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At Police Station John J. Thom
ason Becomes Reconciled
to Daughter’s Marriage.
GRADY WALKER TO KEEP
GIRL BRIDE IN SCHOOL
Declares She Will Finish Two-
Year Course in Fashionable
Female Seminary.
Wjeri an irate father. John J. Thom
ason. iead of the Thomason Printing
Company, summoned two detectives
and sought the arrest of Grady Walk
er. secretary and treasurer of the Low
ry Plumbing Supply Company, for
eloping vith his pretty sixteen-year
old daughter. Miss Ommie Thomason, a
school girl, he himself was taken into
custody and detained in the police sta
tion until he became reconciled.
Three hours detention caused him to
abandon his announced intention to
shoot young Walker on sight, and to
day the trio of principals are all hap
py-
Thomason is attending to his duties
in his office, the smiling bridegroom is
doing likewise and the bride is at Miss
Woodberry's school, where she is a
popular student.
To Keep Girl Bride
In School Two Years.
Walker told a Georgian reporter to
day that he intends to keep his wife in
school until she completes her educa
tion. She has two more years in Miss
Woodberry’s school before she gradu
ates.
’Ommie is just a child, you might
and I certainly don’t intend to de
pi:r< her of an education just because
she- uiiisented to become tny bride,”
proudly remarked the bridegroom.
"1 don’t know whether Miss Wood
berry will object to her remaining in
scjool,” he continued, “but if there
iiuiiiid be objection I’ll place her in an
other school. I want her to complete
w education, and I’ll spare no pains
“long this line. Ommie is deeply in
rested in her studies, and is anxious
r-i-e fto remain in school. I think it
roulii be cruel to stop her education
just because she’s married.”
1 romantic elopement took place
hwinesJav night when young Walker
rtoied on .\iiss Thomason at her home,
■' Ashby street, West End, and Mr.
n ason efused to allow him to es
"b the girl to the gas show' at the
Auditorium.
Stroll From House
And Run for Car.
!1 ” ris said to have informed
’••• daughter that she "ought to be in
ho. instead of entertaining
fompany, a nd that if Walker cared
1 ier he would leave." but
'i'-" didn’t suit either the voting
mat, or the girl.
„ • ’(> attempt was made to go to the
,)w ’ but a few minutes later
. ’ r’••nt the girl to ask her father
f ' ’ "i'.b go to a nearby soda fount
■ ' i earn. Thomason object-
;md Walker told Miss Thomason
out anyway, and that she
n t have to return.
"""is man and the girl Anally
1 ’'utto the porch unconcem
,n . . 1 Walker’s coat was the
I homason suspected noth
olley car hove in sight.
down the steps, ran
- corner and boarded it.
lonian Issues
License to Them.
K n
mj ril , 1 lu * l' le father was deter-
lat he would make search
utinwdtnt-i.. .e
town - thPv ale d not go down
f,..v h , alighted from the car a
the ntr ' -‘"ay and sought refuge in
" the Willingham-Tift Lum
p, a ’ nv - " here Walker telephoned
strL.; Homer Johnson, of 250 Hill
th-m 1 ' tax * an<l c-ome after
An ho
o’clor-k t" and a ha,f ,ater - at 10
'mson and the taxi arrived,
problem of the license.
Masor'' Vllklnson was at the
Os his m Ple, but couldn't leave. Two
nelth ei ' !lts were telephoned, but
M-. v . ’ ■ 8 license blank. Finally
"as called over the
1 -! i" issue the license;
/■’ Mos ag< sip- i ead
. ■ - fids part of it was per.
ov * to the Wilkinson
11 Park, obtained th.- n
b . v, "ent to the home of
10l .\v, , pastor of the Capi-
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The Atlanta Georgian
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GHEECESIb'iS
UNISIIHE;
MBIOIII
IT EID
Will Take Part in Peace Nego
tiations and Remain Mem
ber of Balkan League.
FRANCE SEES VICTORY
FOR HER DIPLOMACY
Harmony Restored in 48 Hours
After Warning from the
Republic.
PARIS, Dec. 6. —Greece has signed
the general armistice terminating the
Turko-Balkan war, according to a dis
patch received here from Constantino
ple.
Official announcement has been made
at Athens that Greece will take part in
tho peace negotiations and will remain
a. member of the Balkan league. Greece
previously' refused to sign the armistice
in order to strengthen her position in
Epirus, it was stated.
Peace negotiations will begin in Lon
don on December 16.
French officials later said ths.t con
firmation of signing of the armistice by
Greece would demonstrate the power
of French diplomacy, as 1t was only 48
hours ago that Monsieur Poincaire.
minister of foreign affairs, notified the
Greek minister here that his govern
ment should not delay too long in seek
ing peace because of the general dan
ger to the international situation.
Situation Between
Powers Very Tense
BERLIN, Dec. 6.—German diplomats to
day admitted for the first time that the
line of demarcation between the triple
alliance (Germany, Austria and Italy)
and the triple entente (England, France
and Russia, has been drawn to the break
ing point, and that any sudden pressure
either way might precipitate the bloodiest
warfare in the world’s history.
One leading diplomat described the sit
uation thus:
“We hope, but there is more preparation
than hope. No one can tell what the next
twenty tour hours will bring forth."
He went on to explain that the speech
of Foreign Minister Poincaire before the
French chamber of deputies yesterday
had caused no ripple on the surface, it
having been expected that France would
set forth her views following Germany’s
exposition In the speech of Chancellor
Von Bethmann Hollweg.
Italy must be soothed now as a result
of the Greek bombardment of Avalona, a
strctegic point as regards the safety of
the Italian coast on the Adriatic sea.
It is understood that Italy and Austria
are preparing a joint protest to the
Greek government with a demand for an
explanation.
DETECTIVES ACCUSE
YOUTH OF SLUGGING
AND ROBBING CLERK
Through the arrest of a young man
who gives his name as H. J. Smith and
his home as Birmingham, detectives
believe they will solve the mystery of
the recent assault on Leo Doyal, of 216
Luckie street, a clerk in the Third Na
tional bank.
Doyal, when within a block of his
home on Saturday nigl . October 19
was slugged, knocked in. risible, and
robbed of his gold watch, He then was
dragged into a vacant lot near by,
where he lay unconscious al’, night. te
viving early the next morning.
Detectives have been working on the
case since and Smith was arrested fol
lowing the recovery by Detectives
Starnes and ('ampbell of Doyal s "at -a
from an auction house. Smith is said
to have disposed of the watch to this
house. He denies he is guilty of the
assault, protesting that he bought the
watch from a small boy.
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR
BULL MOOSE FIGHT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—The Na
tional Progressive party' certified to the
clerk of the house today that in the
campaign waged in behalf of Colonel
Roosevelt for the presidency the total
contributions were $676.6,2.23. The to
tal disbursements were $665,500. with
total unpaid bills on November 30 of
$5,714.13.
Among the contributors were Thomas
Plant, of Boston, who gave $20,000;
Robert Bacon. $20,000; Francis W. Bird,
$30,000; Flank A. Munsey. $30,000;
Thom is A. Edison. $1,500; <’. G. Van
derbilt. $5,000: George \V. Porter, $5,-,
oOO; (’, K McCormick, $250,
Thousands See Expert Youthful Farmers in March Through Atlanta Streets
CORN CLUB BOYS IN GREAT PARADE
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Troops in Line With Young
sters and Big Reception at
the Capitol Follows.
With more than 2,000 in line, the
greatest corn show parade ever held in
the South started on its way through
the streets of Atlanta this afternoon,
while thousands of city folks cheered
on the young agriculturalists who will
some day supply the nation with prod
uce.
Led by. Captain W. H. Leahy, grand
marshal of the day, captain in the Fifth
regiment and commander of the Corn
club Boy Scouts of the state, and by
Colonel E. E. Pomeroy, of the Seven
teenth United States infantry, and Act
ing Mayor John S. Candler, the parade
formed at the capitol just after the big
turkey dinner at the capitol was fin
ished.
In spite of their satisfied fullness, tho
boys were eager to get in line, for they
marched in front of all the troops of
the Fifth regiment and the cadets from
Marlst and the Georgia Military acad
emy. The line, almost a quarter of a
mile In length, was to parade across
the Washington street viaduct and then
turn up Harris street, down Peachtree
between gathered thousands on either
sidewalk to Whitehall, over Mitchell
street toward the capitol, and at 3
o’clock they were all to be dismissed,
after having been reviewed by their
leaders.
A reception by the boys and girls fol
lowed at the capitol.
Most of the boys will leave late this
afternoon or tomorrow morning for
their homes, and each one will be in
spired by what he has seen in Atlanta.
Eating day for.every girl and boy
member of the canning or corn clubs of
the state was fittingly observed by
nearly 1,000 youngsters at the state
capitol today at 12 o'clock, when they
were the guests of the Atlanta Cham
ber of Commerce at one of the biggest
dinners ever given in Atlanta.
Long tables laden with dainties to
satisfy the sturdy appetites of hungry
young farmer girls and boys will stretch
through the corridors of the building
and for perhaps the first time in Its his
tory it saw the embryo agricultural
Interests of the state all satisfied as to
appetite.
The dinner was so big and there
were so many attending It that four
ministers were required to say grace,
and as soon as they were done, prompt
ly at 12 o’clock, the meal began. The
four ministers were Dr John F. Pur
ser. Dr. J. B. Robins, Dr. R. O. Flinn
and Dr. C. B. Wilmer.
PROPER TO KILL MAN
WHO HUGS YOUR WIFE,
SAYS JURY IN TEXAS
—————
DALLAS, TEXAS, Dec. 6.—-A man
has a right to kill another man who
hugs his wife, according to the grand
jury here, which exonerated Arthur
Turner, who shot and killed William
McKinney, of Grand Prairie.
Mrs. Turner said McKinney hugged
and offered to kiss her after she had
brought him a drink of water. Mc-
Kinney. according to the testimony,
had known the girl since childhood and
looked upon her almost us ills own
•laughter.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1912.
JURY PUTS APPROVAL
UPON “GENTLEMANLY
DRINKER” BY VERDICT
A divorce jury in superior court de
cided today that there was such a
thing as a "gentlemanly drinker.” Ac
cording to the phase of the verdict that
settled this delicate point, a “gentle
manly drinker” is one who can drink
and not get drunk.
The question went to the jury quite
inadvertently, and was propounded by
Superior Judge Pendleton during the
course of an action in which Dr. C. C.
Needham sought a removal of his mar
riage disabilities.
Harvey Hill, the attorney, had been
called to the stand to act as a character
witness for Dr. Needham, and he had
given Dr. Needham the best of reputa
tion.
"Does he ever take a drink, Mr. Hill?"
asked Judge Pendleton.
Mr. Hill said that he thought he did.
but was sure that the physician had
never taken liquor to excess.
“Then he is what you call a 'gentle
manly drinker,!” said the judge.
When the jury retired, knowing full
well that all the facts must be consid
ered, it pondered some time over the
question. It found a verdict favorable
to Dr. Needham.
MODERN ENOCH ARDEN,
AFTER 18 YEARS, FINDS
HIS WIFE REMARRIED
CLIFTON, TENN.. Dee. 6—Henry D.
Bolton, formerly a resident of this little
town, has just returned after an eight
een-year absence to find, like Enoch
Arden, his wife remarried and the
daughter he left an infant a fiancee.
Bolton left his home to seek his for
tune in the West. He was unable to
persuade his wife to accompany him
and she, with the child, remained be
hind, while Bolton went to Seattle,
Wash.
The wife, reading in a newspaper
about two years ago of the death of a
Henry Bolton in a train wreck, con
cluded it was her husband, and soon
after married John M. Blackshear, a
well-to-do farmer of Wayne county.
Bolton was not surprised when he
learned that his wife had married dur
ing his long absence, and declared his
intention of soon returning to Seattle.
The infant girl he left has grown into
a beautiful young woman, now known
as Miss Opal Blackshear, who is soon
to be a bride.
THIS BURGLAR TRIPS UP
ON PAIR OF SUSPENDERS
CHICAGO, Dec. 6. —A burglar who
got tangled up in a pair of suspenders
caused excitement in the household of
Gustave Struckure, at 814 West Huron
street early today. Struckure fired
several shot* at the robber, who leaped
through a kitchen window and escaped.
He carried away a pocketbook con
taining $9. which he found in the trous
ers to which the suspenders were at
tached
Walter Brown, a ten-year-old corn expert of Bowman, blowing
a big bass horn in today’s parade, and Raymond Hendrick, whis
tling a tune on a fife.
COSMOPOLITAN CASE
IS DELAYED 12 DAYS;
NO RECEIVER NAMED
After conference witli attorneys rep
resenting both factions, Superior Judge
Bell’today granted a postponement of
twelve days in the case of the state
against the Cosmopolitan Life Insur
ance Company, resetting the hearing for
December 18.
The postponement was granted so
that a stockholders meeting’, scheduled
for December 16, could be held and some
arrangement made whereby the com
pany could be kept a going concern, to
the satisfaction of suing stockholders
and the state Insurance authorities.
The court’s action means that no re
ceiver will be appointed for the com
pany in case of Dan G. Sudderth and
his interventors. Whether the com
pany and the state authorities reach
an agreement is problematical, but it
is believed that some satisfactory ad
justment will be made.
U. S. ENGINEER TO
RECOMMEND WORK
ON DARIEN HARBOR
SAVANNAH, GA., Dec. 6.-—Colonel
Dan C. Kingman, of the corps of en
gineers, has received a telegram from
General Bixby, chief of engineers, in
Washington. D. C., requesting him to
attend a conference there of the board
of engineers on rivers and harbors,
which will meet next week to discuss
the improvement of the Darien harbor.
Colonel Kingman states that he is on
record as not favoring the improvement
of Darien harbor. He wHI recommend,
however, that if the harbor be im
proved, the work be centered upon
Front river and Sapelo island sound,
instead of Doboy sound, as at first pro
posed. Doboy sound, he says, is full
of shifting sand, which makes it diffi
cult, if not impossible, to cut a per
manent channel, while the other route,
though a little longer, is entirely prac
ticable.
Colonel Kingman will probably leave
for Washington Saturday.
BLIZZARD SWEEPING
NORTHWEST STATES
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., Dec. 6—A
heavy snowstorm, accompanied by a
high wind, has been sweeping over the
Northwest for the last eighteen hours,
according to dispatches received here.
Canada. Montana, the Dakotas and
Minnesota are now in the snow region.
Trains in all states were reported sev
eral hours late because of the drifting
snow.
SNOWSTORM CALLS
OFF RACES AT JUAREZ
H'AREZ. MEXICO. Dee. 6 -A heavy
snowstorm which is raging here has ne
cessitated th' calling off of today’s
races. The entries for today will ataqd
sot tomorrow.
Abatement of Smoke
Evil Worth $5,000,000
Annually to St. Louis
Existence of Nisance Costs Chica
go $50,000,000 and Whole
Country $500,000,000.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 6.—-About $5,000,000
annually has been gained by St, Louis
by the abatement of the smoke nui
sance, according to the latest report is
sued by the Women's Organization for
Smoke Abatement.
This is in contrast with reported
losses of $8,000,000 by Cincinnati. $6,-
000,000 by Cleveland and $50,000,000
by Chicago, respectively, owing to
smoke. The country as a whole suf
fers a loss of more than $500,000,000
annually, it is said. The women will
now endeavor to determine the loss in
life because of the smoke.
Damage to merchandise, increased la
bor in housekeeping, the expense of
soiled linen, tarnishing of metals, de
facement and begriming of buildings
help to swell the total loss.
HIGH WIND AND SNOW
IMPERIL LIVES OF 50
ON WRECKED VESSEL
■DULUTH. MINN.. Dec. 6. —Terrific
winds, the highest tn many years, and
blinding snow today put the 50 souls on
the wrecked steamer Easton in peril of
death.
All efforts to take off the passengers
and crew were abandoned during the
night as the wind increased in fury.
The steamer is on the rocks of Iro
quois reef, 30 miles west of Port Ar
thur, exposed to the full sweep of the
gale. Before the ship was cut off from
sight by the snow, a wireless report
came that the vessel was holding to
gether, but that her stem was tilted out
of the water.
The wireless operator reported that a
number of sailors, trying to man the
lifeboats, had been swept overboard
This was denied at the office of the
Booth line by Local Manager Louis T.
Hogs tad.
MARIETTA STREET
CITIZENS TO HOLD
INDIGNATION MEET
An Indignation meeting of the citi
zens of Marietta street has been called
for tonight at 8 o’clock at the corner of
Marietta and Alexander streets on ac
count of the terrible condition of that
street. The street has been torn up for
many weeks for the widening and re
paving work. It has been almost im
passable for quite a while, and the tnud
is so deep there now that vehicles can
not traverse it.
The meeting is called for tonight to
urge the city council to give some re
lief. The city work on the st ret is be
ing dor.e under the direction of the city
chief of construction department.
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South Carolina Executive Tells
Them Face to Face What
He Thinks.
RESENTS CENSURE FOR
LYNCH LAW SPEECHES
Declares He Has Received
Threatening Letters, But
Does Not Care a Rap. ,
: GOVERNOR BROWN •
• VOTES FOR CENSURE :
• RICHMOND, VA.. Dec. 6.—Gov- •
• ernor Brown, of Georgia, voted •
• for the O’Neal resolution, censur- •
• ing Governor Blease, explaining •
• that he had always stood for the •
• enforcement of law and order In •
• Georgia, and it would be Incon-
• sistent on his part if he voted •
• against it, *
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RICHMOND, VA., Dec. S.—By a vote
of 14 to 4, the governors conference to
day adopted a resolution of censure of
Governor Cole L. Blease, of South Car
olina, for his sentiments relative to
lynch law' and mob rule.
"You can all go to
cried Blease as the vote was cast.
The vote came at the end of the
stormiest session of the conference.
Following the. discussion of rural credit
and the adoption of a resolution to ap
point a committee of five goveronrs
to consider this subject. Governor
O’Neal, of Alabama, introduced a reso
lution “protesting against the utter
ance of any sentiments which could be
consti-ued as upholding the mob taw ar
violence.”
Governor Donaghey, of Arkansas, op-i
posed this, and Governor Mann, of Vir
ginia. amended it so as to voice the
sentiment of the conference in direct
opposition to Governor Blease’s pre
viously expressed doctrines.
This provoked a spirited argument
between Governors Gilchrist and Mc-
Govern, favoring the resolution, and.
Kitchin and Hawley, opposing it.
Governor Blease then took the floor.
“I Defy You, I
Won’t
“I have today received four letters
threatening my life,” he shouted. “One
came from this city, one from Wash
ington, one from Louisville and the oth
er from Pittsburg. They all say they
will shoot me on sight I care nothing
for these letters. I care nothing for
your resolution. When many of you
will be enjoying the quiet of private life
I will be representing my state in the
senate and we will see who laughs last.
Now pass your resolution. I defy you.
I won’t, apologize, not if you expel me
for it."
Governors Donaghey, Baldwin of
Connecticut, Hawley of Idaho and.
Kitchin of North Carolina voted to ta
ble the resolution. The other fourteen
governors present voted to pass it.
‘‘To Hell With
Constitution. ’ ’
When Governor Blease said “To hell
with the constitution" yesterday, 25
women, some of them wives and daugh
ters of governors, who were interested
spectators at the meeting, arose and
left the hall. When thus rebuked for
his profanity, Governor Blease ceased
speaking and took his seat.
The offensive remark came while the
South Carolina executive was making
his second sensational speech before
his fellow governors In defense of mob
law and lynching for negro assailants
of white women.
Gilchrist Comes
To South’s Defense.
Feeling that the utterances of Blease
in the presence of women, such as those
who had just left the convention hall,
was a reflection on Southern chivalry,
Governor Albert W. Gilchrist, of Flori
da, stlnglngly called the South Caro
linan to task for his profane speech
and lack of consideration of those pres
ent. He was applauded as he declared:
“The flrst' x thing that indicates a
manly man or womanly woman is
thoughtful consideration for pther peo
ple.”
The incident came about "hen Gov
ernor Joseph N. Carey, of Wyoming
asked If Governor Blease had not takei
an oath to uphold the constitution tig