposi
i lion, which means that the old
crematory will be torn away.
Mayor-elect Woodward made a
speech against demolishing the
old plant, and Councilman Al
dine Chambers, who was defeat
ed in the primary by Mr. Wood
ward. spoke for a new crema
tory. Work of demolition, it is
announced, will begin iminedi
i ately.
The motion to reconsider was
I made by Aiderman Van Dyke,
tom: iV’Mi Acting with
I Sir. Woodward were Van Dyke,
i McClelland, Johnson and Ever-
I ett. Those voting against Mr.
Woodward were Aldermen han
dler. Warren. Maddox. Nntting,
t Spratling and Ragsdale.
Jamen G. WooJviard declared today
jth;it the que-tion of tearinry down tho
' old cremator.' uau the erection of a nev. -
: SS7s,OcG eltc.r’e po.ver ui.ii garbage uii
; puaal plant should be submitted to tiie
people it tiie general, election on De-
I ceinbci 4.
"Thg election on U.e crematory vil.
coat the l it.' nothing,” he s.iu, “for 1
will pay h c < 'ist of the tickets.”
‘ Mr. Wood., ard r nd Dr. W. L. Gt 1 -
1 i belt, m-e.ii'.lt-nl i.' t.ie board <.f he .it.i,
’ | where the leading spokesmen for cue
’ i opposing propositions this afternoon. It
i took unanimo is c msent of tlra
members of the board for them
; speak.
Dr. Gilbert gave cut this '.vrittci
statement today:
. Two years :.g. tiie be:.rd. of
health, realizing tha‘ the pre.-e;.;
c.-cmutory -.vas inadequate, arif-lut
ed a committer for the purpos. of
Investigatin'.' and reporting or, the
best modern method of garbage dis
posul for the city of Atlanta. The
commit’'.- - visit -1 rqany cltirs c.’the
North trnd Fafit.
Speeifieations v.-e-e issued, bids
invited, and, upon the recomme:.-
ikition o Dr. Rudolpii Herting,
whom tiie city had employed, ti
advise, it. and after a i’ui.
sion by tin- board of heu-m, he
city council, tiie board of aiuerineu
and by the bond commission, wit.
tiie approval of the mayor and eitj
attorney, the present contract with
the Destructor Company, of New
York, was made.
The entire question of installing
the new crematory rests on tearing
down the old plant. It Is absolute
ly a physical Impossibility to build
the new plant on the city's proper
ty while the present furnace is in
operation.
There is no real objection to
tearing down the old plant. It is
worn out, and the expenditure of
$3,000 reported necessary for re
pairs would only put it in service
able condition temporarily.
Refuse Dumped
Near Orphanage
I
While the council and the health au
' thoritles are at war over the destruc
i tlon of the present crematory and the
construction of a new disposal plant,
‘ garbage is being dumped In the heart of
. one of the principal residence sections
of the city, according to R. C. Massen
gale, of the Massengale Advertising
Agency.
Mr. Massengale contends that the
lives of numbers of children sheltered
by the Hebrew Orphans home are be
ing endangered by this practice, whil«
the entire neighborhood is being put t«
the greatest Inconvenience. Mr. Mas
sengale lives in Capitol avenue, be-