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T1IK ATLANTA GEO lid I AN AND NEWS. EJiLDAV, A PKII. 18. 19H.
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Papal Physicians Assured Pon
tiff's Strength Will Carry Him
Through Recent Relapse.
O B MARKS, of Atlanta,
O* who will be re elected
president of the State Federa
tion of Labor at the meeting
now on at Augusta.
DIFFER WIDELY
:g.d.p.seiatdrs we i
!
Aide in Row Fatal to
Infant Loses Appeal
PLAN 111 FIGHT IS
| Supreme Court Hold, Lou Miller
Responsible for Part in Heard
County Slaying.
1 Till IL
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ROME, April 18.— Pope Piue X
held hie own throughout the
greater part of to day, although
late this afternoon reporte were
circulated that he was fast losing
strength.
Inability of the Pontiff to re
tain nourishment on his stomach
and an acceleration of his cough
were the principal contributing
factors to this weakness. A drop
sical condition is said to be devel
oping in the left leg.
On account of the condition of
his stomach it may become nec
essary to make food injections, as
was done in the case of J. P. Mor
gan.
ROMP:. April 18.—The condition of
Pope Plus X was* to-dnv subject to
conflicting reports. According to the
morning bulletin of the doctors. His
Holiness showed improvement and
gave indication that his strong con
stitution would ultimately be able to
overcome immediate danger.
Information from another source,
however, is that the Pontiff still is in
a precarious condition, being ex
tremely weak from lack of nourish
ment and from the cough which ac
companies attack** of bronchitis.
In support of the latter report it Is
significant that Cardinal Oreglla has
been notified to keep In readiness day
and night to respond to a call from
♦ he Vatican.
\t 10:30 o'clock this morning (4:30
Atlanta time) the following bulletin
was issued from Dr* Marchlafava and
Amici:
Improvement Is shown In the
Pope's catarrhal affection. His
general condition is satisfactory.
The temperature Is 98.
The moderation of the Pope’s tem
perature gave cause for hope at the
Vatican, hut Mil? Holiness was again
warned by Dr. Marchlafava not o
•iver-oxert himself
Sees Humor in Warning*.
"Tour Holiness must not confuse a
tempowy rally for permanent Im
provement,” explained Dr Marchia-
fava.
In spite of his emaciated and weak
ened condition, the Pope sees humor
in the constantly repeated warnings of
the doctor* and smiled as he promised
to obey to the best of his Judgment.
It was but 48 hours ago that the
belief was general that the Pope’*
hours of life were numbered and the
amazing rally that he has made,
chiefly through his determination to
get well, has aroused the wonder yf
the world.
The fear has been communicated to
Cardinal Merry Del Val. papal secre
tary of state, that the Pope may die
suddenly. Anxiety on this point has
beset the mind of the ailing Pontiff
and led to numerous requests that the
lest sacrament be administered.
The life of the Pope was compared
by his nephew, Mgr Parolin, to a
flickering lamp. The flame is waver
ing. now higher and now lower, and
may he snuffed out at any minute.
Nephew Fear* the Worst.
“We pray for the best/' Mgr
Parolin said, but the unmistakable
signs of sorrow in his demeanor pro
claimed the forebodings in his mind
The Pope slept for interval* of two
and three hours throughout the night.
Once his heart became so weak that
he was awakened so that oil of
camphor might be injected. As soon
as he awoke this morning and had
partaken of #» cup of weak gruel, he
immediately asked to he allowed to
sit up.
Roth Dr. Marchlafava and Amici
protested emphatically against this.
The following bulletin had been is-
gii. d at 12:30 a. m :
The Pope is resting more easily
than last night, hut his breathing
is superficial and his pulse is very
weak.
' At 4:15 the following bulletin was
fori hcomlng:
The Pope is sleeping and seems
easier, but his proatratlofi is ex
cessive. Brandy was adniinis-
| tered. but was followed by a fit of
v. mi ting.
Awoke Nearly Suffocating.
At 5 o'clock this bulletin was is-
Entire Schedule of Underwood
Revision Measure Will Be
Bitterly Fought.
FOR LABOR CHIEF
State Federation to Urge Com
pulsory Arbitration and Em
ployers' Liability Bills.
The Pope awoke suddenly and
seemed to he suffocating. This
caused a paroxysm. He after
ward took the yolk of an egg and
some milk. A few minutes later
he fell into a sound sleep and his
nervousness seemed relieved
The Italian Government is making
daily Inquiries on behalf of the King
Victor Emmanuel and Queen Mar-
gherita.
When Dr. Marchlafava asked the
Pope how he had spent the night, the
latter replied:
"I dreamed I was saying mass "
Dr Marchiafava smiled as he said
"In a month it will he a reality.”
AUGUSTA. GA„ April 18 S B.
Marks, of Atlanta, will be re-elected
president of the Georgia Federation *f
Labor this afternoon.
It is expected that the session will
come to an end during the afternoon.
This morning the report of the leg
islative committee was made. A largo
number of resolution® of various char
acters were reported favorably and
passed.
It was deckled, on the recommen
dation of the legislative committee,
that a compulsory arbitration bill, an
employers’ liability and a working-
men’s compensation act and the addi
tion of two factory inspectors to the
staff of the Commissioner of Lab*!
be the three measures on which labor
w ill- concentrator its efforts at the next
session of the legislature.
It was explained that with ooncen
tration the labor men would have a
better chance to get these measures
passed, Instead of having many bills
and not so much force behind each
bill.
Resolutions were passed during the
morning asking that the Legislature
pass a “full crew” bill; a kindergarten
bill, providing school facilities for
children between 4 and 6 years of
age; a compulsory education bill; a
hill providing that shelters be pro
vided for car repulrers; a bill limb
Ing the amount of work to he done by
section foremen; a bill providing that
all street cars be vestibuled, and one
providing that women not be required
to work In telephone offices or In
stores- over 10 hours a day or 5 4
hours a week.
Georgia Land Fake
Worked for $20,000
New Mexico Farmer Fleeced on Bo
gus Jonathan Block Titles—At
torney Searches Records Here.
Another victim of Georgia’s hoary
land swindle was discovered />-day
through the presence here of Tomlin
son Fort, a form* r Atlanta attorney,
who came all the wuy from New
Mexico only to find this morning that
his client had been cheated out of
property worth in the neighborhood
of $20,000.
Mr. Fort said that the “land sharks”
came to the West with abstracts of
title for many acres of land in Eman
uel Uounty which were represented
to have been granted to Jonathan
Block May 19. 1794. Mr Fort’s client,
a well-to-do but unsuspicious farmer,
was persuaded to trade about 250
acres of perfectly good and unusually
fertile land in The Pecos Valiev of
New Mexico for the worthless ab
stract.
The New Mexico aHornev was in
ilu* office of Secretary of Stale Uook
to-day. poring over the old records.
His investigation showed that the ab
stract was entirely bogus. He will
institute criminal proceedings against
the swindlers on his return.
Reese Expects 7,000
Charter Mail Votes
Five Thousand Postal Ballots
ready Have Been Received
by Reform Advocates.
A I.
if you have anything to sell adver
tise in The Sunday American. Lar
gest circulation o* any Sunday newt-
tor r in the South,
More than 7.000 voters are expected
to register their opinion on the new
charter question, according to Paul
Reese, who said to-day that 5.000
cards have been returned and that
there were many more to come in.
As fast as the cards are sent to the
headquarters of the charter reform
advocates they are turned over to the
American Audit Company, so that a
correct tally of the vote may be kept
Mr. Reese is certain that the voters
of tJjie city are registering overwhelm
in*>\ in fav
vor of a charter vote.
Republicans Not to
Offer a Tariff Bill.
Professor Patten, University of
Pennsylvania, Predicts Wilson’s
Failure to Solve Problem.
WASHINGTON, April 1B.—In-
tending to strike a blow at the
rubber truet, Representative
Hardwick, of Georgia, offered a
resolution to transfer raw rubber
from the free list to the dutiable
list, with a duty of 10 per cent.
His resolution was lost by a vote
of 53 to 33.
Representative Borland, of Mis
souri, then moved to put all the
manufactures of rubber goods on
the free list. His motion was lost
almost by a unanimous vote.
WASHINGTON. April 18. A bitter
fight will be made on the Democratic
tariff revision bill. The force* op
posed to the so-called Underwood
measure are now ready for the battle.
Backed by requests from many in
terests for hearings on certain sec
tions of the Underwood bill, Republi
can Senator." have made a demand
upon members of the finance commit
tee for hearings, and attack the “se
cret legislation” now going on in the
Democratic caucus of House mem
bers
Democratic Senators, replying to
the attack, have made It clear that
the finance committee doe* not plan
to grant any public hearings. Sena
tors Williams and Stone insisted full
hearings had been given by the House
committee before the bill was pre
pared, while Republican Senator* de
clared that these hearings had been of
little valia* because the rates of the
Underwood bill were not then known.
Will Oppose Entire Bill.
With many complaints and objec
tions before them. Republican mem
bers of the Senate are preparing for
a general attack on all schedules of
the bill. Senator Smoot has put two
experts at work to analyze the Un
derwood bill and previous measures to
give the protectionist forces a basis
for their fight. Other Republicans,
who claim that important industries
w ould be wiped out by the Underwood
bill, will again insist that business
men and laboring men *hould have an
opportunity to be heard before the
new bill is passed.
The Democratic House caucus
worked over the Underwood bill
throughout yesterday, upholding the
Democratic House leaders and Presi
dent Wilson upon all contested points.
The woolen schedule was under fire
all day. Attempts to put ready-made
clothing on the free list and to alter
other rates in the bill were defeated.
Late in the day, after the wool
schedule had been approved without
change tl'V caucus disposed in
short order of the silk, pulp and paper
and sundry schedules, voting down
all proposed amendments. The free
list was under consideration when the
Democrats adjourned.
Certain Mills Doomed.
Representative Underwood address
ed the members on the scope of th
hill and its effect. He declared that
reductions in wool rates undoubtedly
would injure some factories, but that
It would benefit the Industry as a
whole. Certain factories of old equi]
rnent and less advanced business
methods. Mr. Underwood said, prob
ably wo4Ad be forced out of business.
Such concerns, he argued, were not
economically entitled to live and with
them out of the way the industry as a
whole would benefit
Representative Phelan, of Massa
chusetts. to-dav In the tariff caucui
offered an amendment to t ra .nsfer
boots and shoes from the free list'-and
make them dutiable at 5 per cent. The
amendment was lost without a divi
sion being demanded.
The caucus voted down the resolu
tion to put n tax of U) per cent on raw-
silk. which is on the free list in the
Underwood bill. Discussion of th*
income tax was then taken up.
PHILADELPHIA. April 18 “Th*
Republican Party, cleansed, strength
ened and made more responsive to
the people, will return to national
power. 'I’he Democratic Party, 1 be
lieve ejai no; meet ihe expectations of
even the minority that voted it into
control of the National Government.”
These are the predictions of Dr. Si
mon Nelson Patten, professor of po
litical economy in the University of
Pennsylvania
“Tariff will prove the undoing of
Democracy," Dr. Patten writes. “It
has before it two alternatives: One
is a small reduction of tariff and
virtually no change in the costs of
articles that are deemed necessaries
in the American standard of living.
The other alterfiative is a radical re
duction in tariffs and the consequent
stoppage of many important Ameri
can industries.
“Viewing the situation w'holly as
an economist, It seems to me that,
whichever horn of the dilemma is se
lected. President Wilson and his col
leagues are certain to disappoint a
large body of the people who have
entrusted them with power. Hun
dreds of thousand* expect to see cost
of living measurably and speedily re
Free Sugar Would Make
U. S. Target of Producers.
WASHINGTON, April 18.—That ‘ha
free sugar provision in the Under
wood hill, if enacted into law, will
make th** United States a target for
all the sugar-producing nations In the
world is shown by a report issued by
the Department of Commerce to-day,
in which It is stated that this country
annually consumes one-fifth of *11
the sugar produced.
The United States uses an average
of 3,285.771 long tons of sugar a year.
The United Kingdom comes next wi‘h
a consumption of 1.707,956.
I’he average world’s production is 1
S 457,178 long tons of cane sugar and
S.982.220 long tons of beet sugar.
WASHINGTON. April IS The R.
publican “open” conference of the
house met to-day in a room in th*
House office building.
Representative Burke, of North Da
kota, called attention to the fact tha
the rules of the Capitol operated
against open or public conferences in
the House chamber. A new meeting
place, therefore, was chosen.
Tariff legislation was the program
fo- discussion, with this question lo
be determined: Shall the minority
offer substitute schedules for those < f
the Underwood bill the Republi
cans merely condemn the Democratic
hill without framing opposition meas
ures?
PITTSBURG. April 18.—Superin
tendent S. L. Heeler, of the Pitts
burg public schools, to-day was ac
quitted of charges made against him
by Ethel I. Fisher, formerly employed
as a maid in th° Heeler home.
After about one hour's deliberation,
the jury Ute yesterday returned a
sealed verdict, which was presented
w hen court convened to-day. ,
48 TAKE MENTAL
TESTS FOR POLICE
Twenty-three Regular Patrolmen
Examined For Promotion Yes
terday at Same Time.
duced.”
Plea for Living Wage.
Dr Patten sees the restoration of
Republicans on a platform of living
wages, equitably distributed as part
of their protective party.
“Thousands of girls are now pressed
to the edge of moral endurance. The
least push will put them into the
street. Who will take the responsi
bility for this?” Professor Patten
asks.
“There is one matter upon which I
may speak with some degree of em
phasis. That is the inevitable read
justment of wage conditions by cer
tain protected manufacturer*. The
day has gone by when $5 a week is
the basis for a working woman’s
wage. When the Republicans return
to power—as 1 believe they will in
the next national election—they must
come as a party pledged to definite
reforms, and as a party whose ener
gies will be devoted to keeping there
pledges.
“Of these promises, the most im
portant will be a readjustment of
tariff benefits, so that the worker
shall receive his fair share of the re
newed prosperity.
“The manufacturer who stuffs Into
hi* pocket the largest share of pro
tection benefits is the one who can
best afford to meet the changes pro
posed in the tariff laws.
“There is one fundamental law 7
true, both in biology and economics.
Struggle helps the strong and crushes
the weak. With cut throat competi
tion the rich grow richer and the poor
become poorer. When the tariff is re
duced, the low waged workman lose,
not their employer. And of these low
waged ones the working gir] will he
the worst sufferer.
Dollars and Virtue.
“In addition to predicting what the
effect of free sugar will be, the Pres
ident should state his doctrine of the
relation of dollars to virtue.
“The Government by granting pro
tection to certain Industries acquires
a right to supervise the operation of
these industries. The protective tar
iff of the future will, I believe, be
based upon some form of Governmen
tal supervision which will assure to
the public honestly and well made
goods, and to the workers a fair dlvi
sion of tariff benefits.
“The Republican Party of the future
will make this proposed law and wi!
abide by it.
“There is no radical difference be
tween the Republican and Progres
sive Parties. Both agree upon the
protective tariff theory. Progressive
ideas will become part of the Repub
lican platform of the future, and Pro
gressive leaders will fight shoulder to
shoulder with honest intentioned Re
publicans who are now opposing the
Progressive ideal.
Police Start War
On Wandering Dogs
Ten Are Killed In Various Parts of
the City After Appeals Are
Made by Frantic Women.
Ten dogs—some mad and others
exposed to rabies- were killed to-day
in the police war of extermination
to relieve Atlanta's maddog peril.
Pryor Street, Cehtral Place, White
hall Terrg.ce, Haygood Street. Fair-
view 7 Avenue. Cooper Street and East
Avenue, where their presence had
created terror Frantic appeals to the
police were made by frightened wo
men and others.
Police Call Officers John West and
Bailey, on duty on the day watch,
have been called 'on to shoot most of
the dogs, and are known at the po
lice station as the “official dog kill
ers."
ATLANTA NEGRO TROOPER
COMMENDED FOR BRAVERY
Find in Sea Message
Left by Col. Astor
Lionel Lewis, an Atlanta negro
serving in the Ninth Cavalry. U. S.
A . at Naco, Ariz., lias been com
mend''*] for bravery by the command
ing officer. Major Read, in orders
published at the camp recently.
Lewis was serving as a member of
a »patrol near the boundary line to
the west of Naco and reports say that
during a skirmish, in which a number
of shots were exchanged, fie man
aged to capture and Jake into the
camp as prisoners two heavily armed
Mexicans. Lewis formerly lived at
262 West Hunter Street.
BOSTON. April 18.—Captain
Willis, of the British tramp steamer
Lonscar, which arrived here to-day,
reported picking up at sea a small
board bearing a message and signa
ture of John Jacob Astor.
He has wired the contents to Mrs.
Astor.
BURNS CLUB GOES TO
LITH0NIA FOR OUTING
Members of the Burns Club, of At
lanta. will leave for Lithonia at 10:30
o’clock to-morrow morning as guests
of the Burns Club of the Scottish
Colony ut Lithonia at the annual
“Dogwood Day Outing. ’ There will
he a barbecue and picnic.
PITTSBURG SCHOOL HEAD
FREED OF GIRL’S CHARGE
U. S. MAY ORDER RECEIVER
FOR S. P. AND U. P. LINES
WASHINGTON. April 18—It was
learned to-day th-.t the Supreme Court
of the United States probably will order
the appointment of receivers for the
Southern and Union Pacific railroads if
Attorney General McReynokls falls to
present a dissolution plan to the St.
Caul court by May 10.
Nearly everybody in Atlanta reads
Th* Sunday American. YOUR ad
vertisement in the next issue will sell
goods. Try it!
I OBEYED U
ii
An echo of a famous Heard County
coting case came to-day when the |
Supreme Court sustained the Heard
County Court in its denial of a new
triai to Lou Miller, convicted of mur
der as the second principal In the
killing of an Infant child of D.
(“Doc”) Bell during a gun fight
Beil’s home.
]• was broyght out in the trial that
Daniel, the principal, and had lirg d
Miller had procured u rifle for John
Daniel.on. Miller denied this.
His attorneys asked for a new trial
»s« rtlng that additional evidence had
been obtained.
speei rat
Governor Defends Action in Call
ing Out Troops During the
Augusta Car Riots,
House Views Income
Tax at Many Angles
Many Representatives Think $4,000 j
Limit Too High—Insurance
Companies Hard Hit.
WASHINGTON, April 18. The in
come tax. which is expected to yield the
government $70,000,000 a year and make
up for some loss of revenue caused by
SH
the free list provisions in the Undcr-
It takes more than brawn and good
looks to constitute an Atlanta police
man these days.
Hence, 48 husky aspirants for the
brass buttons and the blue uniform
to-day are anxious to know w'hether
they have successfully demonstrated
that they have a few other things
in their heads besides the mere
knowledge of how to gracefully twirl
a club over one thumb. They will
know when the Civil Service Mental
Examiners pass on the papers of the
various applicants in the civil service
mental examination held yesterday
afternoon.
In addition to the 48 “raw recruits”
23 of the “finest” took the examina
tion for promotion. Three of these
sought to demonstrate that they are
mentally capable of occupying the
chief’s chair, W'hile the remaining 20
sought to qualify as fit subjects for
captain and sergeant.
W. T. Morris, Chief Beavers’ sec-
cretary and an old school teacher,
who prepared the examination and
had general supervision over it, de
clared the class “one of the finest he
had seen.”
In the mental examination, the ap
plicants—both for patrolman and for
promotion—are called on to prove
their proficiency in spelling, arith
metic, letter writing, penmanship and
practical questions.
They are given two subjects from
w'hich to choose to w 7 rite their let
ters, such as “asking pay for lost
time on account of injuries received
while on duty,” “asking a leave of
absence,” “asking to be allowed a re
ward,” or “asking for the arrest of
a fugitive”—the subjects are always
based on features of police service.
The practical questions test the
applicants’ knowledge of the city and
of the duties of policemen and su
perior officers. physical exam
ination was conducted several weeks
ago. The report of the examination
results will be submitted to the Po
lice Commission at its next meet
ing.
Governor Brown replied to-day to
Judge Emory Speer, who. in a speech
this week before the Georgia Federa
tion of Labor in Savannah, bitterly
criticised the Governor’s action in
calling out the troops at the time of
the Augusta street car strike.
“The laws are on the books." said
the Governor, "and I am going to
obey them so long us they remain
there. If the people of Georgia- do
not wish me to call out the militia
in times of threatened or actual out
break. they had better remove those
laws from among the statutes."
Governor Brown answered the
charge that the measure had been
“sneaked" onto the statute books by
remarking that if six readings, three
before the Senate and three before
the House, and a consideration of
thirteen months were not sufficient
to get a proposed measure before the
attention of people, then the legis
lative procedure also should be
changed.
Law Passed in 1912.
The bill was read before the Sen
ate three times in the session of 1911,
where it was passed unanimously by
a vote of 37 to 0. It was read in
the House twice in 1911, and the third
time in 1912. Then it was put upon
its passage in the House by a vote of
116 yeas and 9 nays.
Governor Brown declined to reply
to the. attacks made upon him in the
resolutions passed by the Federation
of Labor, saying that adequate re
ply was contained in the address
made by him last October on "The
Supremacy of the Law."
Governor a Tool of People.
“I am a tool,” he said. “I am the
tool of the people of Georgia. I wear
a collar, but it is the collar of the
law's of the State.”
He quoted the measure under which
he acted in calling out the troops,
w 7 hich reads, in part, as follows:
“Whenever any judge of the su
perior court, cr a city court, county
court, county 1 sheriff, mayor of any
Incorporated city, town, or village, in
this State. w 7 hose authority shall rank
in the order named shall have reason
able cause to apprehend the outbreak
of any riot, rout, tumult, insurrec
tion, mob, unlawful assembly, or
combination to oppose the enforce
ment of the law 7 by intimidation,
force, or violence, within the juris
diction of which such officer is by
law a conservator of the peace, which
can not be speedily suppressed or
effectually prevented by the ordinary
posse comitatus and peace officers,
it shall forthwith become the duty of
the judge, sheriff, or mayor to report
the facts and circumstances to the
Governor and to request him to order
put such portion of the militia of the
State as may be necessary to preserve
the peace, and it thereupon shall be
the duty of the Governor, if he deems
such apprehension well founded, to
order out, or direct to be held in
readiness, such portion of the militia
of the State as he may deem ad
visable for the enforcement of the
law; and when the Governor orders
out troops, as herein provided, he
shall thereupon by proclamation de
clare a state of insurrection in the
locality in which the disorder is lo
cated.”
wood tariff measure, was discussed by
Ihe House Democratic caucus to-day.
The bill levies a tax on incomes of more
than $4,000 a year.
A wide range of views was presented.
Many representatives believe that the
41.000 limit was too high, while others
believe it too* low\ A number of com
plaints declared the bill as framed by
Representative Hull, of Tennessee, im
poses undue hardships on Insurance
companies. The provision which makes
the incomes of families where the ag
gregate is more than $4,000 subject to
taxation, also has been criticised.
It is claimed the penalty which would
be imposed on tax-dodgers should be
graduated according to the amount of
Seeks 7th Divorce;
3rd From Same Man
“He’s Alive and Well,” Asseiv
American Sleuth—Reward Of
fered by Friend Withdrawn.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, April IS.—Detective
William J. Burns to-day withdrew
from the search for Joseph W. Mar
tin, the missjng Memphis, Tenn., cot
ton broker, who disappeared or) April
Michigan Woman Sues Eugene
Mors, Her First, Third and
Present Husband.
KALAMAZOO, MICH.. April IS.—
Mrs. Eliza Morse made application
for her seventh divorce. The woman’s
first, third and present husband is
Eugene Morse of this city. She mar
ried him first rtiore than fifteen years
ago. After several years she got her
first decree and married Albert Lat-
son. In two year* he got a divorce.
She remarried Eugene Morse, who
soon divorced her. Then she married
Will Keep, divorced him and married
his brother, Milo Keep, whom she
divorced when he was sent to prison
for life. Next she married and di
vorced William McLaughlin and re
married Morse, and has lived with
him for three months.
Guardian’s Priority
Is Denied by Court
Son of Mrs. Hutchinson, Insane,
Made Administrator, Over
E. W. McCranie.
That the insanity of an adminis
trator leaves the estate unrepresented
but does not vest the administration
in the guardian of the insane person’s
property, was the ruling made in a
decision of the Supreme Court to-day.
The case arose on the filing of a
caveat In the Berrien County Court
by E. W; McCranie, guardian of Mrs.
Sarah Hutchinson, insane, protesting:
against the appointment of a son of
his ward as administrator and. de
manding the appointment himself.
“As between the guardian and the
son of the intestate, the latter is en
titled to letters of administration.”
said the Supreme Court in affirming
the judgment of the lower tribunal.
Fulton Salary Law
Remains Undecided
Supreme Court, However, May Rule
on Issue Before Reconvening
in May Session.
The State Supreme Court adjourn
ed to-day without passing on the va
lidity of the Fulton County salary
law, which is being contested by
three of the county officers, Ordinary
John R. Wilkinson. Tax Receiver T.
A. Armistead and Tax Collector A.
P. Stewart.
If the court observes its usual cus
tom, ifcwil not hand down further de
cisions until about May 13, but be
cause of the importance of the issue a
ruling may be made in the interim.
Nobleman Seeking
Riches on U. S, Stage
$2,000 CHECKS SENT TO
11 AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS
According to Burns, Martin is aliv>(N
and well, and not in London, he says.
The 'detective .‘••ays he has received
information from his New York office
which satisfies him on this point.
He will not say where Martin is, but
declares that the missing man is not
in London, and adds:
“My information compels me to
withdraw from the case, which is no
longer a mystery. Martin is not in
any physical danger.”
Some mystery attended the with
drawal of the famous detective, al
though his action was not entirely
unexpected.
The offer of a reward for Martin
previously issued by J. Lockhart An
derson, the English friend of the:
missing American, had already been
withdrawn.
Scout Kidnaping Theory.
Private detectives working on the
case, who intimate that they had "in
side information” of which the pub
lic knew nothing, declared that Mar
tin is alive and that he was not forci
bly kidnaped.
The latest word received at the po
lice headquarters was that Mr. Mar
tin was well known in the fashiona
ble West Side gambling resorts ami
that he had lost a big sum of monej
before he disappeared.
The affairs of the Martin Cottor
Brokerage House and of the Arkan.sm
Land Company, which the missins
American came here to promote, an
under investigation.
Georgia Physicians
To Meet Here Next
Speaker Before Savannah Convention
Recommends Vice Commission
to Control Social Evil.
> FLOWERS and FLORAL DESIGNS;
ATLANTA FLORAL CO
Both Phones Number 4. 41 Peachtree
Grandson of Duke of Argyle Arrives
in New York to Go Into
Vaudeville.
NEW YORK, April 18.—In the
hope that by performing a few stunts
on the vaudeville stage he can fill the
family money bags which just now
gape at both ends and in the middle,
the MacLaine of Lochbuie, a grand
son of the Duke of Argyle, arrived to
day on the liner Mauretania, from his
castle in Scotland.
Thp MacLaine declared upon land
ing that he wanted a wife.
“But I don’t want an heiress.” he
asserted. “My wife must be a poor
girl, be good and pretty. Wealth is
the ruination of feminine attractive
ness and I wouldn’t have a rich girl
for a wife."
Checks for $2,000 each were sent
out to-day from the office of the State
Treasurer to eleven district agricul
tural schools, making a total pay
ment for the year of $6,000 each.
The annual appropriations is $10.-
000 for each school.
Funds from which the checks were
sent came from the collection of fer
tilizer and pure food fees deposited
by the State Agricultural Depart
ment and from oil fees turned in by
oil inspectors.
WILSON PRESENT AT
SERVICE FOR BONILLA
WASHINGTON, April 18— Presi
dent Wilson to-day attended services
in St. Matthew's Catholic Church in
honor of the late President Manuei
Bonilla, of Honduras. Members oi
the diplomatic corps were in attend-
ATLANTA THEATER
Special Summer Season
Opening MONDAY * pri]
21
Matinees Wednesday and Saturday
8“ BILLY LOB!
AND COMPANY IN
WILDFIRE
SEATS NOW SELLING
SUMMER l Nights
PRICES JT lOc, 25c, 35c. 50c
KATINEES. ALL SEATS 25c
.Mor
•SAVANNAH, OLA.. April 18.—The
annual address of the president, D
W. W. Pilcher, of VVarrenton. and th
reading of a paper on the social* e\
by Dr. J. Ewing .Ylears, of Philsidel
phia. occupied most of the morning
session of the convention of the Met
ical Association of Georgia to-day.
Officers will be elected this after
noon. The presidency will go to
Savannah physician, either Dr. T.
Charlton or Dr. Ralston Latthnore,
with the chances favoring the latter.
The Savannah physicians last night
indorsed Dr. Charlton, but he. does no!
seem to be a favorite with delegates,
Atlanta was selected as the next
place of meeting. The invitation wai
extended through Dr. S. R. Roberts,
Dr. Mears recommended establish
ing vice commissions in each State
with power to correct and control the
social evil.
that
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Week | Dally Mat. 2:30
I April 14 I NIGHT AT 8:30
GALA SPRING VAUDEVILLE
FESTIVAL
lO BIG FEATURES
Wilfred Clarke & Co., Leo Carillo, 8
English Rosebuds. Brice & Gonne.
Herbert’s Dogs, The Sully Family
and Others.
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rORDELE.—W. R. McMichael, of
Atlanta, a former freight conductor
on the Seaboard Air Line, has brought
suit in the Superior Court of Criip
County against the road for $25,000
for the loss ot a leg in an accident at
Alton, Ala., last October.
Ocilla Firm Fails.
OCILLA.—The mercantile firm o?
Dickerson & Purvis, of this place,
has been closed up by the Sheriff un
der a mortgage foreclosure for $3,500
In favor of the Consolidated Grocery
Company of Fitzgerald.
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LYRIC: Next Week!
GEORGE SIDNEY
And His Funmakers In
“BUSY IZZY”
THE MERRIEST GIRLIE SHOW EVER|
GET YOUR SEATS NOW
Revival at Hawkinsville.
HAWKINSVILLE—Rev. H. <\
Buchholz. the de^n of the Georgia
Baptist evangelistic force, is conduct
ing an interesting revival at the Bap
tist Church of this plaw Consider
able interest is being manifested.
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