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THE ATLANTA OKOlUilAN VXD NEWS, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1913. TV F.nter Subsc i' > s •m. Fill LFEISlffl me va sp: tb Id- ha hv th es w. and ar es t( fi tl P Is a ii u o e t t t They Assert Men Have Not Acted Squarely on Laws They Demanded. ToPKKA. KAN., April 21. There all bf Kansas women In the next Kansas Leginlatur»». in all probability. The women feel that they haven’t been given fair treatment from the present Legislature, and there are many women who are already laying their plans to become active candi dates against the inen whose activi ties against the measures the women demanded were most, oernlciouf 'The women of Kansas have served notice on the men that we want to work with them," said Miss Helen Hacker, secretary of the Kansas Equal Suffrage League. "We do not feel that we want to have a party of our own yet. Tho women are not eady for it. They must be educated in their civic duties and realize the needs of Government before a suc cessful women’s party can be or ganized. Would Help the Men. 1 told the men, in a speech at the Progressive party organization meet- ng, that if they are truly progressive, if they really want to help humanity, we would work with them.' The present Kansas Legislature has been tested and part of the members have been found wanting. The wo- jten went before the Legislature and asked that a law be passed fixing a minimum wage for women and fixing a nine-hour day for them. The only law the women asked for that they are likely to get is the ex emption from jury service. Under this law a woman may be excused from Jury service simply on the claim that she is a woman. Ministers, phy sicians and lawyers are the only ex emptions allowed the men. * As the nine-hour law stands it np- plles only to five counties of the State and does not even apply to stores in those counties that employ less than fiVe women or to other establish ments employing less than five. The law originally provided for fifty-four hours a week and not more than ten hours in any single day for all women employees. The Bell Telephone Com* pany and the hundreds of small stores throughout the state that have* been keeping open eleven to fourteen hours a day all joined in the general cam paign against the measure, "Interests" Killed Bills. It was the big packing houses, the garment factories and the big stores It ’saLie, SaysMaddox; Two Others Reticent Continued From Page One. nation, in wciil in Honorable Courtlaml H. Winn, wlio had likewise been nominated as .Mayor of the city of Atlanta, and obtained front nald Winn an assurance or promise that hi , Spratling, would be made the chairman of the Police Hoard, which said board has direct and immediate control over the Riant and regulation of near beer licenses. Immediately after obtaining from Honorable Courtland. S. Winn said assurance, mid Spratling proceeded to interview the greater part, or all, of the leading firms and corporations engaged in the near beer business in the <ii\ of AUuiita. To (hew persons, Arms and corporations, he represented that he was to lie made the chairman of said Police Committee, and that he desired to obtain from them different sums oi money. He further rep resented that, a . such chairman of the committee, he would lie able to pro tect said near beer dealers in the particular zones which they were opera- ing. Said Spratling. by force of ills position and aald representations, coerced said m ar beer dealers, or many of them, to either directly lend or Indorse his paper for various sums. I charge that, as to one of these near beer dealers, he obtained a urn of about $800; from another the sum of about $500; from another the sum of about $11,000. I charge that he went to Mr. Paul Smith (now dead), who was operating a near beer saloon on Viaduct Place, and requested said Smith to lend him the sum of $1100, giving the usual and customary promise of protection as an official; and that the said Smith went, to the officers of the Fourth National Bank. In the city of At- were made known to Mayor Winn, and that by reason of the truth of same he (Mayor Winn) refused to appoint Spratling chairman of the committee that it was agreed he Should be. J. E. M'CI.EI.I.ANI), Editor Recovers Wife Resumes Publication iilHI' LEWIS, [GEORGIA NEWS IN BRIEF lanta. and stated to them that he desired o borrow the said sum of $300 for the purpose of relending the saino to the said Spratling; and that the said ofilccrs of said bank, after con ference, advised -the said Smith not to make the loan to Spratling i charge that the money thus ob tained by the said indorsements of said near-beer dealers ha-’ not been repaid by th“ auid Spratling, and that said indorsements are now evidenced by promissory notes held by various banks in the city of Atlanta. ] charge that said conduct upon tile part of said Spratling constituted a deliberate and wanton misuse of his official position, to the detriment jf the public, which hail elected him to said position, and was a betrayui of sub) trust end confidence. I charge that substantially all of these facts U.S.in 14th Place in Aeroplane Equipment This Country Has 28 Machines Against 400 in Germany; Latter Spent $28,000,000 in 5 Years. that killed the minimum wage law. The bill, as originally drawn, pro vided that every girl, on entering em ployment, should be started at $3.50 i week. Bach month her wages were to be Increased fifty cents until at t'ne end of six months the girl would re ceive the minimum wage of $6 a week and increases in salary from that time would, of course, be voluntary on the part <»f the employer and n - cording to the earning® of the girl herself. WASHINGTON. April 21 The United States stands fourteenth among the nations of the world In number of Government owned aero planes and in Government expendi tures for aerial navigation during the last five year?. Figures compiled by the Chief Sig nal Office of the Army shows Ger many leads with 400 aeroplanes and an expenditure of $28,000,000. The United States owns 28 aeroplanes and spent $435,000 in five years. Other countries rank above the United States as follows: France, Russia. Italy, Austria. Great Britain, Belgium, Japan. Chile. Bulgaria, Greece, Spain ami Brazil. Had Stopped Printing Newspaper to j Look for Spouse, ‘‘Lost in Bloomin’ Wilds.” LOGAN. \V\ YA„ April 19.—George A. Dean, editor of the Logan Banner, who announced in his paper that he j would suspend publication for three weeks to hunt for his wife, who dis appeared two weeks ago after they had been married but a short time, has resumed publication and makes the following statement: "Mrs. Dean's trunk was taken by J. M. Curry, labor agent at Kenova. and she got lost in the wilds of this bloomin’ Stale while searching for her trunk and the man. Curry and I were rivals for the hand of Mrs. Dean, but I wae chosen because of my handsome appearance and polished manners. "Mrs. Dean, one morning several week® ago. was waiting for an N. and VV. train here for Canebrake. She had just checked her trunk. Curry re-checked her trunk, and when my wife arrived at Canebrake she dis covered the trick. "She then started on a hunt for her missing trunk. The trail led through a number of small towns in this State, and finally Mrs. Dean caught up with Curry. She demanded her trunk check, and when Curry refused, she called the assistance of the po lice. The check was turned over to her, she secured, her trunk, and sfm is now at home to greet all her friends." BEAUTY AND BEASTS MIX AT ST. LOUIS PACKERIES ST. LOUIS, April 19.—A beauty parlor has been established in Swift and Company’s packing plant in the National Stock Yards In East St. Louis. The company’s officials ex pect the shop to promote hygiene and Insure meat from becoming inocu lated with any germs that might oe carried by an untidy girl. Three times each week 125 girls of the various departments where meats are handled go to the fourth floor of the plant to have their nails mani cured and their hair dressed in styles most becoming to each parxl- cular girl. Many of the girls are also given shampoos. The shop is in charge of Miss Vir ginia Lauer. 1015 Gaty Avenue, East 81. Louis, and Miss Anna Mor ris, 4G04 St. Louis Avenue. The Sunday American qoes 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. t New Illinois Senator Was Never Taken Seriously in Georgia, Except by Himself. SAVANNAH. GA., April 21.—Jim Ham Lewis, a Virgir^ap by nativity and a Georgian by force of circum stance?*, the man who was not taken seriously at home, has been elected to the United States Senate from Illi nois. , Being born and reared in the South, his political tendencies naturally lean toward that party known In the ver nacular as "Democracy, unterrified and unafraid.’’ Lewis furnishes one more example of the Georgian away from home who has won honors in an adopted State. In the early eighties there drifted from Savannah to Seattle, Wash., a young man named Lewis, James Ham ilton Lewis. He had drifted previous ly from Augusta to Savannah. The drifting then was good, for Savannah stands on the banks of the river, as does Augusta. The boats in those days were not much to look at or to ride on, but they beat walking. A Joke in Savannah. In Savannah Lewis was not taken seriously except by himself and a few who knew him best. "Jim Ham.” he wLis called. Savannah tried to make a joke of the owner of the name. Joke or not, Lewis soon bec ame one of the well-known young men about town. But he did not get along. He got talked about. He was red-headed, for one thing. Seattle, then was demanding notice. Lewis decided to drift along to the West. Seattle was a long way off, nnd "Jim Ham’s” funds were low. But there were a few' believers in Lewis in Savannah, and the money for the trip was forthcoming. Savannah forgot about Lewis for a few years. Then some citizen who had visited the Pacific coast came back. He had seen "Jim Ham” out Uierc and reported that Lewis was Succeeding. Even in Savannah Lewio always dressed strikingly. In the old days he would say that if he had $30 the money would g<> into three suits -not just one. "Jim Ham” was dressing at the $10 gait out ill Seat tle. Georgia City Takes Notice. They smiled 4n Savannah. They didn’t really believe it. Then came press dispatches announcing that Jim Ham had been elected to Congress from Washington. Savannah began to sit up. Then story qfter story came out of Washington, prodigious yarns demonstrating that the pink WASHINGTON. —Hoy S. Barnwell, i editor of The Washington Gazette- | Chronicle, is dead at his home here, § i following a lingering illness of about four months. To Build $25,000 Addition. COLUMBUS.—The Columbus Gro cery’ Company, a large wholesale es tablishment, announces that it will make a $25,000 addition To its present store room and warehouses. Commerce Man Injured. COMMERCE.—Cicero C. Alexander, for many years Postmaster at this place, while returning home from his farm last night fell from a wagon, hitting on his head and shoulders and receiving serious injuries. Jealous Woman Shoots. FITZGERALD.-At Arp, a smell place near here, Mrs. Lottie Pettus shot hrough the arm and badly wounded Mrs. Mary Livingston, wife of a storekeeper at Arp. Jealousy is given as the cause of the shooting. Salvation Army Profits. DALTON—The Salvation Army profited as a result of the session of the Grand Jury just closed. Those Jurors guilty of going to sleep during the sessions, refusing to wear socks whiskered prodigy from the Pacific coast, as the newspaper boys had be gun to dub him, was a live one. He was always about two seasons ahead of the fashion plates. What clothes did for Lewis was to get him more publicity than any other mem ber of Congress in those days. He wore mauve spats, which protruded beneath the most, beautiful trousers, and graced patent leather shoes. He had an abundance of frock coats, with braidings of delicate Colors, pilk hats and canes Popular in Illinois. Later on Lewis left the Pacific coast for Chicago, where he has re sided for the last ten years. He has filled positions of high trust. He has attained prominence In his profession. In the popular election for United States Senator he had the Democratic field to himself, ail others having withdrawn, declaring that no man could beat Lewis in Illinois. He polled a quarter of a million votes. Janies Hamilton Lewis was born in Danville, Va., in 1866. He went to Augusta when a boy and received his academic training in Houghton Col lege and the University of Virginia. After coming to Savannah in the ear ly eighties he rend law in the office of Chisholm & Erwin. He was ad mitted to practice in the Chatham County Superior Court in 1884 by Judge A. Pratt Adams. Lewis married Miss Rose Lawton Douglas, of Screven County, Georgia, in 1898. For a time Mrs. Lewis lived In Savannah. She was a strikingly beautiful girl. Mrs. Lewis is said to have been a great help to her husband In his political career. and other offenses were fined, the money going to the Salvation Army. Accused Slayer Acquitted. FITZGERALD. — T o m Burnham, charged with murder, was acquitted when tried yesterday in Superior Court here. Claude Hyde, a citizen of this place, was killed at Bowens Mill, near here, July 4, 1910. Burn ham was accused of the killing. Women Want Clean Streets. MACON.—Tile Ladles’ Improve ment Association, the auxiliary of the Chamber of Commerce, has started a i rusade for cleaner sidewalks and streets In the business section of the city. Mrs. R. j. Taylor, Mrs. H. M. Wortham and Mrs. Church Berry man are directing the campaign. Drop Lunacy Charges. MACON.—Mrs. Myrtle Roquemcfre and her husband, Herbert Roquemore, w'ho swore out writs of lunacy for each other this week, have been re leased from jail, each having dis missed the proceedings. They have become reconciled and will live with each other again. Columbus Plans Ad Campaign. COLUMBUS.—-An "All for Colum bus Meeting” of the Columbus Board of Trade has been called for Tuesday night at 8 o’clock, when the plans for increasing the membership and rais ing $8,000 to be used in an advertis ing campaign will be formally launched. Audit to Cost $2,500. MACON.—It will cost the city $2,- 500 to ascertain the amount of the shortage in the Marshal’s office, due to • he defalcation of W. F. Holmes. In resigning when the defalcation was announced, the Marshal esti mated his shortage at $7,800. but it is believed it will exceed that figure. Mission Conference Opens. COLUMBUS.—The Woman’s Mis sionary Society of the South Geor gia Conference began its annual ses sion in Columbus last night at St. Luke Methodist Church, with Mrs. G. W. Matthews, the president, presid ing. Tho conference closes Tues day. Gots Another Sentence. COLUMBUS.—Bill Jenkins, a ne gro, under a sentence of one year on the State farm, but now out on bond, has been convicted in the City Court of violating the prohibition law' and given one month in Jail and three months on the chaingang or a fine of $200. High Belgian Official Dies. BRUSSELS, April 19.—Paul Jansen, Belgian Minister of State, died to-day. His final illness was aggravated by anxiety over the national manhood suffrage sT.Ke. Booker T. Washington Has Kept Count and Is Pleased With His Race's Improvement. Booker T. Washington points with pride to the diminution of lynching* In the South. He points with pride to the fact that of the thirteen lynching.* in tho United States in the first three months of 1913, not a single victim was charged with assault on a white woman. He has written an open let ter on the subject. It follows: "There have been about thirteen lynching® in the United States dur ing the first three months of 1913. while for the same period of time a year ago there were 24; this repre sents a reduction, by nearly one-half, in the number of lynchings. It is a gratifying record; even though it is very deplorable that there have been any at all. If all the people, white and black, will work together in a courageous manner, I feel quite sure that we can go through the present year with a much smaller number of lynchings than has been true in the history of the last 25 years. "In order to throw some additional light on the subject, I give below some details as to the places and causes of the lynchings which have taken place: "A colored man in Paris, Texas, for murder. ”A colored man in Houston, Miss.; case of murder. It was later discov ered that the wrong colored man had been lynched, and another w'as burn ed at the stake instead of the wrong one lynched. "One was lynched at Shreveport, La., in February; cause unknown. "One at Drew, Mbs., lynched by negroes tor killing two negro women "One in South Carolina, a 17-year- old negro boy, for assault and batten on a white mail. "Two negroes of Harrison County. Texas; cne for cause unknown, the other for horse stealing. "Andalusia, Ala., in February, negro was lynched for shooting a white woman. “Cornelia, Ga., two negro tramps l'or killing a policeman. "Union, Tenn., negro accused ot killing a white man. "BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. "Tuskegee, Ala.. April 12, 1913." iS r $25,000 was paid to the man who wrote these three words for the guide posts at railway crossings ;; Stop! Look! Listen! HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN Witha larger Circulation than any other Sunday Newspaper published in the South gives you this advice STOP! LOOK! And order your copy of the Sunday American now—To-day-To-morrow may be too late. 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