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LESSEE LIABLE ' I 11 hJ A I I,AVI A (i KOKtilA.N A.\ l) NLW S. Mrs. Longstreet's Plea to Wilson *•+ *>•*!• -:•••:• Blames‘Power Trust'as Her Foe Far-Reaching Decision Will Vi tally Affett Railroad: and Other Corporations, , ruling of far-reaching impor tance was made to-day by the'State Supreme Court when It decided that ili» lessee of lun-i is liable for its isx-s, as well as for taxes assessed on improvements the lessee makes, in the ,-vert the lease is in perpetuity. Several railroads of the State and a number of corporations, which have held they could not he forced to pay taxes on land they did not own, but leased in perpetuity, "ill be affected by the decision handed down to-day. The court called attention to the fart that a perpetual lease sometirhes has been referred to and is considered the legal equivalent of it conveyance in fee, reserving' the rent: and added that it was the opinion of the court that a' lease in perpetuity is a' sub- Mantial equivalent. Morgan County Case. The decision came on the (use. of Penick, executor, against Atharates Atkinson et al., from Morgan County, - Judge Park presiding. .Vkinson leased two lots ui the city of Madison in 1RH9 from A. G. Foster at un .an nual rental of $300, the lease to con tinue so long as payments wen made. When the city began taxing t/ie lots, heirs of Atkinson brought suit against heirs of Foster, contending that as the city had assessed the property at a stated sum, three-fourths attributa ble to the buildings erected on the property and one-fourth to the land without the improvements, taxes should be borne in proportion by the defendants and themselves. The Foster heirs declined to admit the contention. The plaintiffs agreed to pay the whole tax, pending a set (lenient of the matter in the courts. The jury, under the court’s instruc lions, found the tax was apportion- able. Tile defendants moved for a new trial. It was refused, and they excepted. Supreme Court's Words. In reversing the decision of the lower court, tlie Supreme Court said: "The petition was projected and rase tried on the hypothesis that the two parties hao separate interests on the land and as between themselves there, should be an apportionment' of the tax. But. as we have attempted lo demonstrate, such is not the case. Vs we view it, the owner of the base fee is Liu. owner of the property in possession and is liable for such taxes ms may be assessed against the prop erty.” DINNER FOR COMMERCE HEAD. CHATTANOOGA, TES.V, April 1.1. V dinner in honor of Edward F. Trefz, fil'd secretary "of the United States Chamber of Commerce, is Jo be giv^n ay the. Chamber of Commerce to night at 8 o’clock. Colonel Lockett, ommander of the Eleventh Cavalry, will be one of the guests of honor. F ainous General's Wid ow Declares Fight on Monopoly Inspired Opposition to Her. SATISFACTORY DENTISTRY i If your teeth pain you. don’t delay. You consult a specialist when you have an operation per formed, a spe cialist for your eyes, throat, ears. etc. WHY NOT A SPE CIALIST FOR YOUR TEETH? You can not afford to run a risk or take a chance with any other. My expert consul tation !s with out cost or.ob ligation. Roofless Plates; my own Inven tion', 55.00. Gold fillings. $1. Crown and Bridge Work, $4.00. Painless extraction FREE when other work iG being done. Crooked teeth straightened. Riggs' disease treated. Loose teeth tightened. Silver and amalgam fillings, 50c. Don't think cf accepting a sub stitute. Remember, there is but one place to obtain the original. - The only plate that gives lasting comfort and satisfaction. Hun dreds of people praise WHIT- LAW’S PAINLESS DENTISTRY. Let me demonstrate. Twenty-year guarantee Prices low. Highest grade work. Open from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. Sundays. 10 to 3. Phone Main 1298. Lady Attendant and Ladies' Rest Room. Terms to Suit Nervous Patients Given Special Attention. DR. WHITL.AW, PAINLESS DENTIST. The largest and most thoroughly equipped office In the South. En trance 73' . Whitehall Street. Over the A & > -Tea Store. Opposite the Vaudette Theater. Fourth door from J. M. Hirih Company. Refer ence: Central Bank and Trust Cor poration. NEW YORK, April 15. Mrs. Helen D. Longsireet has written to the New York Times the following letter set ting forth her charge that a ‘water power trust” is responsible for the effort to remove‘her-from her position a.s postmaster at Gainesville; President Wilson was swept in to the .White House by a wonder ful majority as the Nation's pro test .against the “invisible govern ment.’.’ Millions of my country men united with a great leader in founding a new party. But men of all political parties, believed that Woodrow Wilson was a clean; high-minded, courageous American, and that, his triumph was tfie triumph of a Nation’s de sire that a government of the peo ple, for the people and by the peo ple, should not perish from the eaTth. Exercising authority as the chosen tribune of the untrammei- od millions of the American peo ple, I cannot- believe that one of the first and most conspicuous acts oi President Wilson’s ad ministration was to disregard every i nnounced policy bearing on the recognition of meritorious service;by striking dowm a wom an at • the behest of a dangerous water-power trust. It is true that the political spoilsmen are fight ing me because my woman's heart was loyal to the great American who in the hour of my bitter \yoe and broken health and pitiful need had done more for me fhan any oilier man in the. world, “new birth of the new . soil,’’ the first American, Theo dore Roosevelt. Blames Georgia Power Co. Biit the real light on me is be ing made by the Georgia Railway & Power Company, a water pow er trust which has extablished a monopoly on -all the water power of Georgia in ; he region of the State’s greatest industrial activi ties. This water power trust found ' in' Georgia a community which, did not seem to be awake to what was going on all over the World and took advantage of the situation to unload a $30,000,- 000 watered stock issue on the people with the privilege of col lecting dividends thereon for sev eral generations. This trust is operating .in dilect violation of the anti-trust :\ws of the United States ‘ Government. In the midst of their schemes these • conspirators against the public weal grabbed Tallulah Falls which is the property of Georgia, situated in an unrivaled gorg-e of our Blue Ridge Mountains and is the most beautiful natur al l^nd mark in the western world. . I went before the Legis lature with an arr^y of Taw and of facts which compelled the passage of a resolution directing- Gov. Brown to bring - suit to re cover' Tallulah Falls. Senator Hoke'Smith when he was Gover nor ordered a survey of the Tal lulah Falls property, and it was tile- evidence developed by this survey, which enabled me to get the bill through the Legislature. ‘ Senator Harris of Georgia, re cently appointed to. the Census Bureau, knows that the Georgia Railway & Power Company maintained the most powerful lobby ever assembled in the cap ital of Georgia, to work against the resolution empowering the State authorities to bring suit to recover the State’s property. This suit is now pending in the courts • of Georgia.' Tfie Georgia Railway Power Company evidently argues that if '■’it can l ave me kicked out of the Postal. Service of Georgia, dis credited’by the President of the United States, crushed, and de stroyed it will be rid of one of .. its most dangerous foes, with re sultant disastrous effect on the Slate's interests in the pending suit. Will Woodrow Wilson strike me down at ;lie behest of tile Geoig'a Railway & Power Com pany and its Miellnss and hench men’ Let hir,i answer .to the American people. There is nothing on my side but right and the aroused con science of tile Nation. Pitted against me are the mighty forces of the invisible Government. I do not know i o« to meet its "m thol- because it strikes in the dark and in the back. On the -llh of March, Woodrow Wilson summoned to '.is side every lion- i_st man, every right-thinking man. every forward-looking man. ,ViU be suniiuoii to his aid to-day ■i dangerous "iter power trust, ,„d use its lash to strike down all A mi rican ' woman ? Let him msv.e.’ to the American peopi*. i "believe he a til answer as 'be- oMie-s the traditional manhood r a .{nightly race, I believe there, are real men in m American tffnatu who will de mand some better reason than be Mrs. Helen D. Longstreet. furnished by the Georgia Rail way & Power Company for driv- ■ ing me from the postal service of .the State, on whose bosom I was cradled: . 1 call to my support in this hour every courageous man, every square dealing man, every bigh-mlnued man in the American Congress. I believe that men of this character sit in the law-making body at the Na tion's capital. 1 believe that they are no; confined to any one State or section or to any one party. I believe that the day will never dawn in the East when men in whose veins courses the red blood of American citizenship will fel lowship with dangerous wa 1 er power trust in an effort to strike down a woman across whose heart is lettered America. HELEN D. LONGSTREET. CLAPP REPORT Penrose, Exposed Senator, Suc ceeds in Fight to Smother Re sults of Investigators. WASHINGTON. April 15.—Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania, who was exposed in the Hearst newspapers and magazines as having served the interests of Standard Oil, has suc ceeded in his fight to smother the re port of the Clapp investigating com mittee. The Hearst papers told exclusively a month ago that Senators Oliver and Jones demanded a report that would whitewash Penrose. Senator Paynter. Democrat, of Kentucky, sided with them. Senators Clapp and Pom- erene have a very different idea con cerning the treatment of the 1,600 printed pages of testimony taken. Although money was spent lavishly in gathering this evidence, it is con sidered certain that no recommenda tions are to be made. The disclos ures before the committee were most damaging. The Senate committee on Privileges and Elections failed to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Senator Paynter from the Senate. The affairs of the Clapp committee thus are at a standstill. This is believed by many to indi cate that the influences of Standard , Oil expend even further than to the j sub-committee that has been making i this investigation, and which is sub ordinate to the full committee on Privileges and Elections. The follow ing Senators are members of the Com mittee on Privileges and Elections: Kern of Indiana, Lea of Tennessee, Pomerene of Ohio, Reed of Missouri, Johnson of Maine, Vardanian of Mis sissippi, Hughes of New Jersey, Walsh of Montana. Thompson of Kan sas, Dillingham of Vermont, Clapp of Minnesota, Sutherland of Utah, Brad ley of Kentucky, Oliver of Pennsylva nia, and Kenyon of Iowa. CREDITORS ATTACK FIRM. Creditors of Cohen & Feinberg, merchants of 50 Decatur Street, filed an involuntary petition in bankruptcy against the firm to-day, alleging that, an act of bankruptcy had been com mitted when Ridley, Williamson & Wyatt were paid $110 in preference to other creditors. The creditors’ names in the petition are A. Schaap & Son, New Y’ork; Louis M. Strauss, New York; Sadie Miller. New York, and Sullivan & Co., Philadelphia. Death Penalty Just, Says Miss Eva Booth Salvation Army Chief Commends Capital Punlahment to Make Men Regret Crimes NEW YORK, April 15.—Commander 1 Eva Booth, of the Salvation Army, goes on record to-day in favor of capital punishment. And this ' at a time when lawmakers all over the land ore opposing the death sentence. "I believe in capital punishment. Contemplation of coming death arouses one to a realization that lie must look to the welfare of his soul,” said Miss Booth, whose life has been devoted to .work among the lowest classes. "The view 1 take of capital punish ment is that a man who knows that he has but a certain length of time to live will think of the hereafter,” she said. "If the law decrees capital pun ishment and a man is sentenced the seriousness of his situation makes him think of his soul. If he is sen tenced to but a few years, or even for life, there is the hope that lie will some day be free and with the though! of further freedom thoughts for ilia own welfare vanish. Human beings are pro-ne to procrastinate. Let there be uncertainty of time and the nec essary will not be done. "As for the after world—whether there be flre'and brimstone—concerns me not in the least. The worst agony a person can suffer is in his own mind. Many are the persons who would willingly and gladly step into the flames if by so doing they could rid themselves of the ■ torture their rnisde ds have brought upon their minds " Senator’s Daughter A Soap Box Orator Lane's Society Friends Write Mrs. McBride Is Making Socialist Speeches in Portland Streets. PORTLAND. OREG., April 14- Friends of United States Senator Harry Lane, shocked at the conduct oi his daughter, to-day sent him word that Mrs. Nina McBride had blos somed out as a Socialistic soap box orator on one of tho principal streets of Portland. Society friends of the wealthy young woman whose father was recently elected to the United States Senate were astonished at the "unheard of conduct of Mrs. Mc Bride.” "You white-collared fellows,” shout ed Mrs. McBride from her position )n the soap box. "get wise to what, is go ing on in society to-day. Wake up and vote the Socialist ticket." She waved a daintily gloved fist by way of emphasis to her words. The crowd applauded. Mr. and Mrs. McBride recently at- , ended a convention of hoboes in New Orleans. Class of Initiates Get Masonic Degrees Four Days’ Convocation Held by At lanta Order With Banquets Each Evening. Beginning lo-day and lasting four days, degrees will be conferred on those seeking membership in the An cient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry in the seventh general convocation of the Valley of .Atlanta, Orient of Georgia. Meetings will be held at the Ma sonic Temple. There will be a ban quet each evening from 6:30 to 7:30 o’clock. Seven well known Masons have die] since the la.st convocation, and their names are placed in the “In Memo- riam” list at the end of the. souvenir program. They arc: Henry Marshall Smith, 14 degrees, died Ju’v 2~. I r 'i4: MtLyton Troutman, 32. K. C. C. H., died July 5. 11112; Artuur \Voud .an i. ..unu. .*3; died August 1G, 1012; Henry < lay Stockdell, 33, died September 11, 1912; William Andrew McCurry, 32, died September 21. 1012; Jack Morton Wil son. 33, K. ('. C. H., died October 1. 1912, and Granville Beal, 32. died October 3, 1912. SLAYS HIS SON-IN-LAW. GADSDEN. ALA., April 15. Smith Black shot and killed his son-in-law, Joe Haney, at ITnion Grove. Marshall County, following a family quarr I. Black claims Haney came home drunk and beat his wife and that when lie interfered he turned his attack upon him. To protect his life, he says, he killed Haney. Messenger Girls are Great Favorites at the Bonita. No more fascinating or better S trained bunch of show girl.- has j been seen in Atlanta than tho j beauty chorus with the Messenger Giri Company, appearing at the Bonita, and they can sing and claim, too. The comedians ate amusing, and the show is pleasing. Don't overlook the fact that-the Bonita, gives first pictures that are as good as can be seen anywhere. . Every fhnlan is interested prd should know I about the wonderful i MARVEL Whirling Spray i The dpw Vaginal Syringe. B?st—merr convenient. It cleanses instartly'. Ask your tfruggirtfer i If he cannot supply •_ MARVEL, accept no other;* jjt send stamp for flmst-ted ?ook — reeled. It gives f ;!l partlcu- ars and directions in-, air.: bleto iadiesH _ ftiAfiVU Ctf . 44last*3d Street.He./ Yorh^ Colonials— Pumps— Oxfords Constant special care in selecting our models for Spring has produced some exceptionally excellent styles for our display this season. No matter the price, if S3, $3*4 $4. $4*4 $5. We can show you all accepted shapes in all kinds of leather—and you will find always as high quality as it is possible to build in their respective grades. The new things just now are Colonials, small tongue and buckle with Kidney heels. 10—Patent Kid Colonial, small leather-cover ed buckle and tongue, turned sole, Kidney heel 20—Dull Calf Colonial, small leather-cover ed buckle and tongue, turned sole, a j* Kidney heel vpD 32—Patent Colt Colonial, small leather- covered buckle and tongue, welted sole, ^ * Kidney heel - xpD You will find our stock of Pumps and But ton Oxfords complete and of the latest designs in Lather and fabric. FOR GRAFT PROBE Witnesses in the eouncllmanic uraft probe probably will be subpenaed to morrow. The two factions involved announced to-day that they were ready to proceed. Police Chief J. L. Beavers. Recorder Nash Broyles, numerous Councilrmfc and Aldermen and a number of pri vate citizens will be called as wit nesses. John S. Owens, foreman of the Ful- *on County Grand Jury, and Aider- man John E. McClelland, who has been most active In bringing charges, both held conferences with Mayor Woodward to-day. Mr. Owens repeated tlie statement recently given to The Georgian that the Grand Jury would take no action until the Council investigating com - nT.itre had shown what it intended to do. He said he did not discuss the graft charges with the Mayor. "What of interest to tlie public did you discuss with the Mayor'.’" he was asked. "Tlte public is not interested in anything but baseball," said Mr. Ow ens. Alderman McClelland said lie had his charges written out and he would fi e them a.s soon ns the committee met. He also said that diaries T. Hopkins would appear as his attor ney. "Can't you give the names of those you accuse?” he was asked. "When 1 file my list of witnesses to be subpenaed yoii can come pretty near guessing whom I accuse,” he re plied. Alderman McClelland said he knew some offirials were "trying to trump up charges" against him. "They can go their limit.” he said. I can disprove any charges tliev may make. They can't frighten me. I'm going to make good on everything 1 have said." Official of Wayne County a Suicide W. Brock Westberry Whets Razor to Keen Edge Just Before End ing His Life. JESUP, GA„ April 15.—W. Brack Westberry, a prominent citizen of Wayne County, committed suicide at ills home near here to-day. Telling his family that he was going to feed his horses, Westberry .vent to the horse lot, taking his razor and strop with him. After whetting Lie blade, he out a deep gash in the right side of his throat. When discovered a fe’.v minutes later by his son. Hugh West- berry, he was dead. The strop was hanging on a barn wall near by. Westberry, who was County Road Superintendent, had been in bar! health for some lime and brooded over this until bis mind became affecleJ, causing him to kill himself. Begs Money to Bury Wife, Dead 20 Years Notorious Negro Goes to Stockade for Working Flim-Flam Game on Church. Glenn and Wife to Fight Case Thr There Will Be No Attempt Part of Either to Compro Their Attorneys Declare. There will be no settlement Jn the case of Luther J. Glenn, charge! with the abandonment of his two minor children, according to statements of his attorney, L. F. McClella|i4L^I|{> Mrs. Glenn's attorney, Sam Hewlett, to-day. ,ojq0 “We are going: to prosecute in court,” said Mr. Hewlett. Mi. McClelland said he had no Idea the case would be satisfactorily set tled until it was tried before a jury Palmer Pease, Atlanta’s most noto rious negro, to-day a&ain went out to tlie stockade, after admitting to Re corder Broyles that he had invaded a negro ministers' meeting in the church at Central Avenue and Hunter Street and Aim-flammed the preachers with a fake story that he was raising fund* to bury his wife. After making up a fund, the preachers found that the story was a pure swindle. Pease admitted to the court that his wife had been dead 20 years. ”1 was drunk and just happened to remember about it,” he explained. Get "In The Game but remember you must be. k strong and robust to win. A sickly person is the loser in * 1^ every way; but why remain ■ *0 7 anal Zhostetter’s! ■stomach bitters' ■ .1 will aid digestion and heli> £ you back to health and | strength. Try a bottle to-day, H Avoid substitutes. I sntllJ ,rit CHAM BERLIN-JOHNSON-Dii BOSE CO. ATLANTA NEW YORK PARIS KEELYS KEELYS KEELY'S ’Twas the week before Opera and all through the store New things were arriving, new things galore. Mr., Mrs. and Miss Atlanta and their many visitors will dress in their best next week. And C-hamberl in-Johnson-Du Bose Co. is going to lend a helping hand. We have already done so, as a trip through the many de partments of this store will attest. There are new, bright, attractive things on all sides. Where or how shall we begin to tell you of them? It maybe that your particular interest lies in a hat— Estelle Mershon.the smart little shop at 20 E.46th Street,New' York, has sent us the hats that Paris and New York have de clared for this spring. Many arrived yesterday, more to-day —a more varied or brighter collection has never been shown in Atlanta. -—Or perhaps it may be an evening wrap or dress that you need-—either is here in a splendid satisfying array-sim ple, elegant evening wraps and dresses, gorgeous, resplendent evening wraps and dresses reflecting the glorious colorings and wonderful patterns of materials new with this season. —Or perhaps it is the corset—and the answer is the new suedine and tricot boneless corsets, softer and more supple than corsets were ever before known, and Miss Scott to fit you—Miss Scott, an expert to her finger tips, who knows cor sets,the human figure and the styles, and who uses this knowl- ,..,'7/ edge to her customers’ advantage. —Or—but we could extend the list through many col umns and tell of gloves and handkerchiefs and jewelry and hosiery and ribbons and neckfixings and other things. The upshot of it all would mean that women opera- bent have here the choicest merchandise of the world’s markets before them! rr flO > rt tori n Jsns«i 40J erf* soft!! rill tr Special In the Art Department By right of a very remarkable and unusual purchase is this announcement made. $1.25 Stamped Crepe Gowns See them in the window. Note the quality of the crepe, reckon the cost of it by the yard. Consid er there are four and one-half yards in each pattern—there is the proof of the bargain. They are figured little Dresden patterns and colorings and plain shades of pink, blue and in white. Stamped variously for French embroidery. $1.00 Stamped WhiteNainsook Gowns I’he Nainsook is a splendid grade, very soft, very evenly woven. They are stamped for scalloping about the low. round necks, for little florals, for many patterns French embroidery. 50c of sitT rr* s .jfO''-' 'Our;t Keel eeiy s Selections from “Lucia” on the Columbia Grafonola Grand in the Tea Room Wednesday between the afternoon tea hours of four to six. iChamberlin^Johnson-DuBose