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1 IIULfl IULU UllUt-nn VUIIHU.^ II ► ► * Him ► T! IK ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16,1013. HE’LL LAY BARE S ENATOR F. M. SIM MONS, of North Caro lina (above), and Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, on whom President Wilson is de pending to put the Underwood tariff bill through the Senate. Baltimore Man Declares Mayor Will Prove Charge That City Got a “Rotten” Deal. MADDOX ISSUES DEFIANCE Alderman, Expecting McClelland Will Accuse Him, Says He’ll Make Joke of Attack. Thomas Reynolds, tin mysterloun man from Raltimore. who whs her alded to Mayor Woodward as the tnan who would clear up the fire de partment hose scandal, declared to day that he was working on the rase is r detective. “I have the goods," said Reynolds "Mayor Woodward will prove hij charges that Atlanta has been getting r rotten deal In hose," he asserted. "I have proof of gross ineompetew.v in the Fire Department and that < 'hief Cummings has not only used onu brand of hose almost exclusively, but lias recommended it all over the HovtUiJk a recommendation, # backed up by the fact that Atlanta uses the hose ei • lueively, has been worth lots to the tios«- company." Calls Evidence a Farce. lwt<E/aid he had read the 75 type- <wj}ffen pages of testimony already taken by the committee and referred to a fa/ce so far as the Infornin- "secured regarding tin* purchase if hose He would not tell whom he represented. "B<* ■’jpatient." he insisted. "There’ll v p!< uty happening soon." Reynolds. R. B. Davidson, the man who Sul ted under oath that he gave suing** $400, and J. H liar- oiiajnnan of.the (’ouncll Inves- iti'fuiuR committei*. all held eonfer- n«vs with Mayor Woodward to-day. The Inves I gat ion will be reopened, out the date has not been set by ; 'haIrman Harwell. Mayor Woodward npressed satisfaction at the progress of events, but would say no more. Maddox, Expecting an Attack, Issues Deft. Alde Vt pan James W. Maddox, refer ring to the reports that Alderman John E. McClelland would Involve before the Coun- eommlttee, to-day declared he could prove a clean record nnd that if Alderman McClelland cuade accusations they would prove 6 Joke. » "1 understand that he intends to bring up that old ease* of my holding fcub-ccontracts on the sewage disposal plants," he said. "1 have the written opinion of City Attorney James L. May son that 1 did nothing illegal. "Mayor Winn investigated that matter early in his administration He asked Attorney Mayson for a iritten opinion. Attorney Mayson lent me a copy of his opinion. Helped Amend Charter. "Further, when there was criticism of my act I joined with other mem Vers of Council in introducing it chat tel' amendment making it absolutely impossible for any official to have anv Interest in city contracts. Tha amendment is a part of the city char ter to-dav." other members of Council whom kossip has pointed out us the one.; Alderman McClelland will accuse would not admit that they will be ac cused. Each declared he could re fute any charges of corruption that might he brought against them, und their remarks were forcefully em phasized. ! Alderman McClelland’s plan to an nounce the list of witnesses he would nave subpenaed was thwarted o- day by the position of Mayor Wood ward that Mayor Pro Tern James K. Warren did not have authority to appoint the committee until his t Woodward’s! approval of the reso lution creating it reached Council. Delays Until Monday. Although the Mayor Pro Tern had announced who his committee would be. he said he would not formally appoint the members until the meet ing of Council Monday. The man named were John S. Candler, chair man A. R. Colcord, S. Sv Shepard, Jesse M. Wood and George H. Boyn ton. He will rename these. "1 have approved the resolution treating the Council Investigating Committee." said Mayor Woodward, "but l don't expect the probe ;o lipount* to anything." CERTAIN TARIFF BILL WILL PASS' H House Leader and Wilson Con fer—‘We’re in Perfect Accord,’ Says Representative, The cotton schedule was ap proves! by the Democratic caucus today with a single change, which was agreed to b/ the Ways and Means Committee, providing an extra compensatory duty of 5 per cent on jute bags. The Un derwood rate on jute bags is 2F» tojja In his charges 111 investigating c< Repairers Keeping Goods Not Larceny Court of Appeals Defines Law as Opposed to Culpable Negligence. Tlir Stnlr Court of Appeals decided to-day that a man can not be con victed of larceny after trust If lie merely appropriates to his own use ami neglecto to return property that was given him to have repaired. The Issue arose in a case from the Hart Superior Court In which the de fendant. M 1! Rucker, had been de clared guilty of larceny after trust because he had neglected to return a harness which the complainant had asked him to have fixed. "Culpable negligence," said Ihe court, "can not lie an ingredient of larceny after trust." Mrs. Pate, Refused Divorce, Sues Again Denies Husband’s Charge That Pet Dog Supplanted Him in Her Affections. Pall Mall Gazette Says His Posi tion on the Tariff Undoubt edly Is Sound. LONDON, April 16.--Commenting editorially to-day on the statement os Wiliam Randolph Hearst, pub lished yesterday In The Washington Post and other American newspapers. The Evening Cull Mall Gazette, a stauneh Conservative paper, says: •'America's conversion to free trade has met an unfortunate check through the fact that Mr. Hearst, who sup ported President Wilson for election, has already bolted' from Hie new tal- Iff proposals. “Mr. Hearst la Right.” •The particular significance of his attitude lies in the adoption of such a line of criticism by one who is recog nized as a professional judge of pop ular feeling in such matters. Mr. Hearst is evidently convinced that nothing will more certainly cause a revulsion of feeling on tlie part of the American people than to spread the alarm that free trade is at their gates. We have little doubt that in taking this view lie is entirely right. “25 Per Cent Free Trader." In Us editorial regarding Mr. Ileiirsl’s tariff statement. The K.ven- ing Star says: "Although Mr. Hearst supported Dr. Wilson in the presidential campaign, he is now attacking him in his news papers. * * * Mr. Hearst sa\s that most of the advanced and intel ligent thought of England to-day is in favor of a policy of protection, but lie does not explain that the British peo ple as a whole have defeated the pro tectionists at three successive elec tions. • * * Inasmuch as the av erage ad valorem rates proposed In tlte Underwood bill would work out about 23 per cent reduction in tariff, as compared with present rates, it is fair to say that President Wilson is at least 25 per cent of a free trader.” Mr. Hearst's article, re ferred to above, is publish ed in full on the editorial page of to-day’s Georgian. Baseball Is Bigger I Than Ty Cobb, Says Navin in Final Defi Can't Humor Diamond Star, Because of Example It Would Set, Manager Declares. DETROIT. April IS —What is De- I iroit going to do with Ty Cobb .’ la Ty Cobb bigger than baseball or baseball bigger than Ty Cobb? These two questions are agitating the minds of the people of the nation I to-day probably to a greater degree AIDS OLLIE TAYLOR Millionaire Lumberman Intercedes With Congressman for Georgia Lad Who Stole. Spins His Patients Into Insensibility Whirling Until Unconscious, New Method of Painless, Druglcss Dentistry, Shocks Profession. titan even the tarifT. In a signed statement to-day Ptes- ident Navin, of the Detroit Ameri can League club team, attempts ' answer tne queries. In part Prestden. Navin says: “It is conceded by everybody that Cobh is the best bail player in rite world and he is also Ihe best paid ball player in the world. But tins is not tile issue. Cobb did not make baseball: baseball made him. Cobb. Instead of reporting for spring prac tice and giving the club the benefit of his knowledge, organized a barn storming team and went through t:ic South, starring himself with dally ul timatums to tiie Detroit club. "He demands $15,000 for his serv ices and then goes to tile other end of the country to lire ultimatums tit me through the press. In the past I have patiently put up with a great deal from Cobb. "To give in would be to acknowl edge that Cobb is bigger than base ball, "It has now reached a point where there must be a show down." Doctor Condemns Patent Medicines Georgia Physicians, in Annual Con vention at Savannah, Hear Attack From Pharmacy Teacher. CHICAGO, April 15.—Agitation against the sentence imposed upon fourteen-year-old Ollie Taylor, of At lanta. who confessed stealing a 5-cent bottle, continues to spread. C. W. Croty, a lumber manufacturer of Tomah. Wis.. read ikt* story of tlu? youngster, and immediately wrote tfM . centrifugal force applied in the CHICAGO, April 16.—"Spinning a patient into dizzy unconsciousness nnd insensibility to pain” was the method explained to the Chicago Den tal Society which shocked the whole dental profession of Chicago to-day. Ur. L. L. Funk was the author of the "druglcss anesthesia." He explained the working of his in vention, which is a spool-like device to which the patient is strapped and whirled until unconscious. Anothei method of producing insensibility to lain was to place the patient on a ound table with his head in the cen- TRUNK THIEF 1ST GO TO 'PEI' George Wren, Medical Student] Loses Appeal in $30,000 Gilsey Diamond Robbery Case. COIN “LEFT’' WHERE LIQUOR IS PLACED MEANS A SALE I It L sufficient evidence that a vio lation 5f the liquor law has taken place if proof is entered that » flask of whisky was laid down by one per son and that soon thereafter it was picked up by another person and a <oin left in its place, in the presence fef the first party. I This ruling was made by the State Court of Appeals to-day in affirming the decision of the Hart Superior Court, which had convicted the de fehdant of selling whisky. The de fense was in effect that there had |*pen no sale and that the whisky simply had been "left" where It later was discovered and appropriated. Waycrots Plans White Way. WA YCROSS.—The Railroad Y. M U A is now considering a "white way" Scheme that will add a threat deal io #*e attractiveness of their institution th Wavcross. It Is proposed to insxall a “white way" along Screven Avenue, from Brunei to Gilmore. The Sunday American goes every where all over the South. If you have anything to sell The Sunday Amer ican ♦* "The Market Place of the Mrs. Louise Pate, undaunted by the refusal of a jury to grant her a di vorce on her second attempt, to-day tiled motion for a new trial. At the same time she denied every Charge made by her husband and branded as absurd his assertion that her little dog. "Spot." was the cause of their marital infelicity. The cose was concluded yesterday and a verdict reached during the aft ernoon. Court had adjourned and it was announced to-day. Mrs. Pate’s first suit for divorce resulted in a mistrial. The jury, in declining the second petition, held that Mrs. Pate hud not made out a case of ‘‘cruel treatment’’ us outlined in Unicode. DAYTON BLAMES U. S. FOR LOSS OF LIVES IN FLOOD WASHINGTON April 16 -Charg ing that bridges had been construct ed by Federal pc'mission across the Great Miami River at Dayton O.. s » s to obstruct the flow of the stream, the Dayton City Council to-dav blam ed the United States Government for th« loss ol hundreds of lives anU hun dreds of millions of dollars in prop- rtv damage, in a communication read in the Senate to-day at 'he in stance of Senator Pomerene. Prompt action t«> remedy this condition was demanded per cent ad valorem. The wool fight was then started. WASHINGTON, April 16—Follow ing a conference with President Wil son at the White House early to-day Representative Oscar Underwood, majority leader of the House, de clared be sees no obstacle in the way of the passage of the tariff bill, In troduced ten days ago. "It appears to me that there is nothing in sight for the b'll but clear sailing from this time on," said the Alabama representative. “To-day I went over a few of the minor provisions of the bill with President Wilson and we are in per fect accord concerning even the least of the schedules. No Serious Opposition. "I have canvassed the House and I do not think that any widespread opposition will occur, certainly not enough to endanger the passage of the bill." Concerning the life insurance clause of the income tax section the Demo cratic leader said it imposes no tax on life insurance companies except indorsement of their bill, the leaders do not look for a single adverse vote from the caucus. Democrats who are of the belief that the cotton rates arc too low admit ted that the election did not strengthen their position. Malcontents Look to Senate. Many disgruntled Democrats now look to the Senate as their only hope for increases in rates. No coalition of high-tariff Democrats with Repub licans is looked for, the Republicans opposing such a plan and the huge size of the Democratic majority being an additional deterrent. Representatives from the mill dis tricts prepared amendments looking to higher compensating duties on the higher grades of manufactured cot ton. It was not believed, though, that any of these would be acted upon fa vorably. A counter agitation in the shape of a movement to put muslin underwear and other such necessaries of life on the free list also was started. Little hope that any of these free list crusades would be successful was entertained. SAVANNAH. GA.. April 16.—The dxty-fourth annual session of the Medical Association of Georgia con vened in this city this morning with Dr. W. W. Pitcher, of Warrenton, president, presiding. The delegates were welcomed for the city by Mayor Richard J. Davant and on the part of tlie Georgia Medical Association by Dr. Ralston Lattimore, chairman of the committee on entertainment. Re sponse was made by Dr. E. E. Mur phy, Augusta. The feature of the.session was a discussion of medical and pharma ceutical practices and the problems involved in Georgia, which was pre cipitated by a paper by Dr. Robert C. Wilson, professor of pharmacy of the University of Georgia. The* key note of that paper was a condemna tion of patent medicines. Senator LaFollette and Congressman .). .1 Each, of his district, asking what could be done to have the child’s pun ishment ended. The Senator replied it was a question for the Georgia au thorities. Mr. Esch said he would confer with some of the Democratic ( ongressmen. believe there must be some mis take," the Congressman added. “At least 1 hope so, because the penalty is out of all proportion to the of fense.” Hears from Lawyer. The Wisconsin lumberman also heard from W. H. Terrell, who was attorney for the Taylor boy, Mr. Terrell said that unless the boy should be paroled or the Governor pardoned him. the only hope he has is in appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, “and he is too poor to pay the necessary expenses of such a proceeding" This is ex actly what Mr. Croty is considering. He says he is not through with the case. "I called the attention of Mr. La Follette and Mr. Esch to the different decisions in the oleomargarine trust case and to this Taylor boy's case as to the penalty being unreasonable.” he remarks, referring to the Treasury Department’s attempted compromise of the oleomargarine cases which were slated for criminal prosecution by the Chicago Government authori ties. whirling draws the blood from the head and produces unconsciousness. Jailed. He Blames His Mother-in-Law Ralph W. Bagwell Declares She Is at Bottom of Wife’s Suit for Divorce. Ralph W. Bagwell, 20 East Baker Street, placed the blame for all his family troubles upon his mother-in- law when he was discussing to-day the filing of a suit for divorce by his wife and the nr exeat order taken in Superior Court on which he was thrown Into jail last night soon after the institution of the proceedings. •'My mother-in-law is the.cause of it all,” he declares. "She got I.ucile dissatisfied over nothing.” The Bagwells were married three years ago and have one child wife alleges cruel and inhum ment. Agitation Due to Misconception. W. H. Terrell, attorney for OUTS' Taylor, said to-day that he had writ ten to C. W. Croty, the Wisconsin millionaire, replying to a letter which had been addressed to the boy’s fa ther. Numerous letters of this kind addressed to the lawyer and the fa ther have been received from all parts of the country, and nearly all of them have been briefly answered. As The Georgian has repeatedly pointed out, the entire agitation is based on a misconception of the facts. The boy can be released at any time, the sentence being indeterminate. Moonshiners Bury Whisky in a ‘Grave’ Revenue Officers Find Hidden Barrel, Slabs Marking Resting Place, Near Rome. ALABAMA MAYOR BUYS FIRE APPARATUS HERE J. H. Holcombe, Mayor of Gadsden, Ala., has come to Atlanta to buy equipment for his fire department. Be fore going to see agents for fire ap paratus, he called at the (Uty Hall to see Mayor Woodward. Mayor Holcombe said through the newspapers he had kept up with the scandal about the purchase of supplies for Atlanta’s fire department, and that e wanted to get any information that ould benefit his city. Crutches for Cork Legs His Disguise Cripple Is Charged With Hunting Down Enemy and Beating Him With Brass Knucks. Removing his cork legs and substi tuting crutches is the unique disguise said to have been adopted by "Red" Russell, well known police character, when he set out to attack Jake Srochi, 19 years of age. of 66 Angier Avenue, who is said to have offended Russell a day or two ago by crushing against him on the sidewalk. Mrs. Morris Srochi, mother of Jake Srochi, is actively pushing the prose cution. She had a conference with Chief Beaver.-' to-day. after which Russell’s bond was taised to $1U0. Mrs. Srochi said Russell struck her son with metal knucks. cutting a g.tsii that required seven stitches. After a court fight that ha been progress tor nearly two years a after his two confederates have cum-' pleted their terms, George Wien, . young medical student, implicated i n the famous $30,000 Gilsey diamond robbery, to-day '.ost in Ihe Court of Appeals and must serve ills term ofl twelve months at hard labor in the| chaingang Wren, who has been under bond 'I $5,000 pending the decision of the! Court of Appeals, is understood to bej In Birmingham attending a medic;, I college. He must now defer the com-1 pletion of h'.s medical education until! he lias satisfied the Georgia law fnr| his part in the great trunk mystery. Efforts will be made at once to| bring the young student back to At lanta to begin his term. , George Kaul and Carl Roddy, al leged accomplices of Wren, completed ] the serving of their terms last Sun day, Roddy is now free, but Kaul I was taken to Michigan to complete a| term in the pen, from which he es caped some time before his Atlantal escapade. Wren was the only one of the trio| who fought his conviction. The robbery of the Gilsey jewel! trunk occurred in Forsyth Street! while it was being taken in a bag-1 gage wagon from the Piedmont Ho-1 tel to the Terminal Station. Thai driver was lured into the Grant! ild. The , Kl)i |j jn g a nd the trunk spirited away.I an treat- Pinkerton and city detectives work-1 ed on the case for days, and finally! landed the trio and recovered the| stolen gems. The Jewels belonged to! Gilsey Bros., jewelers, of Cincinnati.! FLOWERS and FLORAL DESIGNS I |ATLANTA FLORAL CO. Both Phones Number 4. 41 Peachtree,! ATLANTA THEATER Wednesday and Thursday Thursday Matinee THE RED ROSE WITH ZOE BARRETT Tho Hit of Musical Comedies Nig "lCiTS tO NOW 0 s|L™* L WOMAN’S CLUB TO SHOW WAX WORKS FRIDAY what they already pay under the cor poration tax law and that it levies no tax on the policyholder who re ceives money from the insurance companies unless such money is in vested in Government bonds or other securities so as to produce an In come. Representative Underwood was I greatly pleased by the Democratic victory in the Massachusetts elec tion. "I believe the result of the election Germany Wants Trade Pact Under New Tariff. BERLIN, April 16.—An invitation to the United State." to join Germany in a trade agreement in 1916. when the German agreements expire, was extended by George Gothein, the Un derwood of the Reichstag, in speaking to a correspondent to-day. "The influence of the American tar iff reduction on Germany will be largely moral," he said, "and will as sist the general movement for tariff reduction. German Liberals regard the effort in America as an answer to the popular demand for cheaoer living titer than as a policy to increase [ prosperity through export trade. If ROME. GA., April 16.—Revenue of ficers dug up a barrel of whisky from a "grave" and confiscated two of the largest stills ever operated in North west Georgia yesterday near Rome. The operators escaped on a signal given by a friend hunting In the woods. Near a house in which one of the moonshiners lived'was found a barrel of liquor which had been buried. In order to keep the inquisitive from suspecting anything, the barrel was buried deep in a hole and the dirt was arranged in the shape of a grave with slabs stuck up at both ends. The offi. ccrs were too alert and discovered the deception. The stills had evidently been in op eration for years, as six acres of good land had been cleared, the timber be ing used to fire the furnaces. WIFE SEEKS TO FORCE PAYMENT OF ALIMONY MACON, GA., April 16.—Because he refused to pay his wife the alimony awarded her by the Superior Court and affirmed by the Supreme Court Morris A. Hartz. a wealthy real estate operator. Is the defendant in a fi. fa process executed to-day. Attorneys for Mrs. Minnie Ottinger Hartz state that Hartz will be prose cuted for contempt unless he pays the alimony in the meantime. Hartz is delinquent $610. The divorce suit brought by Mrs Hartz will be heard next week. The Sunday American goes every where all over the South. If you have nything to sell The Sunday Amer ican is “The Market Place of the South.” The Sunday American is the best advertising medium. America wishes to widen its market for manufactures, the best mean." to that end will be a trade agreement with Germany. Our agreements ex- is an indication that the American | j,j re j n which gives America a MOTORIST WHOSE CAR KILLED BOY MAKES BOND The Fulton Grand Jury to-day may take up the case of Earl H. Dell, whose automobile killed 10-year-old Dolphus Ua*ey near Bulkhead sever al days ago. IV.1, who was commit* ted to jail under a bond of $3,000 by Justice of the Peace Girardeau yes terday afternoon, made bond lasl night. The Sunday American goes every where ali over the South. If you have anything to sell The Sunday Amer- . . ... ican is "The Market Place of the The Sunday American is the South.^ The Sunday American is the W' er *‘*‘ n fl medium. jbest advertising medium. people are ready to accept our tariff bill,” he said. Expects It in House Soon. Representative Underwood said that he expects the bill to be out of caucus* within four days. His guess* as to the length of the tariff discussion in the House was from four to five weeks. Underwood said his committee had not received any of the so-called pro tests from foreign nations against the bill. He has not received any petition addressed to Congress to postpone the date of the effectiveness of the tariff bill. Underwood Indicated that the bill will become a law immediately on its passage by the Senate and House and approved by the President. Confident of Cotton Schedule. Chairman Underwood and the Democratic leaders* of the House were confident to-day the Democratic cau cus would accept th* cotton schedule just a« the Ways and Means Commit tee framed it. without a single change, despite attacks made on it by cotton manufacturers. Accepting the result of the elec tion in Massachusetts as a genuine HUSBAND ON TRIAL FOR SOCIETY LEADER’S DEATH splendid opportunity to follow tariff reduction w ith a constructive econom ic policy.” The correspondent found among the Liberals a tendency toward skepticism regarding a successful reduction of the tariff in America. One of the leading spokesmen of the Progressive party said: "We hope President Wilson will win his fight, but we realize the immense opposition from the interests which he must overcome. If he does succeed the influence in Europe will undoubt edly be for a lower tariff." .Goivuany stands third among the countries buying American exports, following England and Canada. The Imports from the United States* to this country for eleven months of the cal endar \ear 1912 amounted in value to $289,000,000, or an increase of ?63,000.- 000 over the corresponding period in 1910. Cheap Linen Saved. The caucus to-day voted down two resolutions to increase ihe duties on collars and cuffs Both were intro duced by Representative Ten Eyck, of Albany. N. Y. Ter.Eyck told the cau cus that the collar and cuff industry was seriously jeopardized by tlie de crease in duties provided by the Un derwood bill, » SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, April 16.— Arthur B. Smith has begun hi fight for life, charged with, poison ing his wife. Mrs. Florence Cavileer Smith, a social leader. Apparently the outcome of the case hinges on the testimony of medical experts. Mrs. Mabel Merchant Smith, whom the accused man married five months after the sudden death of his" first wife, was at his side when court opened. BANK AT GAINESvTlLF APPLIES FOR CHARTER Mrs. Jarley’s wax works will be presented at the Woman’s Club Building Friday evening at 8 o'clock, under the auspices qf a committee of the Atlanta Woman's Ulttb. The pro ceeds will go to the benefit of the building fund. An elaborate enter tainment is planned by the commit tee. GRAND Daily Mat. 2:30 NIGHT AT 8:30 1 GALA SPRING VAUDEVILLE 1 FESTIVAL lO BIG FEATURES Wilfred Clarke & Co.. Leo Carillo, 8 1 Enalish Rosebuds. Brice & Gonne. 1 Herbert’s Dogs, The Sully Family 1 and Others. ■ LYRIC Charlie Grapewln —In— i “Between Showers." •With 1 Mike Donlin and Anna Chance. April 21, Geo. Sidney || Application for charter was made Secretary of State Cook to-day by the Citizens' Bank of Gainesville, Hall County. It is proposed to incorporate the hank with a capital stock of $50,- 000. with 500 shares of $100 each. j. C. FTuitt will be the president of the new organization. Other incorpo rators are J. H. Hosch, J E. Redwine, Jr.. J. B. George. John M. Hulsey, J. F. Carter. W. A. Roper, H. H. Dean, M W. Bowen. B. A. Rogers, J. M. Parks and 25 others. Nearly everybody in Atlanta reads • The Sunday American. YOUR ad- ' vertisement in the next issue will sell j goods. Try itl WhalEvcryWoman Wants to Know Three Great Features That Will Deeply Interest Every Woman Exclusively In The Sunday American How Can a Wife Win Back Her Husband’s Love? How Dancing Develops a Beautiful Figure In Old or Young How a Leopard Taught a Famous Woman the Way to Make Love Order Your Sunday American Now