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2 Till'. ATLANTA (TKOROjAX AND NKVVS. HE'LL my BARE [ 1 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, th« mysterious man front Baltimore, who was her alded to Mayor Woodward as the man who would clear up the fire de* partment hose scandal, declared to day that he was working on the can* as a detective. “I have the goods.” said Heynolda "Mayor Woodward will prove his charges that Atlanta has been getting h rotten deal in hose,” he asserted. ”1 have proof of gross incompetency in the Fire Department and that Chief Cummings has not only u«ed one brand^of hose almost exclusively, but has recommended It all over the Bout a.. ‘Such a recommendation, backed up by the fact that Atlanta uses the hose exclusively, has been worth lot* to the hypse company.” Calls Evidence a Farce. He said he had read the 75 type written pages of testimony already taken by the committee and referred to it as a farce ho far as the informa- ti"ii secured regarding the purchase >f host H»* would not tell whom he represented: "Bo patient,” he insisted. “There'll V plenty happening soon." enty Reynolds, R. K. Davidson, the man >■ ho slatd under oath that lit* gave 'hit f '(humming s $400, anti J. 11 Har well. chairman of.the Council Inves tigating committee, all held confer- . nee.x with Aiayui Woodward to-day. The inves?Igation will be reopened, mi the date has not been set by Chairman Harwell. Mayor Woodward expressed satisfaction at the progress :*f events, but would say no more. Maddox, Expecting an Attack, Issues Defi. Alderman James \\\ Maddox, refer■- ing to the reports that Alderman John K McClelland would involve il£ra . In his charges before the Coun cil Investigating committee, to-day declared he could prove a clean record and that if Alderman McClelland made accusations they would prove a joke. “I understand that he Intends to bring up that old case of my holding sub-contracts on the sewage disposal plants.” he said. “1 have the written opinion of City Attorney S ENATOR MONS, lina (above), and Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, on whom President Wilson is de pending to put the Underwood tariff bill through the Senate. House Leader and Wilson Con fer—‘We’re in Perfect Accord,’ Says Representative. The cotton schedule was ap proved by the Democratic caucus to-day with a single change, which was aqreed to by the Ways and Means Committee, providing an extra compensatory duty of 5 per cent on |ute bags. The Un derwood rate on jute bags is 25 Baseball Is Bigger Than Ty Cobb, Says Navin in Final Defi Can't Humor Diamond Star. Because of Example It Would Set, Manager Declares. AIDS BLUE TAfLOB Spins His Patients Into Insensibility T F De- Pall Mall Gazette Says His Posi tion on the Tariff Undoubt edly Is Sound. Repairers Keeping Goods Not Larceny Court of Appeals Defines Law Opposed to Culpable Negligence. James L. Mayson that l did nothing illegal. “Mayor Winn investigated that matter early in his administration. He asked Attorney Maysoit for a written opinion. Attorney Maynon a* nt me a copy of his opinion. Helped Amend Charter. "Further, when there was criticism of my act 1 joined with other mem bers of Council in introducing a char ter amendment making it absolutely impossible for an official to have unv interest in tit y contracts. That amendment is a part of the city char ter to-day.’ Other members of Council whom gossip has pointed out ms the one Alderman McClelland will accus would not admit that they will be ac cased. Each declared he could re fute* any charges of corruption that might be brought against them, and their remarks were forcefully phasizeri. Alderman McClelland's plan to an nounce the list of witnesses he would have subpenaed was thwarted day by the position of Mayor Wood ward that Mayor Pro Tem Janies E. Warren did not have authority to appoint the committee until his (Woodward's* approval of the reso lution creating it reached Council. Delays Until Mondav. Although the Mayor Pro Tem had announced who his committee would be. he said he would not formally appoint the members until the meet ing of Council Monday. The m.ui named were John S. Candler, chair man. A R. Colcord, S. S. Shepard, J esse M. Wood and George H. Boyn ton. He will rename these. I: have approved the resolution i eating the Council Investigating I'ommittec.” said Mayor Woodward, “but 1 don'; expect the probe ,o annijfu to anything." LONDON. April Hi. Commenting editorially to-day «>n the statement by Wiliam Randolph Hearst, pub lished yesterday in The Washington Post and other American newspapers, The Evening Pall Mall Gazette,, a staunch 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, lias already bolted* from the new tar iff proposals. “Mr. Hearst Is 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 the 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 he is entirely right.'' “25 Per Cent Free Trader.” In its editorial regarding Mr. Hearst’s tariff statement. The Even ing Star says: "Although Mr. Hearst supported Dr. Wilson in the presidential campaign, he 1* now attacking him in his news papers. * * * Mr. Hearst says that most of the advanced and intel ligent thought of England to-day is in favor of a policy of protection, but he does not explain that the British peo ple as a whole have defeated the pro tectionists at three successive elec tions. * 41 * Inasmuch as the av erage ad valorem rates proposed in the Underwood bill would work out about 25 per cent reduction in tariff. compared with present rates*, it is fair to say that President Wilson is at least 25 per cent of a free trader.” DETROIT. April 16.—What i troit going to do with Ty Cobb? Is Ty Cobb bigger than baseball or baseball bigger than Ty Cobb? These two questions are agitating the minds of the people of the nation to-day probably to a greater degree than even the tariff. In a signed statement to-day Pres ident Navin, of the Detroit Ameri can League club team, attempts a answer Ihe queries. In part Presides Navin says: "It is conceded by everybody that Cobb is the best ball player in the world and he is also the best paid ball player in the world. But this is not the 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 the South, starring himself with daily ul timatums to the Detroit club. “He demands $15,000 for his serv ices and then goes to the other end of the country to tire ultimatums at 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.” Millionaire Lumberman Intercedes With Congressman for Georgia Lad Who Stole. Whirling Until Unconscious Method of Painless, Drugless Dentistry, Shocks Profession. New Doctor Condemns Patent Medicines The State Court of Appeals decided o-da.v that a man can not be con victed of larceny after trust If he merely appropriates to his own use and neglect?*• to return property that was given him to have repaired. The Issue arose In a case from the art Superior Court in which the de fendant. M. R Rucker, had been de lated 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 the ourt, “can not be an Ingredient of larceny after trust .' Mrs. Pate, Refused Divorce, Sues Again Denies Husband’s Charge That Pet Dog Supplanted Him in Her Affections. llir Mr. Hearst’s article, re ferred to above, is publish ed in full on the editorial page of to-day’s Georgian. Georgia Physicians, in Annual Con vention at Savannah, Hear Attack From Pharmacy Teacher. Mi’s, Louise Pate, undaunted by fusal of a jury to grant her a di vorce on her second attempt, to-day filed 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,” wa.s the cause of their marital Infelicity. The case 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 iury petition 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 he sees no obstacle in the w ty of the passage of the tariff bill, in troduced ten days ago. “It appears to me that there Is nothing in sight for the bill but clear sailing from tills time on,” said the A labama representative. "To-day 1 went o\**r a few of tin- 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 do not think that any widespread rtuinly not passage of 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 are too low r 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. Ji 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 sixty-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 the 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. 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 the story of the youngster, and immediately wrote Senator La Collette and Congressman J. J Esch, 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 Congressmen. ‘I believe there must be some mis take,” the Congressman added. "At least I hope so. because the penalty is out of all proportion to the of fense.” Hears from Lawyer. The Wisconsin lumberman also heard from W. II. Terrell, who was attorney for the Taylor boy. Mr. errell 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 ease and to this Taylor boy’s ease 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- CHICAGO, April 16.—“Spinning a patient Into dizzy unconsciousness and insensibility to pain" was the method explained to the Chicago Den tal Society which shocked the whole dental profession of Chicago to-day. Dr F.. L. Funk was the author of the "drugless anesthesia.” lie 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 pain was to place the patient on a round table,witli his head in the cen ter. Centrifugal force applied in the whirling draws the blood from the head and produces unconsciousness. George Wren, Medical Student, Loses Appeal in $30,000 Gilsey ' Diamond Robbery Case. | • Jailed, He Blames His Mother-in-Law Ralph W. Bagwell Declares She 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 nc exeat order taken in Superior Court on which lie was thrown into jail last night soon after the institution of the proceedings. "Aly mother-in-law is the cause of it all,” he declares. "She got Ducile dissatisfied over nothing." The Bagwells were married three years ago and have one child. The wife alleges cruel and inhuman treat ment. ' AftPr a court fight that has been i,, progress for nearly Jwo years unri after his two confederates have com pleted their terms, George Wren, young medical student, implicated in Hie famous $30,000 Gilsey diamond robbery, to-day lost in tile Court of Appeals and must serve his term of twelve months at hard labor in the chaingang. Wren, who has been under bond of So,000 pending the decision of the Court Of Appeals. Is understood to he in Birmingham attending a medicalt. college. He must now defer the com pletion of his medical education until he has satisfied Ihe Georgia law for 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, aK‘ 4 leged accomplices of Wren, completed the serving of their terms last Sun day. Roddy is now free, but Kaul was taken to Michigan to complete a term in the pen. from which he es caped some time before his Atlanta escapade. Wren was the only one of the trio who fought his conviction. The roobery of the Gilsey Jewel trunk occurred in Forsyth Street while it was being taken in a bag gage wagon from the Piedmont Ho- ties. Agitation Due to Misconception. W. H. Terrell, attorney for Ollie 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. Crutches for Cork Legs His Disguise tel to the Terminal Station. The driver was lured into the Grant Building and the trunk spirited away. Pinkerton and city detectives work 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. Cripple Is Charged With Hunting Down Enemy and Beating Him With Brass Knucks. ALABAMA MAYOR BUYS FIRE APPARATUS HERE Moonshiners Bury Whisky in a ‘Grave’ Revenue Officers Find Hidden Barrel, Slabs Marking Resting Place, Near Rome. 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 City 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 he wanted to get any information that would benefit his city. 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 wjlich one of the moonshiners lived was found a barrel of liquor which had been buried. In rder lo keep the inquisitive from suspecting anything, the barrel was buried deep in a hole and the dirt was rranged in the shape of a grave with slabs stuck up at both ends. The offi cers 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. in declining the second held thai Mrs. Pate hail not made out a case of “cruel treatment” as outlined in the code. COIN "LEFT" WHERE LIQUOR IS PLACED MEANS A SALE lilts In I sufficient evidence that a vio of the liquor law has taken of is entered that a flask of ,|bisky was laid down by one per- that soon thereafter it was 1 1 tidn of the a<V if proof DAYTON BLAMES U. S. LOSS OF LIVES IN FOR FLOOD WASHINGTON* April 16 ing that bridges had been e « d by Federal pe’mission a< -Charg instruct - •ross th Great Miami Rive as to obstruct the the 1 >ayton Uity i’ r at Dayton <)., s flow of the stream •uncil to-day blam- son ft and piclaed up by another person and < oin- left in its place, in the presence of tie first party. This ruling was made by the State Court of Appeals to-day in affirming decision of the Hart Superior fihe Court, which had convicted the de fondant <>f selling whisky. The de finite was in effect that there had heed no sale and that the whisky simply had been "left" where it later was discovered and appropriated. • od the United States th« loss of hundreds i dreds of millions of «rty damage, in a Government for if lives ami hun- dolkirs in prop- communica t ion read in tin* Senate to-day at * he in stance of Senator Pmperene. Prompt action to remedy this condition was demanded MOTORIST WHOSE CAR KILLED BOY MAKES BOND 1 do not think that any opposition will occur, c enough to endanger the 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 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 insuran *e companies unless such money is in vested in Government bonds or othi r securities so as to produce an in come. Representative Underwood was greatly pleased by the Democratic victory in the Massachusetts elec tion. “1 believe the result of the election is an Indication that the American people are ready to accept our tariff bill,” he said. Expects It in House Soon, Representative Underwood said that he - \peots the bill to be out of caucus w ithin four days, llis gues? as to the length of the tariff discussion in the House was front four to five weeks. Underwood said his committee iiau not received any of the so-called pro tests from foreign nations against the bill. He has not received any petition Germany Wants Trade Pact Under New Tariff. WIFE SEEKS TO FORCE PAYMENT OF ALIMONY Waycross Plans White Way. YCFU WAYCROSS.—The Railroad Y M A s new eohsidering a "white way ’ scheme that will add a great deal to the attractiveness of their institution in Waycross. It Is proposed to install & " white way along Screven Avenue, from Brunei to Gilmore The Sunday American goes every- V where all over the South. If you have anything to sell The Sunday Amer- "The Market Place of the SeutA The Sunday American is the best 4 * The Fulton Grand Jury to-day may take up the case of Earl H Dell, whose automobile killed 10-year-old Dolphus CiiTv near Buckhead sever al days ago. Dell, why was commit ted to jail under a bund of $3,000 by Justice of the Peace Girardeau yes terday afternoon, made bortd last night. Advertising medium. The Sunday American goes every- ‘ h. If where all over the South. If you have anything to sell The Sunday Amer ican is "The Market Place of the South. The Sunday American is the beet advertising medium. addressed to Congress to postpone th* date of the effectiveness of the tariff bill. Underwood indicated that the bill will become a law immediately on It* 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 the 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 .n Massachusetts « RERUN, April 10. An Invitation to the United States 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 speakinj 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 cheaper living rather than as a policy to increase prosperity through export trade. If America wishes to widen its market for manufactures, the best means* to that end will be a trade agreement j with Germany. Our agreements ex pire in 11*16. which gives America splendid opportunity to follow tariff j reduction w ith a constructive econom ic policy.” The correspondent found among the Lihi-ruls a tonden y toward skepticism regarding a successful reduction of thi tariff in America. One of the leading spokesmen of the Progressive party said: "We hope President Wilson will win his light, 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.” Germain stands third among the eountries buying American exports, following England and Canada. The imports from the United States to this country for eleven months of the cal endar year 1912 amounted in value to $289,000,000. or an Increase of $63,000,- 000 over the corresponding period m 1910. Cheap Linen Saved. The caucus to-day voted down two resolutions to increase the duties on collars ind cuffs. Roth were in tro unced hy Representative Ten Eyck, of Albany. N. Y. TenEyck told the can 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 ft. 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 delinq lent $610. The divorce suit brought by Mrs Hartz will be heard next week. Removing his cork legs and substi tuting crutches* is the unique disguise said to have been adopted by “Red” Russel], 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 orushing against him on the sidewalk. Mrs. Morris Srochi, mother of Jake Srochi, is actively pushing the prose FLOWERS and FLORAL DESIGNS; ATLANTA FLORAL 00. Both Phones Number 4. 41 Peachtree. ATLANTA THEATER Wednesday and Thursday Thursday Matinee THE RED ROSE WITH ZOE BARRETT The Hit of Musical Comedies Nigh's 25c to *1.50; Mat. 25c to 11. " 6 SWATS NOW SELLING. cution. She had a conference with Chief Beavers* to-day, after which Russell’s bond was taised to $100. Mrs. Srochi said Russell struck her son with metal knucks, cutting a gash that required seven stitches. WOMAN'S CLUB TO SHOW WAX WORKS FRIDAY The Sunday American goes every where all over the South. If you have anything to sell The Sunday Amer ican is “The Market Place of the South.” The Sunday American is the best advertising medium. Mrs. .Tarley’s wax works will be presented at the Woman’s Club Building Friday evening at 8 o’clock, under the auspices of a committee of the Atlanta Woman’s Club. The pro ceeds will go to the benefit of the building fund. An elaborate enter tainment is planned by the commit tee. GfiftHO | Week April 14 Daily Mat. 2:30 NIGHT AT 8:30 GALA SPRING VAUDEVILLE FESTIVAL 10 BIG FEATURES Wilfred Clarke & Co.. Leo Carillo, 8 English Rosebuds. Brice & Gonne. Herbert's Dogs, The Sully Family and Others. LYRIC Charlie Grapewln —in— ‘Between Showers,” With Mike Donlin and Anna Chance. April 21, Geo. Sidney HUSBAND ON TRIAL FOR SaCIETY LEADER’S DEATH genuine SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, April 16- Art hur B. Smith has begun his fight for life, charged with poison ing his wife. Mrs. Florence £avileer 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 GAINESVILLE APPLIES FOR CHARTER Application for charter was made to Secretary of State Cook to-day by the Citizens’ Bank of Gainesville, Hall County. It is proposed to incorporate the bank with a capital stock of $50,- 000, with 500 shares of $100 each. J. C. Pruitt 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 eus that ihe collar and cuff industry v. a > • >? ' t ' i o ■ i s' v .it*op, i by t* The Sunday American. YOUR ad- 1 i’ • < pro villi d by the Ur. vertisement in the next issue will sell Jerwood bill, ^ j goods. Try it! ) WhatEveryWoman 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