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THE WEATHER Forecast foi Atlanta and Georgia: Fan- and somewhat warmer today; fair tomorrow. \OL. XL NO.* 113. PHOM MIM'S STREET FORCE / Councilmen in Move to Turn Down Appointments of the Construction Chief. ANGRY TAXPAYERS SHOW FAULTY PAVING IS LAID Boulevardier Crumbles Piece of Macadam Between Fingers at Committee Meeting. Because of the incompetent street Irving supervision by the city con struetinii department, several leading ..tubers of council planned today to r ..;. 10 , to confirm the reappointment of a number of subordinate officials to . of Construction R. M. Clayton. Th.r. was a climax of the charges ,f < methods in the department at the .-. ;iitg of the streets committee of council yesterday afternoon. A num >*’■ of North Boulevard citizens were .■nt to protest about the poor worlt on their street which has just been I bj the Southern Bitullthic I'onnpanx. Councilman Albert Thom son sui.i that Street Inspector D’Alvig ny mid him the street was paved ac cording to specifications. • Flv • - ambled a lump of the paving . tids before the committee and : that looked as if the work was Ip O >).. l itic.itioiis. Fails To Find Inspector on Job. < 'iii -f of Construction Clayton said work was not up to specifications. '.Il i... inspector D’Alvlgny was the oniy street paving inspector in his de partment. "I hove hutned' three times a day for di :.* three weeks to find an inspec- i ie job,” said Dr. Robin Adair. ' >i . ' found one, and lam not sur r tin- contractor has not lived ■ t i ■ specifications.” ■' .me”;nan Charles W. Smith de- • • ■ re is not a competent ■ ini' Inspector in the depart ment. ' ptooi ciu.Ton.has informed mem imncil that he will keep In- I ‘'Abigny in the department s he remains chief of con- ■’ t 'l'. flupi-lti- said such city b paving of North Boulevard outrage. He said it should be ■ and a contract for new paving * to another contractor. Fivtast Until They Are Worn Out This the committee decided to rec ommend to council. I ni the part of the Boulevard be a Bonce Del-eon avenue and Eighth ■ '• tlm property owners have pro ’ -!■ (l ui condition of the street ' are exasperated. It is paved wiiii weed blocks and many of the blocks have worked loose and are landing on their edges. “The people on the other parts of ’ ’’is street have a right to protest,” said ’ivlil Yarbrough, who called on Mayor inn to complain, "but we have had pay our assessments and we had ’■".her have no paving than what we ve They have not been assessed for their part of the street yet.” Backed by Harvey Hatcher* chairman th streets committee. Captain Clay- 1 ii insists that the condition of ine streets and the progress of the ' ar.- not to be considered seriously. Hurt Expected To Get Electric Permit. I' the meeting of council Monday pedal committee on reorganiza ;i will offer an ordinance giving ’ ’c’n i] ti le right to approve all of ■ ‘all, Clayton’s appointments. ibere was no further protest from Georgia Railway and Power Com ic Joel Hurt’s application to lay iri conduits across the streets to ■nimet his several buildings in Edge '■"/ avenue and Exchange place with private electric plant. ihe committee will recommend to 11,11 i! that his permit be granted. GEORGIAN SHOWS MISSOURI GIRL HE CAN TAKE A DARE •Macon, GA.. Dec. 14.—“1f you'll r " lne to Missouri for me. I’ll go with to Macon and marry you," was the Position made by Miss Ona Lavonia ■ ' ’tt, of Middleboro, Mo., to Otis C. ■’"h<-s, after he had proposed to her in a ■trespondence courtship. 1 n es took the dare, went to Mis- : »'i. brought her back to Macon, and Were married here, immediately’ “'ii their arrival, at the parsonage of h ’a. T. w. Callaway The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit— GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results. Rich Convict Banker’s Old Mother Starving And Father Is Dead Bank Wrecker, in Tombs. Cursed Old, Couple When They Sought His Aid. . NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—Mrs. Ellen Rabinovltch, who claims to be the mother of Joseph G. Robin, the wrecker of the Northern Bank of New York, who is in the Tombs prison, was found starving today in a room in Brook% n. The woman’s husband, whom Robin repudiated as his father, died last Sun day. Robin, who is said to have made another fortune in Wall street dealings since he was locked up, is a high liver and daily sends out for rich and costly meals from the Tombs. Recently when the aged couple sougnv to have Robin recognize them as his parents the banker cursed them. BACON MUST SHARE GAVEL IN U.S. SENATE WITH A REPUBLICAN WASHINGTON, Dec. 14—The party leaders of the senate reached an agree ment today which provides that Sena tor Bacon, Democrat, of Georgia, and Senator Gallinger, Republican, New Hampshire, shall alternate as presiding officers of the senate. Senator Gallinger will take the chair on Monday and hold it until January 4, inclusive; January 5 to 18 Senator Ba con will preside; January 19 to Febru ary 1, Senator Gallinger; February’ 2 to 15. Senator Bacon, and Senator Gal linger for the remainder of the session. The arrangement does 'not Interfere with the previous plan of having Sen ator Bacon sit as president of the court during Hie impeachment tri,a! of Judge Archbold OXYGEN TREATMENT RELIEVES CONDITION OF WHITELAW REID LONDON, Dec. 14.—The condition of Whitelaw Reid. American ambassador at. the court of St. James, was so se rious today that oxygen was adminis tered. This relieved the American dip lomat, and the physicians expect no Immediate crisis. The ambassador’s son. Ogden Mills Reid, has been summoned from New York. A series of inquiries are being made by prominent persons at Dor chester house, but none is allowed to see the patient. The foreign office bulletin issued by the ambassador's order: ’’The American ambassador had a favorable night. His condition is more favorable.” INQUEST BEGUN INTO DEATH OF ZION CITY WOMAN FROM BURNS CHICAGO, Dee. 14.—A inquest into the death of Mrs. Katherine Mole, aged 21, was begun in Zion City today by Coroner Taylor, of Libertyville. The woman’s body was exhumed when the coroner was informed that she died after having suffered from burns for more than a fortnight with out medical attendance. The death certificate was signed by Dr. Larose, the health officer at Zion City, and the body was buried. Later the coroner heard of the circumstances surrounding the woman’s death and ordered the body exhumed. It is the intention, if possible, to pre fer criminal charges against Dr. Larose, the coroner says. COLUMBIA STUDENTS MYSTERIOUSLY SHOT IN DORMITORY ROOM NEW YORK, Dee. 14.—Two students at Columbia university, P. M. Grant and August C. Smith, Jr., were myste riously shot early today’ in Hartley hall. one of the university dormitories. Four bullets, fired from a rifle from the outside, entered four rooms of the hall. If Erie L. Jensen, who has a room on the fourth floor, had been in bed at the time he would have been killed or bad ly wounded, as a bullet skimmed the pillows on his bed. The police are In vestigating the shooting. Grant was struck in the arm. Smith in the leg. 5 TOTS ASPHYXIATED PLAYING SANTA CLAUS; PULMOTOR SAVES TWO CHICAGO, Dec. 14.—The coroner to day began an Investigation into the death of three children asphyxiated while playing Santa Claus. Mrs. Margaret Ustich left her five children to go to her work. Three quarters of an hour later she returned. The children were unconscious. The pulmotor rescued two of them. The dead children are ten months, three y’ears and five years old. OUSTED CONGRESSMAN TO BE CANDIDATE AGAIN WILKESPARRE, PA.. Dec. 14.—Con gressman Bowman, who was ousted from congress for improper use of money during his campaign, has an nounced that if Governor Tener orders a special election to choose n successor .<> will be a candidate. ATLANTA. GA.. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1912. phucnth sum FEES BILL BEHIGHER Marriage Licenses. Now Sold for $1.75. Probably Will Cost $2.50 After January 1. ALL CHARGES FOR COURT PAPERS TO BE INCREASED Occupation Tax Dodgers Will Have Hard Lines -County Out After the Coin. That the inauguration of the salary act for Fulton county officials on Janu ary’ 1 will not be all roses for Atlantans was discovered today’ when Ordinary John Wilkinson intimated that the marriage licenses would go up on the first of the year from 51.75 to 52.50, the maximum charge allowed by law. The ordinary said that the county would expect every cent due it and court officers would be shorn of their powers to cut down the fees charged for court papers for any reason. "It will become a cold-blooded busi ness,” said Judge Wilkinson. "There will be no sentiment In the matter, for the county’ auditor will expect us to get the legal limit for everything. I could charge 32.50 for marriage licenses now under the statute, but sentiment has fixed the price at $1.75 and that is the figure at which they have been going." Occupation Tax Dodging Near End. The bourn nti ma ted that -persons who have been in The habit of overlooking their occupation tax and trusting to the charity of the county officials to keep them out of the clutches of the grand Jury also would be up against it. "Thousands of persons,” said Judge ■Wilkinson, "fail to register in the office of the ordinary and pay the tax col lector the required $1 occupation tax. The law says that each and every one of them is liable’ to punishment in a criminal court for misdemeanor, and they’ can't legally open the doors of their business until this tax is paid.” According to Judge Wilkinson, charges now made for letters of ad ministration in the matters of probate will be increased. Now, for small es tates the charge is but $3. whereas the legal charge may run as high as sl2. County’s Revenue Will Be Greatly Increased. In the superior and city court clerk’s offices the same rule will obtain. The charges for copying, recording and serving all manner of court papers will be steeper than heretofore, because the maximum legal toll will be demanded tn each case, so the court, can get every cent coming to it. Persons who should.pay the occupa tion tax of $1 aqd who are required to register with the ordinary on January 1 or be liable for indictment are: Pho tographers, loan agents, auctioneers, keepers of pool tables, keepers of flying horses, owners of bowling alleys and shooting galleries, patent medicine ven dets, immigration agents, proprietors of shows, exhibitions and circuses, liq uor dealers, officers of social clubs, dealers in pistols, peddlers of stoves and clocks, doctors and specialists, biewing companies, soda manufactur ers, pawn brokers, commercial agents, owners of slot machines, detective agents, cigarette dealers, owners of playgrounds and parks, fortune tellers, bicycle dealers, automobile dealers and domestic and foreign corporations. What this will mean to the county can be illustrated by the marriage licenses. During 1912 some 2,900 cer tificates were issued by the ordinary at $1.75, bringing in $4,375. At the legal maximum of $2.50 the total would have been $7,250, or a gain of $2,875 for the county. DETECTIVES WATCH PARROT FOR CLEW TO CAUSE OF TWO DEATHS DENVER, COLO., Dec. 14.—1 n the hope that a parrot, long the companion of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Johnson, may re peat some phrase that will give a clew i as to the reason for the death of the I couple, the bird Is being watched night , and day by a detail of detectives. I The Johnsons were found shot to death iu a hotel room here Tuesday. The bird was walking along the foot board of the bed, muttering to the deml bodies. The police believe there may have been a quarrel before the trag edy’. They think the parrot may re peat some phrase that will strengthen their theory IT’S NEARLY THE 25™ By HAL COFFMAN. . dowt too *\ ~ ry \ I VmAnT To Go vP. To \ I NORMIN' BOSS \ ( \ Tug. cuvb Tonight ] I it tie Bt Kinda / i -\ F»NO see. TNt- Boys / '•uiuL'f this. C You c/»n STAY / \ M , X < V.AT& |F YOU / \ MORN IN y »g _A ./ t. x TO / f ® - ? •’ t —V I \ i|/ 1 WAITS \ v r»oht si* 3 J 4 Ft*. a load pvv 1 - ■—•'(A H I KN«HS Y6R IN / ft I V* ”'>**'<’ Ro ‘ s V / ,T~X v la TW Hr ) 1 J i ' W - i i (wMtT-fc. i Copying mese. Ab \ tytKYtoOl I 7 •_T * ,? E\\ i \\ . sJ . /fa-WTT — ' L ' ■‘-■R ” 5 ’ MACON MATRON ROOTS ACCUSERS Pretty Mrs. Pringle Acquitted of Improper Conduct Charges. Attorney Attacked. MACON, GA., Dec. 14.—Charges of improper conduct against Mrs, Addie May Pringle, a strikingly beautiful young married woman, were dismissed by the recorder this afternoon, after a trial replete with sensational testimony. Thirteen’male residents of the Mercer college neighborhood petitioned the city council to move Mrs. Pringle from their midst an Tatnall (street, and the trial today was the result of this peti tion. At the hearing eleven of the witnesses begged the court’s permission to with draw their charges. The other two and their respective wives, testified, how ever. Mrs. V. 4. Williams said that last Friday night she heard Mrs. Pringle, over a party telephone line, make an engagement with Dr. I’. F. Greene and also address him in the most endearing and affectionate terms. Letters alleged to have been written to James Hunni cutt, a merchant, by Mrs. Pringle, and which were said to have caused a sepa ration between Mr. and Mrs. Hunnicutt, were introduced in court. Conversation Denied. Two other women, one being Mrs. Pringle’s mother-in-law. testified as to her whereabouts at the time of the al leged phone conversation. The defend ant's husband was In court, but took no part in the proceedings. A lively Incident took place when At torney W. D. McNeil, the senator-elect form this district, called the thirteen men who signed the petition "no gen tlemen" and “cowardly curs.” He apol ogized to the court for his language, but would not apologize to the men, de claring that he had expressed his hon est sentiments The court's decision acquits Mrs. Pt ingle and authorizes her to continue to live in het present home. Attorney Attacked. immediately after court, a.-. Itvcorder Italy City Physician Gibson and At- •••••••••••••••••••••»•••• : Don't Forget to Toss : : A Coin in the Barrel: • Atlanta fathers and mothers, • • bachelors and bachelor maids, hur- • • rying uptown for their Christmas • • shopping today, tvill find an oppor- • • lunfty to send gifts and happiness • • to children not on their private • • lists if they will pause for a mo- • • ment at Five Points, Peachtree • • and Marietta streets, and toss a • • coin into the barrel there, • • The barrel is for the Empty • • Stocking Fund, and the higher • • rises the flow of coin and currency • • the more Christmas joy for the • • hundreds of poor children on The • • Georgian’s Christmas list. • • Gus Edwards and his company • • of pretty girls are at Five Points • • with a piano, and there will be a • • long performance of outdoor • • vaudeville. Some of the girls are • • selling Georgians to passersby, • • and as the money will all go into • • the barrel, dimes will be more ac- • • ceptable than pennies. • Don’t forget to visit Five Points • • and don’t go empty-handed. • ••••••••••••••••••••••••a* torney McNeill were leaving the city hall, the latter was summarily stopped by Mi. and Mrs. C. D. Lavender and Mr. ami Mrs. V. A. Williams, who de manded that the lawyer apologize for the language used by him in court. Mr. McNeil refused to do it, and when Mr. Lavender readied in his pocket he was knocked down. Dr. Gibson then seized Mr. Williams, while Mrs. Lavender grabbed Judge Daly, wffb sought to be a peacemaker, and literally threw him into the street. The two married cou ples followed Attorney McNeil to his of fice. but he would not retract what he had said. The witnesses were admonished by Judge Daly that if they pursued their aggressiveness any further he would hold them in contempt of court. IDEAL SUNDAY FORECAST: MONDAY TO BE WARMER Fair and warm weather is the pie diction for Sunday, and ft now seems that for the first time in a month At lanta is to have a Sunday that is neither too cold, too wet nor too windy. No change in atmosphere conditions is expected fpr at least two days, and it is probable that Monday will be even warmer than Sunday. Saturday was the watmesi day Atlanta •.< had since December 3. BERMUDANSBID WILSONS ADIEU President-Elect and Family Bring Vacation to End After Delightful Rest. HAMILTON, BERMUDA, Dec. 14. The departure of President-elect Wood row Wilson and family for the United States today was made the occasion for a holiday in Hamilton. Before going on board the steamer Bermudian, upon which he will travel to New York, the president-elect Issued a statement thanking the people of Bermuda for their consideration toward him and telling them what a good time he had had. Mrs. Wilson, as well as the other members of his family, looked much benefited by the vacation. The Bermudian sailed at 10: 30 o’clock. The dock was crowded with persons who made a noisy demonstration. Gov ernor Wilson stood at the rail as the ship drew out and waved his hat at the crowd. The weather was dear and the sea calm. "I will be glad to get home and buckle down to owrk,” said Mr. Wilson. Bermudans have invited the pr««l --dent-elect to spend his winter vacation here after he takes the presidential chair. Governor Wilson plans to get down to strenuous work on hts return to the United States, preparing several speeches he will make before bls Inau guration and holding numerous politi cal conferences. HOKE SMITH FARMERS COLLEGE BILL NEAR LAW WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—The sen ate committee on agriculture today fa vorably reported the bill appropriating $3,000,000 to colleges for agricultural work. This bill was introduced last January by Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia. The measure already has passed the house. EJECTED PASSENGER SUES. SAVANNAH, GA.. Dec. 14.—Claim ing that he was ejected In the woods near Burrovgh station last March, while lie was critically ill, Charles Barber has filed suit in the city court agalnat the Atlantic Coast Line railway for $2,500. HOHL EDITION 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE 10,000 VIEW CORPSE OF SLAYER GUY Throngs of Curious File Past Body as It Lies on Slab in Undertaker’s Chapel. TO BE BURIED IN OBSCURE CORNER OF WESTVIEW Father of Slain Wife Denies Pastors’ Pleas That Tragedy Victims Rest Together. Lying on a slab in an undertaking establishment in South Pryor street to day is the body of Robert L. Clay, wife slayer, who was hanged yesterday in the Fulton Tower. It has lain there since it was cut down from the gal lows, and since that hour there has been an almost unbroken line of people passing in and out of the mortuary chapel to gaze curiously upon the corpse of a man hanged by the law. P. J. Bloomfield, the funeral director tn charge, said today he believed 10,000 persons had viewed the body in his chapel. They began coming shortly after the execution, and not until late In the night was the long line broken. They began again early today, and they will keep on until the hour of the funeral, tomorrow afternoon. Grave To Be in Isolated Spot. Clay had been but an ordinary work ing man in life; in death he became the center of notoriety. The most die tlnguiefied citizen In Atlanta, dead by a natural end, would not have attracted one-tenth such a concourse to his bier. Not a governor nor a senator whose body has lain in state in the capitol corridor has drawn such an outpouring of the public to gaze upon a corpse. The body’ of Robert Clay will be buried tomorrow afternoon in a single grave in Westview cemetery’, purchased privately y’esterday. and in a spot iso lated from the main avenues of the city of the dead. Clay's last words on earth were a plea that he might be buried beside the wife he had slain. But the father of the murdered wom an had been Inflexible In his refusal to grant this boon. Her body lies in Marvin cemetery, a country burial ground, far out from the city. That of her husband will rest alone in the out skirts of Westview. Pastors Promised To Plead for Him. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon in the mor* nary chapel, 84 South Pryor street, by Rev. B. F. Fraser, of St. Paul Meth odist church, and Rev. Hugh Wallace, of the Jones Avenue Baptist church, who, with Rev. Chauncey Foote, a Bap tist city missionary, were on the scaf fold with the condemned man. Clay had turned to them just before he step ped on the trap, and had kissed them on the lips, ns he kissed Sheriff Mangum and Deputy Wiley Roberts. Mr. Fraser and Mr. Wallace promised Clay they would make every effort to persuade his wife’s relatives to permit him to be buried by her side in Marvin church yard, and they kept their prom ise by* calling yesterday afternoon at tiie home of Mr. and Mrs. James W Hughes, the murdered woman's parents, at 218 Berean avenue. They found that Mrs. Hughes ha spent the hours before Clay's executlor on her knees in her room, praying ear nestly that the soul of the man who had killed her daughter might be saved Sheriff Mangum Unnerved by Ordeal. The mother consented readily’ to per mltting Clay's body to rest beside his wife’s, but the old father, though h< declared he had froglven his son-ln law, would not waver In his refusal. At last the two ministers abandoned their pleadings and returned to their homes Sheriff Wheeler Mangum showed to day the effects of the strain he had un dergone yesterday in sending Clay to his death. It developed today that the sheriff had been peculiarly affected in the execution of the onlv two whita men he has hanged, In that both ol them had been his former employ-ees and personal acquaintances. George Burge, hanged for slaying his wife a year or more ago, and Robert Clay, executed yesterday, had been switchmen for the 'Western and Atlan ■ tic railway’ when Mr. Mangum was yardinaster, and he knew both well. Wlieeler Mangum was famous fn leading religious meetings and son:’, services among the yard employees, >u 1 Clay reminded him yesterday of tiles Sunday meetings among the freigi cars.