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ABOLISH POLICE BOARD, SAYS ATLANTA’S EXPERT PROBER llcilH it R.. Sands, muni< ipal expert, who made a thorough investigation of the adniinistra- ' of Atlanta s allairs, makes these criticisms in a report to tin* Chamber of Commerce todav: > The city and county governments of Atlanta should be consolidated. luc ual powei ot the <ii \ is tested, not in its nominal head, the mayor, but in sundry i ~u lll| ,ci-some. boards, an unwieldy dual system, and large inexperienced committees. The police board and the park board are unnecessary and should be abolished. The duet ot construction should be an appointive officer, lie should-have no compaign ob- J ligations nor political fences to tend. ; The making of the annual budget is secret. Although budget-making is public business ! the public has known absolutely nothing of what was going on. THE WEATHER Probably fair tonight and colder to morrow- Temperatures: 8 a. m., 51 degrees; 10 a. m., 50 degrees; 12 n.. 50 degrees; 2 p. m„ 50 degrees. VOL. XL NO. 127. [MFIIOS num is mih FOOILI Politics. Rather Than Effi ciency. Figures in Choice of Officials, Asserts Sands. URGES APPOINTMENT OF HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS Would Abolish Police Board as Unnecessary—Street Work Methods Ineffective. Atlanta’s system of government is placed on the hot coals.of criticism and roasted without mercy in the report of Herbert R. Sands, municipal govern ment expert of the New York bureau of municipal research, filed with the Chamber of Commerce this morning. That regard to politics rather than to efficiency is discernible is a general charge. The mayor is a figure head, with a name of power without the substance, declares the expert. The administration of the city’s af -fatrs is too cumbersome for the great est efficiency and economy, and a con solidation of city and county govern ments is recommended. Too many boards, of imposing aspect, but of unnecessary existence, a legisla tive system which he callsunwieldy, and committees which he thinks are inexperienced take away the responsi bility from the proper quarters, and do not place service responsive to demand, he charges. Department Work Often Duplicated. Costs and services of departments are duplicated. Unnecessary offices and salaries exist. No department is spared in the report except those relating to health and education. They were not included in the Sands report. At the instance of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Sands, municipal ex pert, made a general survey of the city government, in November, that the weak spots in organization and admin istration might be detected. His eye deficiencies found many spots; his report cover 64 printed pages of a pamphlet, every portion of which Is de vote.] to criticism and recommendation. During the progress of our work we found much to praise in the methods and results obtained by each depart '■“•nt." he writes in a letter of trans- ” :| l, "but our mission in Atlanta was 0 Point out the places where the pres structure is weak and where pres n. thods are defective." Police Force Lacks Snap, He .Declares. ■ gard to the police force, he said: I be entire force does not appear ‘to the punch' or ‘snap’ that a city ■‘Vs admires In police, and which is ‘“■nt in other phases of Atlanta’s activities.” " ’ting up exercises and encourage e,!l to maintain soldierly appearances ‘Commends for the uniformed men. i'Vports and records of The police de t'nent, as of most of the city depart hts. the expert declares, ate inade- In the matter of records. Mr. '-'ls finds no department above criti cism. b> police board, he thinks, is un ’-s-ary. Other needs of the depart h he sets forth are more careful se 'on of patrolmen, the establishment ' 'O additional station houses, ini ’'enient of the traffic squads, the in ' illation of the Bertillon system of asurements. and the destruction of -tiseated revolvers. \lueli of the report is devoted to con- Continued on Page Twa, The Atlanta Georgian ’ Read For Profit-GEORGIAN WANT ADS-Use For Results OYNUMITERS SENTENCED TOM STRIPES Ryan, Head of Union. Leads- List With Seven Years in Penitentiary. PENALTIES METED OUT AGGREGATE 113 YEARS Five Given Suspension of Sen tence-Women Bear the Ordeal Bravely. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 30.—Sentences aggregating 113 years were imposed to day by Judge A. B. Anderson in Federal court upon 38 labor leaders found guilty Saturday in the national dynamite con spiracy. The heaviest sentence was seven years, pronounced upon Frank M. Ryan, president of the International Association of Bridge and, Structural Iron- Workers. Eight of the convicted men got sen tences of six years, two got four-year terms, twelve drew three years, four got two years and six got one year and one day. Edward Clark, who pleaded guilty and turned state’s evidence received a suspended sentence. Judge Anderson suspended sentence on Frank J. Murphy, of Detroit; James Cooley, of Chicago; James A. Coughlin, of. Chicago; P. F. Farrell, of New York, and Hiram Cline, of Muncie, Ind., for mer organizer of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. The eight who received six-year sen tences were Herbert S. Hockin, former secretary of the Iron Workers union; Eugene A. Clancy, of San Francisco; Olaf A. Tveltmoe, of San Francisco, formerly secretary of the California Building Trades council; M. J. Young, of Boston; P. A. Cooley, of New Or leans; John T. Butler, of Buffalo, vice president of the Iron Workers union: J. E. Munsey, of Salt Lake City, and Frank C. Webber, of New York P. J. Smith, of Cleveland, Ohio, and John H. Barry, of St. Louis, received four-year sentences. Twelve Given Three Years Each. These got threw years: C. N. Beam, of Minneapolis; H. W. Legleitner, of Denver; Edward Smythe, of Peoria. 1 Ill.; George Anderson, of Cleveland; G. W. Basey, of Indianapolis: W. Bert Brown, Kansas City; W. J. McCain, Kansas City; Paul J. Morrin, of St. Louis; William E. Reddin. of Milwau kee; M. J. Cunnane, of Philadelphia: M. J. Hannon, of Scranton, Pa., and Murray L. Pennell, of Springfield, HI. These four got two years: Frank J. Higgins, of Boston; Frank K. Painter, of Omaha: Richard H. Houlihan, of Chicago, and Fred Sherman, of Indian apolis. The following were given one year and one day: William C. Bernhardt, ot Cincinnati; James E. Ray, of Peoria, Ill.; William Shupe, of Chicago; Fred J. Mooney, of Duluth; Edward E. Phil lips, of Syracuse, N. Y., and Charles Wachtmeister, of Detroit. In considering the cases of the men on whom judgment was withheld, Judge Anderson said that he would rather make a mistake and suspend judgment than to make a mistake in inflicting undeserved punishment. He said he was Inclined to show leniency wherever he could. Brought to Court Under Heavy Guard. The prisoners wer? brought into the Federal court room under heavy guard and the situation was one of intense gravity while the convicted men waited Continued on Page Two. i ATLANTA. GA„ MONDAY. DECEMBER 30. 1912, WARNING TO WOMEN "Say to' every woman, if she is married, never to let a man other than her husband put his hands on her. If I had slapped Nick Wilburn's face the first time he squeezed my hand. I would liot be in this dreadful fix now.”—Mrs. Kathrine King’s mes sage to other women —a warning drawn from her own folly that may lead her to the gallows. THEY ARE LEFT ORPHANS BY THE JONES COUNTY TRAGEDY Wzl _ / za x* 11,11 w* • A v ,,r- ' • \ / / •««»««► , .‘V n I I / / i -> /fISK I //fS' Bl* • - f'*' i | - id® t 'it I I I jBWL*.* / / \ f w’ ar I 9- fcmL irA / \ \ ML I \ M| ’/ s F Nannie, aged ten; Charlie, the four-year-old baby, and James, thirteen years old. three of the six King children. TO SEAT MAYOR •WITH CEREMONY The most pretentious mayoralty in auguration ever witnessed in Atlanta will mark the beginning of James G. Woodward's administration. The cere mony will be held in the Auditorium, and Dr. Percy J. Starnes will give a concert on the big organ as the begin ning of the services. The arrangement of the details of the inauguration are in the hands of’City Clerk Walter Taylor. The old council will convene in the Auditorium next Monday night at 7:30 o’clock. Mayor Courtland S. Winn will deliver his farewell message. Then the 1912 council will adjourn sine dlf. Following that the new council will be called to order and James G. Wood ward and the new members adminis tered the oath of office. The greatest interest in the meeting will be in the inaugural message of Mayor Woodward and the announce ment of his committee appointments. The next meeting of the 1912 council will be held next Monday afternoon at the city hall at 3 o'clock. At that time an ordinance will be presented desig nating the Auditorium as the place for the inaugural ceremony. v Inspection of construction is incompetent and insufficient, inspection work on Atlanta’s ■’ s streets lias been particularly poor, especially on repairs. After insufficient advertising the park board let the park privileges on a six-year contract i to a local politician. Thousands of dollars may be saved to the city each year by designing pavements»-aecord- > ing to the stress which thev are to bear. < 'Pile entire police force does not appear Io have the ‘“punch” or ■’snap.'' Setting up exer- L rises are necessary. An automobile license fee. ranging from $lO to $25. is desirable to provide funds for road < improvement. KIN ABANDON MRS. KING; FATHER TO AID WILBURN I: End Smoke Nuisance,: : Urges Expert Sands: j • While en route from New York • • to Atlanta, the representative of • • the Bureau of Municipal Research • • was informed by a couple of com- • • mercial travelers that “Atlanta is • • a nice enough place, put I don't • • think you will like It, because • • there is a continuous fog of smoke • • there, which gets in your eyes and • • lungs and is disagreeable gener- • • ally.” It does not behoove any city • • to be thus advertised. There has • • been enough agitation of the sub- • • ject In Atlanta. What is needed • • now is efficient correction r • • Municipal Expert Sands’ report. • • QUITS HIS PULPIT TO WED DIVORCED PARISHIONER ’ SAN JOSE, CAL., Dec. 30.—Rev. F. S. Jensen has quit the Baptist minis try and taken a job as a floor finisher, I and permitted his wife to sule for di ( voice, so that he might marry Mrs. Lulu Smith, one of his former parish r loners, who was divorced by her hus band, who named the minister. FOUR KILLED BY ROBBERS FOR 55 MEMPHIS, TENN., Dec. 30.—Rob bers entered the home of William B. Fox, living on a plantation at Folk Landing, a few miles south of Mem phis on the Mississippi river, cut Fox's throat, crushed his wife's head with an ax, stabbed a nlneteen-year-old son. 1 .shot the negro cook, left a small baby 1 in Its cradle, stole $5 and two horses 1 and got away. ' Fox’s home was near the river bank, i When the steamer James Lee landed i there Captain Bender, her commander. saw the front door half open and heard a dog howling. He sent men to investigate and dis ( covered th** dead bodies. A posse, or -1 ganlzed to hunt th** murderers with bloodhounds, traced them to a point where they crossed from Mississippi to Arkansas, where the trail was lost. ACCIDENTALLY KILLS FIANCE. HAMMOND. LA , Dee 30. Miss Estelle Fleming, 18 years old. a society belle, ac ■ cidentally killed George H Abbott, her fiance, while they were at target practice. RUSH FOR MARRIAGE LICENSES PRECEDES INCREASE IN PRICE According to Ordinary Wilkinson, the announcement that marriage licenses would go from $1.75 to $2.5(1 on January I witli the inauguration of the salary act has caused a sharp increase in the work of issuing certificates. "It is either that or the holiday sea son,” said the ordinary, “for during the past two weeks we have issued 150 li censes more than this office usually Is sues in a month." It was announced some time ago that with the introduction of the salary act the county would demand all the money coming from the various offices, and for this reason the cost of marriage li censes would go up to the legal limit, $2.50. CITY LIGHT CONTRACT IS SIGNED BY MAYOR; EFFECTIVE APRIL IST The new street lighting contract for ' Atlanta which caused a serious split between th** council and City Electri cian R. C. Turner was signed today by Mayor Courtland S. Winn and Preston S. Arkwright, president of the Georgia ’ Railway and Power Company. The contract will go Into effect next r April. By its terms the city’s street lighting bill is reduced $20,000 a year. • HOHL IDITION 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE Brothers and Sisters of Confessed Death Plot ter Refuse to Help Save Her F'rom the Gallows. ! (Willing for Woman to Hang, if Law So De crees, as Penalty for Planning to Kill Her , H u s b a n cl . By Staff Correspondent MACON. GA.. Dec. 30.—Whila Mrs. Kathriue King, confessed ac complice in the killing of. her husband, lies in a cell in the •Jones county jail and moans her fear of the gallows, abandoned by her family who state that she deserves no sympathy, the father of young Nick Wilburn, slayer of Mrs. King’s husband, has ar rived in Macon and has started the fight to save Lis son from the gallows. The father. John Wilburn, call ed at the jail here this afternoon ami had a long talk with his son. "I am heart-broken over my son's dime.” declared the aged father, "and i li n'd knov we.it to do for him. Bit': ii' a lawyer wijl be of any assistance h« I shall certainly have a good one,. I am loitermined that Mrs. King shall not bn 1 let off with a sentence any lighter than Iti e one given to Nick. Ts my boy Jia: gs, ll>en Airs. King must hang, too. IH< would never have committed that > e.im if lie had not been controlled am# | driver. to it by that woman." At a turn's ence io be held this after- i noon between Solicitor J. E. Pottle, j Judge J. It. Park end attorneys for the (brothers of Jjlmes King, it will tie de cided whether to call a special term of i court. Mrs. King Faces Her Fate Alone. Tile bro’thc- anti sisters o* Mrs. ' King today adhere to their decision not IO make an effort to save tier front death on the gallows. They feel that she has committed a terrible crime for which she deserves no sympathy, and they have determined to let the law take its course without hindrance. A conference was held yesterday aft ernoon at the home of Mrs. John King, , a half-mile from Round Oak, and she, two other sisters, and her brother. W. S. Simmons, u shoe store proprietor of Macon, were present. They agreed that none of them should ever visit Mrs. Kathrlne King, and, in fact, to cast her out of th.dr lives as much as possible. , "If Kathrlne were not guilty, we would spend every dollar we have in the hope of saving her,” declared Mrs. John King, "but we feel that she has disgraced us and her children as well, and she need not expect any assistance from us. We would rather that she should die than for her to spend the remainder of her natural life In th« penitentiary. It will be better for her children to say that she is dead rather than to say that she is wearing con vict's clothes. If hanging is the pen- ■ alty for her crime, then she should hang. We all think that way, and I don’t believe that anything could change us. We never expect to see her again.” Special Court Term Not Likely. There Is little likelihood of a special term of the Jones county superior court being called for the trial of Mrs. Kins t and Jesse NJck Wilburn, the confessed murderers of the former's husband, ) James King, who was shot with his own , gun on December 12. The next term of court Is scheduled for the first Monday t in April, and It is believed that Judg« ' Continued On Page Tw», '.4