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Newspaper Page TextTHE WEATHER Forecast: Fair tonight and tomor. nvJ Temperatures: Ba. m., 51; 10 , r,,., 60; 12 noon, 64: 2 p. m., 66. VOL. XI. NO. 95. SHOPKEEPER slugged HE SERVES BANDIT Decatur Street Merchant's Life Is Saved by Passerby Who Heard Him Fall. NEGRO ROBBER FORCED TO FLEE WITHOUT LOOT Rescuers Find Assailant Ready to Give His Unconscious Victim Death Blow. fl r \ Starnes, a merchant of 536 De fl catur stn-et, turned to a shelf in Jiis fl sl ,, r . moav io get down for fl : : pr,five buyer. When he faced fl u t; . was knocked unconscious by a H blow of a billy on his head. fl llail-ead men, on their way home fl r..:. work, heard Starnes fall as they fl p ;i <s ~' i ••• store, and dashed in to find fl a P . jr - -rniinpr over the prostrate nier fl rMtit. ji apparently was about to de flliv-r n alier blow, which might have H killed his victim. fl <•: arrival saved Starnes' life and fl - ■ -m.-ntx of his cash register. As fl rohbei saw them enter, he fled .ugh a back door into the alley. ■ Slugger Escapes fl In Maze of Alleys. fl f; ;■'■>■<-tiers gave chase, and were ' Police c aptain Curry and Pa- tnderson and Watson. The flittiTl-'. however, escaped them in a of alleys. BB s- . wa.s hurried to Grady hos- ' .■■.•• the wound on his head was in-ssed. He was able to return to his fl d":'" lat-r in the day. ■■ opened the store and had i.wn.-fi rnd my cash from the safe to ■■ I- • •gister," ho said. "The rob ® have seen tills, for he en- just at that time. fl "H ■ v. is a well dressed, seemingly |fl ■' ■ i< negro. He gave his order fl 'i' 1 turned to till it. I had to walk to where the cash register was, ' ■’• ■ v<- lie was figuring on that vlien lie named his purchase. ■ Street Nearly Is ■Deserted at Early Hours. to show him the goods, 1 fl| tie roof had fallen in. I felt BB i" nie'i mi my face, and then I be unc.mscious.’’ fl| Furry said. that, according to ■fl 1 men, the street virtually fl| • '•••'! at. that hour, and had it fl|'"‘ r ai busy time they never would Bfl ■' drop, one looked inside and fl" ■' bending over the mer- : -ii’. a blackjack still in his hand, ■fl 'i in, but the negro was ton |fl I' l is out through a back door, 1 and in a few seconds lost, |fl them had pistols, and when ‘ lived, ail trace.of the tob- was gone. ■SUFFRAGISTS plan B BALLOT for every fl WOMAN IN 4 YEARS fl > i 'ill. I ’ll I A, Nov. 32. ....predict |fl aux made at the present fl •on.! give the women of every ' " I'nion the right to vote be |fl \t presidential election, the ' the National American s iffr.-ig,.. association eonven- Sfl down to business today. 'a a a for today's session in fl a hall consisted of the fol- a reports: ' committee, legal adviser, a ' ups committee, and from iin-nt of the "cause:” jfl| .bir-obs. Alabama: Frances W. fl Vizonu; Mary McH. Keith, fl ■ Har, let G. R. Wright, Co»<>- Sfl l ,; a. Huncks. Connecticut; Leo ■l „ ‘"'i'. District of Columbia; fl linois; Anna I>. Nolard. In- -gates were today pledged to mning debate on the "Best fl ’ Forcing Congress to Grant |fl| : Suffrage.” fl Lu BWOMAN MAKES I DOUBLY SURE TO DIE fl Ml< H™Nov. 22. Mrs. '• \\ illiams, a society leader '""an, killed herself here to ■fl swallowed a large quantity of and then shot het self fll body. Despondency over caused her net. The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results. 'Your Presence Is Not Wanted/ Hot Springs Mayor Wires Schepps Arkansans Resent Gangster’s In tention of Taking Up Resi dence With Them. HOT SPRINGS, ARK., Nov. 22. Mayor W. W. Waters sent the follow ing telegram to Sam Schepps. New York, in care of District Attorney Whitman: "Having read In the newspaper dis patches from New York that you con template returning- to Hot Springs im mediately after your release from jail in New York, I desire to notify you, as mayor of Hot Springs, representing the best of the city, your presence here is not desired.” Mayor Waters stated he did not want Schepps to make Hot Springs his home and that he had been requested by many citizens to warn Schepps to keep away. NO EXCUSE FOR T, R. TO CONTINUE MOOSE PARTY, SAYS BRYAN SAVANNAH, GA„ Nov. 22.—“1f the Democrats are faithful to the trust that has been imposed in them,” declared Colonel William Jennings Bryan, who delivered a lecture In this city last night under the auspices of the First Pres byterian church, “there will be no ex cuse for a continuation of Mr. Roose velt’s Progressive party.” And he add ed his confident belief that the Demo crats would satisfactorily adjust the tariff, trust and currency problems which now beset the nation. Colonel Bryan is on his way to his winter home in Florida, where, he says, he means to’take a long rest. He re ceived a batch of letters and telegrams here and scarcely had a moment to spare while he was in the city. One of the first things the Nebras"kan did aft er his arrival was to deny the cable re port that he had been invited to join President-elect Wilson for a jiolltical conference in' Bermuda. He said he had not been invited to visit Governor Wilson and that he had no idea of do ing so. BRIDEGROOM WITHIN HIS RIGHTS TO DRINK BEFORE TAKING WIFE MACON, GA.. Nov. 22.—1 n the opin ion of Judge Gus Daly, recorder- of this city, a man is warranted in taking a few drinks just prior to a wedding cer emony. An aged negro was arraigned before the judge, charged with having been drunk. He pleaded that he had imbibed some “ni-beer” in anticipation of his marriage, which had been pre vented by his arrest. “Where’s your license?” asked the judge. “Here it is,” said the old negro, “and yonder's my gal.” ‘Well, if you two will marry right now. I’ll perform the ceremony and dis miss the case,” said the recorder, and he was as good as his word. However, there being some doubt in their minds as to the legality of a mar riage performed by him. the two ne groes went to the ordinary and heard the fateful words all over again. SON OF JOHN W. GATES IS WRITING MEMOIRS OF “MISUNDERSTOOD MAN” « COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO., Nov. 22. —Charles G. Gates is here writing the life story of John W. Gates, his father. Probably it will be montlis be fore the volume of memoirs is ready for the printer. “There never was a. prominent man more misunderstood than my father,” said Gates. “He was not the big plunger that people pictured him. He had none of the small arts that char acterize many of the financial mag nates. His methods were direct. They puzzled Wall Street because he made a habit of telling the truth or else say ing- nothing.” TYPEWRITER AGENT WHO STABBED CLERK GIVEN SIX MONTHS Oscar Bowers, a typewriter salesman, who recently stabbed J. S. Dunaway in' an affray in the offices of the Hecht Piano Company, Temple Court build ing, pleaded guilty to assault in crimi nal division of superior court today and was sentenced to six months in the penitentiary. Bowers was indicted for assault with intent to murder, on evidence given to the grand jury by Miss Emily Nelson, a 'stenographer in the employ of the piano company, who witnessed the light. This charge was reduced to assault when Bowers' attorneys agreed to submit a plea of guilty. 9 QUARANTINED ON PULLMAN CAR WHEN SMALLPOX APPEARS 1 (ENVER, COLO , Nbv. 22.—Eight pas sengers who arrived in Castle Rock on a Santa Fe Pullman car are in quarantine today, and. with the negro porter of thq car. will be held for two weeks, as a result of the discovery of a case of small pox on the ear. The patient. R. C. Jones, boarded the ear at Lajunta. Colo. The disease de veloped after he was aboard. State health officials ordered the ear cut from the train and fumigated. Jones was hurried by automobile to a pest house here. DDT mo RENEWEDON STUBBORN TURKS ■OWI I ■■ II ■ W Peace Terms Rejected—Bul gar Cannon Resume Shelling Constantinople Defense. MOSLEMS REINFORCED DURING 24-HOUR TRUCE Pestilence Among the Enemy Leads Gen. Savoff to Shift Point of Onslaught. SOFIA, Nov. 22.—A communication from the European powers was pre sented to the Bulgarian government this aftermnoon urging the Balkan al lies to modify their armistice demands upon Turkey. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 22.—The greatest battle of the Balkan war is raging today along the Chatalja lines between Bulgarian and Turkish artil lery with savage fury, following the rejection by the Porte of the allies’ armistice terms. Taking advantage of the 24-hour lull in the lighting, brought about by the tentative negotiations be tween General Savoff, the. Bulgarian commander-in-chief, and Nazim Pa sha. the Turkish minister of war, all the Ottoman reserve forces had been moved to the front and the Turkish positions were said by the government to be swagger jus®. ttaji -aX aux Umt previous. Biyuk Chekmeja. at the extreme southern end of the Chatalja lines, is the center of the battle and there the heaviest fighting is going on. Five batterips of the Bulgarians’ heaviest siege guns, waich were for merly used in bombarding the Otto man defenses at Adrianople, have at last reached the front and are concen trated upon the Turkish works between Chatalja and Biyuk Chekmeje. • General Savoff is evidently attempt ing to weaken the Turkish left wing for a flank movement. Artillery Roar Starts Before Day. Beginning an hour before daybreak, the roar of artillery fire west of this city gave evidence that a terrific en gagement was in progress. Military experts here believe that one of the Compelling motives which led General Savoff tot concentrate his attack upon the Turkish left was the prevalence of cholera in the camp opposite the Turk ish center. Reports by Turkish scouts who made a reconnoissance of the twenty-mile front of the Bulgarian army from neighboring heights indicated that the Bulgarians did not withdraw from the offensive as had been reported, but the movement of troops to the wings only made it appear so. It is indicated by all accounts from the front that only a few regiments of infantry and artillery have been left to guard the Bulgarian artillery at the center, General Savoff not fearing an infantry attack from the Turks in this quarter. Witnesses of conditions in the Turk ish line say that the greatest hardships are not caused by Bulgarian bullets Cold rains haVe been falling at inter vals for a week and many of the re servists who are used to the warm cli mate of Asia Minor are suffering in tensely from illness thus brought on. Soldier Shoots Down Commander. There is also a lack of discipline among the Turkish soldiers which strikes observers as a most untoward factor in military affairs. A war cor respondent told of seeing a soldier shoot down an officer because he was angered at a command. Instead of be ing punished, the soldier was allowed to go free. Breastworks have been erected all along the eastern banks of the Lake of Biyuk Chekmeje by the Ottoman troops and'a telephftne line has been installed connecting the headquarters there with the private railway ear *>f Nazim Pasha, which stands upon the tracks of the Orient railway at Hadem keul. Two Turkish ironclads have been or dered to Kalikratia, west of Biyuk Chekmeje, to join in the cannonade on the Bulgarian camp there. Grand Vizier Kiamil Pasha an nounced today that he had received from tlie front word that the Turks were In a very favorable position and that all was going well with them. With the water pouring into her hold from several big holes beneath the wa ter line, the Turkish battleship Meslu idy -ii was towed in a .sinking condition, stern first, into the Golden Horn to | day. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1912. RISKS DEATH IN FIRE FOR BRIDE’S DOWN Hilliard Spalding and Wife Have Narrow Escape From Blaze in New Home. NEGRO JANITOR ROUSES SLEEPING OCCUPANTS Trousseau Consumed by the Flames and Wedding Pres ents Are Destroyed. Hilliard Spalding, prominent young lawyer of 113 West Peachtree street, and his bride of a few weeks are today receiving the second congratulations of their honeymoon. This time they are being felicitated on the fact that they were not burned to death in their home —a big apartment bouse owned by the bridegroom—which was partially de stroy dat 11:30 o’clock last night. Mr. and Mrs. Spalding escaped partly clad, while other occupants of the house had narrow escapes from death. Julius Jones, a negro Janitor of a nearby apartment house, gave the alarm, and not satisfied with this re mained in the smoke-tilled halls pound ing on doors until the occupants, who had refused to be alarmed, had risen and he was assured of their safety. Braves Fire For Wife's Clothes. Mr. Spalding, wuen he hau iearned, wife was wearing in the cold night air, ran back in the burning building and did not come out until he had com fortable clothing for her. They then entered an automobile and were taken to the home of Mr. Spalding’s grand father, Rev. A. T. Spalding, in Court land street. The apartment was occupied by three families. A. P. Davis, employed by John J. Woodside, on the first floor, and the family of Glover C. Else, a traveling man, on the second floor, were awak ened in time to dress, but the Spaldings on the third floor had the narrow es capes. Mrs. Spalding, who was Miss Stew art, of Athens, lost her wedding pres ents and her trousseau. The fire originated in the furnace room and the entire rear of the build ing was burned. The damage was heavy. The apartment building was the property of Mr. Spalding. SOCIETY GIRLS PLAN THANKSGIVING FEAST FOR MEN IN STRIPES DALTON. GA., Nov. 22.—The two young daughters of Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Peeples, prominent in Dalton society, have taken it upon themselves to fur nish Whitfield county convicts the deli cacies-of a Thanksgiving dinner. The appeals made to local people to assist in making the day one of pleas ure to the "men in stripes” have met with a generous response, and the fund solicited by them has grown to large proportions—enough to insure a real Thanksgiving dinner for the men of the county chaihgang. A thorough canvass of the city has been made by them unassisted. With the. money secured, the delicacies to go with the two “porkers” promised by Warden Forrester will be purchased, anji the convicts will be given a genu ine feast. CALL 225 TALESMEN IN LYNCHING CASES TO SECURE JURORS COLUMBUS. GA., Nov. 22.—Never in the history of Myscogee county has there been so much difficulty experienced in se lecting a Jury as in the trial of the cases against It E. L. land, W. L. l and, A. B. Land and Lee Lynn, charged with mur der in connection with the lynching of T. Z. McElhaney, a negro youth. Two entire days were consumed in get ting the jury, during which time 476 veniremen were drawn. Os the 176 drawn, 225 answered before the twelve jurors were secured. The majority of those who failed to qualify did so for cause. The hearing of evidence did not begin until this morning, when many witnesses were present, both for the state and the defense. SIDNA ALLEN GUILTY: GETS FIFTEEN YEARS WYTHEVILLE, VA„ Nov. 22.—The jury in the case of Sldna Allen, the Carroll county outlaw, today returned a verdict of guilty and fixed the punish ment at fifteen years in the peniten tiary. Sidna Allen was tried for the murder of Judge Massie, and will be tried for | other murders at once. GOVERNOR REGRETS NEW EXILING OF ADAM AND EVE Governor Joseph M. Brown does not take kindly to certain proposed changes in the text of the old King James version of > swill flflflt Governor Brown woman,” to tone down the ancient suggestiveness of “hell” and call it more politely the “underworld,” and to replace, in the wonderful tale of Jonah, “whale” with “great fish,” the governor was not thrilled with that sentiment of approval some people may have felt. Discussing these proposed changes today, Governor Brown said: By GOVERNOR JOSEPH M. BROWN. I love the dear old Bible, the Bible my sainted parents and grandparents loved to read. The simplicity of its language, the sacredness of its.truths, the comfort in its promises and the reverential fear resulting from its warnings h— -these and all the other wholesome effects to the soul make me each day thankful that such a treasure has been given to us. And, yet, I know that certain words have not found the translation which conveys their real meaning in the King •lames version. These errors, however, are few and should not affect the standing of The Book in our minds. The Book is divine, but the translators were human. Hence the corrections in the translation are not corrections of the Bible, but are the true translation of the Bible. The recent revised version of the Sacred Book, however, seems to me to have developed some unnecessary changes of verbiage, if the press dispatch of November 20 correctly repre-» scats it. For exampJ*. it seems to me like a straining at the literal when we find the names of the first human pair discarded and that they are presented merely as “man” and “woman.” We are taught that “Adam” gave names to “every beast of the field and every fowl of the air.” Why, then, should the great name-giver be deprived of a name? I beg to be excused from indorsing this change. The genealogical table shown in the first chapter of First Chronicles, gives to the first man a name just as it does to every other man in that table. I have never condemned him too intolerantly for eating the forbidden fruit, for I have realized that I might have done as he did if I had stood in his place—l can not correctly say, in his shoes. If the most beautiful woman in the world had have “temped me,” I fear that I. too. would have eaten, and risked the consequences. 5 And “Eve!” There is something poetic in the name; but mere “woman,” applied to her, appears really prosaic, if not, in fact, ordinary. Let us keep her in remembrance as “Mother Eve.” And then, the “great fish” instead of “whale.” I believe the revised version is correct in that case, although Jonah doubt less would have had difficulty jn drawing the distinction. And “underworld” instead of “hell.” Well, so I keep clear of it I will not bother about the designation of it. Seriously speaking, 1 think that great conservatism should be exercised in revising the King James version, and that only such words should be changed as convey a palpably erroneous meaning of the Hebrew and Greek originals. Our sainted an cestors have read that version with comfort of spirit and pious joy. I confess that the old Bible is very dear to my heart, and am reluctant to see it unduly tampered with. STRANGULATION NOT CAUSE OF COUNTESS’ DEATH, SAYS EXPERT GOSHEN, N. Y„ Nov. 22. —Dr. Hen ry W. Cattell, of Philadelphia, a med ical expert, who testified that he had performed 2.500 autopsies, most of them upon strangulations, swore this afternoon at the trial of Burton W. Gibson, accused of the murder of Countess Rosa Menschlk Szabo, that the appafbnt evidences of strangula tion on the body of the countess were due to post mortem causes. This was the defense's trump card, and they hoped by Dr. Catteli’s testi mony to offset all the damaging ex pert evidence of the prosecution. JACK ROSE AND TWO PALS HIDE EN ROUTE TO ‘TIMBER’ IN TEXAS' CLEVELAND, OHIO, Nov. 22.—Harry Vallon, "Bridgie” Webber and Jack Hose, three of the four Informers in the gun men's trials growing out of the murder of Herman Rosenthal, in New York, passed through here today en route to Chicago. Their ultimate destination, it was as serted. is Texas. They were aboard a New York Central train The. three men were in a parlor car. They would not show themselves. The conductor of the train was positive in Ids statement that the four passengers were the quartet of Uiformers. the Holy Bible. The governor views these proposed changes more in sorrow than in an ger, but he makes very plain his objections, nevertheless. He is one of the leading Baptists of Georgia, and when the news reached him recently that it was propos ed in a new Baptist transla tion of the Bible to dismiss such old favorites as “Adam and Eve,” and substitute therefor merely “man and RESISTING ARREST, NEGRO FIRES INTO POSSE; 1 WOUNDED FORSYTH, GA„ Nov. 22.—Millie Mac Maynard, one of the best known young men of Monroe county, was shot in the shoulder here last night by J. L. Mitch ell, a negro photographer. The wound is not serious, say the attending physi cians. The negro is in jail. J. M. Cox, a local constable, attempt ed to serve a legal paper on Mitchell, who. cursing the officer, refused to take the paper. Cox called on some one te. assist him in arresting the negro, when Mitchell ran to his house. Officer Cox, Mr. Maynard and several other young men followed. As the party enterd the house, Mitch ell drew a big ,44-caliber Colts and threatened to kill the first man who came toward him. Several of the men made a rush upon Mitchell, and he vyas overpowered, but not until he had fired several times into the crowd. Mem bers of the posse returned the fire. Both Mr. Maynard and the negro were wounded. NO LETTER WRITTEN BY MRS. FLADGER PRODUCED Examination of the evidence In the alienation suit of B. B. Fladger against L. Jackson Hood shows that no letter from Mrs. Fladger to Hood was intro duced. The Georgian was in error in mak ing the statement that such a letter was produced or anything relating to it in trqjlueed in the court evidence. HOME IDITION 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE MB TO HILT tBEMITOm FLINS IS GIVENUP Woodward Declares He Can Do Nothing More Until He Takes Mayor’s Chair. RAZING OF OLD PLANT IS BEGUN BY GILBERT Health Board to Insist That Demolition Be Completed Within One Week. With the order to destroy the old crematory signed by Acting Mayor Candler and work begun, James G. Woodward remarked with resignation as he sat in his office today that ha could do nothing else until he became mayor. “I .think it Is an outrage that they have literally dumped thousands of tons of gaibage into the laps of the people of Atlanta by ordering that old plant destroyed,” he said. “But. I have dona all I could as a citizen. I am nothing more. After I am elected mayor, on December 4, I can assume a different attitude.” Aiderman John E. McClelland, who fought hard for Mr. Woodward's prop osition to save the old crematory at the meeting of the aldermanic board yesterday afternoon, intimated today that he would resort to the courts to block the rasing of the plant. He said he was not yet ready to announce his plan. Gilbert Says the Work Has Been Begun. Dr. W. L. Gilbert said today that work had begun to raze the old plant and that it would be completed as soon as possible. The contract was let to L. B. Storey. He is to receive the wreckage as compensation. His bld provide that he shall have 40 days to do the work. By noon today the interior of the crematory was wrecked beyond repair. Early this morning the workmen began gutting the furnaces from end to end. The board of health will insist that he complete the work within a week, at least. After a session of more than two hours, during which some of the speeches were spiritedly bitter, the al dermanic board yesterday afternoon voted six to four against a reconsider ation of the resolution ordering the plant torn down. ImmedlatfTy offer the session Acting Mayor Candler signed the order. ' The vote was: To destroy the plant—Candler, Mad dox, Nutting, Spratling, Ragsdale and Warren. To save the plant—McClelland. Van Dyke, Everett and Johntson. The speakers reviewed every phase of the crematory wrangle since it be gan more than two years ago. But the members of the aldermanic board were familiar with all the details and they appeared little interested except during some of the' statements of Mr. Wood ward and when there were clashes be twen speakers. “Pledging the city’s moral obligation for a $276,000 crematory is the same thing as issuing bonds,” declared Mr. Woodward. “Let’s refer this whole matter to the people on December 4. I will pay the cost of the tickets, and it won’t cost the, city a cent.” Mr. Woodward interpreted a reference of Dr. Gilbert to his (Woodward’s) “ten day inspection tour of garbage plants” as sarcastic. “I think I learned more about cre matories in those ten days than he has learned in all of his,” Mr. Wood ward jumped to his feet and declared. George Spence, attorney for the De structor Company, which has the con tract for the new plant, said the fight to save the old plant was all a bluff. He said the real motive was to break the contract for the new plant. Why Candler Voted To Tear Down Plant. When the vote was taken, Acting Mayor Candler said he had written out an explanation of his vote, to be sure he would not be misunderstood. He said he would vote to tear down the plant because the city council had entered into a solemn contract with the De structor Company to do it. Aiderman Johnston explained his vote with the statement that he had not had to write out an explanation, but that the contract with Mr. Story was vague and indefinite; that it gave him forty days in which to do the work, and that the board of health ought to have pro ceeded in a more businesslike way to get the plant torn down. He said he was satisfied that the city had contracted to pay SIOO,OOO too much for a new crematory, but he did not care to discuss that matter now, as it was not the question before the boanl.