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I. PLUS IS FILE Governor Declares Tom H. Jones, Convicted Policeman, Guilty of Bishop Killing. — 'Iill', .Aii.a.vi.vur.unui.vA .u\u iMiilVfe, I l &&1M v, .inuii J.Z. i;na. I Mrs. Copley Thaw Dusky Cue Artists Weds G, G. Whitney Interrupted at 3 a. m. Ceremony Takes Place at George Carnegie's Home on Cum berland Island. Understood Governor Will Em body Request in First Message. Levy Has Many Friends. By JAMES B. NEVIN. Now that the income tax amend ment to the Federal Constitution has been ratified by the necessary, num ber of States to make it effective, and Georgia, therefore, is estopped from turning in that direction in future efforts to increase its income, there are encouraging signs a-plenty that an inheritance tax may be placed upon the statute books by the next i Legislature. I Governor Slaton, it is understood, will advocate such a measure in his drat.message to the General Assem bly, and already there are members- olect who are outspokenly committed I ro the idea. Advocates of this form of taxation declare that it is, of all taxes, the I easiest to collect, and that its collec- I tion seemingly is attended with a I minimum of friction and ill-feeling. The. person inheriting, so students I of the inheritance tax theory aver, I rarely objects to the payment of the I duty imposed upon the inheritance, 1 and many times they freely admit and acknowledge its justness. Such a claim can not be made in behalf of the income tax. of course, for its col lection frequently is the source of much vexation and annoyance. Nearly all European countries have have an inheritance tax of one sort or another on their statute books, and wherever such a tax has been inau gurated it never has been abandoned. It invariably has proven to be a fine source .of revenue. t It is expected that Mr. Slaton will deal at length with the inheritance tax in his forthcoming message, en tering into more or less elaborate de tails as to its equitable features and great possibilities as an income pro ducer. The prospective appointment of I Thomas G. Scott, of Monroe County, It.o be Federal Statistician for Ueor- | gia. in succession to the late Governor ] W. .1. Northen, which has been an- I nouneed by Secretary of Agriculture Houston, apparently gives great sat isfaction throughout the State. .In this position it will be the duty I of Mr. Scott to tabulate and consoli date the reports received from the I various correspondents over the State I md to keep the Government at Wash- I Ington apprized of the acreage in the ’•arious crops, the weather condi- I tions. the crop conditions anc\ the pre vailing* prices; in short, to give the 'government authentic reports of the condition of the farming interests of Georgia. Mr. Scott was formerly president of the Sixth District Agricultural Col lege, stationed at Barnesville. but sev eral years ago resigned to devote his | time to his farm. On this farm he uses j the latest improved machinery and most Scientific methods exclusively. He is regarded by agricultural ex perts as one of the most successful | axponents of intensive farming in this j section. The appointment comes to Mr I Scott, largely as a recognition of his I merit, for. although lie was highly rec- lommended for the place, it is under- Istood that he made no efforts to land lit. .Says The Macon News: * “Hon. John IT Allen Representative in the Lrg- |ialature from Baldwin County, and a (candidate for Speaker of the House, i in Macon to-day. Mr. Allen is onfident that he will be chosen Speaker, although Representative J. Xiandolph Anderson, of Chatham younty, lias* already claimed the of- ce.” • * All of which is interesting enough Ind very much to the point, except lor the facts that Judge Allen is a Senator-elect, and not a Representa- livp-elect. as is Mr. Anderson, and lach is a candidate for the Presidency If the Senate and not the Speakership |f the House. The latter job. Mr. Bur well, of Han- >nk, appears to have securely nailed (own Governor Broun to-day refused a pardon to Thomas H. Jones, the Me.- con ex-policeman, who is serving a life term for the murder of Wiley D. Bishop in a Macon resort. The action of the Governor ends one of the hardest fights for a man’s free dom made in Georgia for years. In declining to extend clemency, Gov ernor Brown went directly counter to the recommendation.of the State Pris on Commission, which asked that Jones’ sentence be commuted to tlie present term of service, and denied the weight of the representations made by many of the most promi nent citizens of Macon and the re mainder of Bibb County. For • weeks the members of the Prison Commission, and Governor Brown have been besieged with rela tives, friends anil legal representatives of the condemned man. Business men have Joined with attorneys in making trips to Atlanta especially to appear before the Commission and the Chief Executive. Members of the State Sen ate and House of Representatives from Bibb County have been ‘among, those,who added their voices, to the pleas for mercy. Cousin Confessed to Crime. While Jones was on trial for the murder his cousin. John B. Jones, madt* the startling confession that it was he who fired the fatal shot. Thomas Jones, however,-whs convict ed. Later John Jones was’tried and also convicted, although he denied on his own trial .that he had fired the shot. -The verdict of .guilty was aft- erward set aside on the ground that the two men could not have liped the same shot, and that Thomas Jones already had been convicted of the crime. The application for pardjon was asked on the ground that John Jones had told the truth when he confessed* to the shootmer. Governor Brown, in .declining :o pardon, quoted # at length from the record of Thomas Jones' trial and said: “The basis of this application is that Wiley D. Bishop was not shot dead by Thomas H. Jones, but by John B. Jones, yet th*• trial record un mistakably shows that Thomas H. Jones did tire shooting, and hence was rightfully convicted by the jury. Refers to Powder Stains. “The extracts from the. record in dicate conclusive! ythat the trial jury made no mistake in ignoring the claim BRUNSWICK. GA\, April 22.—A wedding of unusual interest took place a,t Dungeness, on Cumberland Island, to-day, the principals being Mrs. Copl&y Thaw, formerly and better known as the Countess' of Yarmouth, ajid Geoffrey G. Whitney, of Boston, Massachusetts. The wedding was solemnized at the country estate of Mr. and Mrs. George Carnegie, brother-in-lkw and sistrr of Mrs. Thaw, on. Cumberland ! houtoU that finally came the chani- pionship battle’in the wee small bout’s. Officer .Clack made a case against Policeman Interferes in Game Be tween Pool Room Attendants in Peachtree Place. Policeman Clack this morning at 3 o’clock was attracted by tHe clacking of pool , halls one against the other in a pool parlor In Peachtree Street, and, investigating, discovered a champion ship game in full swing. It was Chester vs. Witherspobn for the dusky championship of the wovld. Chester and Witherspoon' are em ployees of the place and had long boasted of their respective skill. The rivalry and the bantering became so Boy Scout Leaders Form Organization New Body Plans to Get Entire Mem bership of Army In Atlanta Working In Unison. I California Women Libel Suit Is Lost .Vote to Oust Judge j By Lord Douglass Suffragists Lead Fight in First Ap- I plication of the Recent Law in That State. Judges Hold English Nobleman'* Character Was Not Injured by Wilde Letters. Island. Elaborate* preparations had been made for the event. The bride is a eister of Harry K. Thaw, who killed Stanford White. Mr. Whitney is the son of Mrs. Charles Whitney, of Bos ton. He and his mother are both prominent in Eastern society. He is FIFTH REGIMENT BAND a banker and broker, member - of the firm of Charles Hea & Company. J. L. ('lark, munager of the pool room. Recorder Broyles dismissed the case on the showing that the doors were locked and that no outsiders were present. BANQUET BIG SUCCESS A Scout Mantes’ Association has been organized in Atlanta, composed of heads of various troops of Boy Scouts. Through the association it is planned to ge th. entire member ship of the Boy Scoitfs working in unison. The Boy Scouts will be a feature of the . Memorial Day parade. The youngsters have been drilling regu larly. Each troop is anxious to make the best showing. Linton Johnson, master of Troop 4. is president: 14. W. Farrar, Troop 7. vice president, and Tillou H. Forbes, Troop 3, secretary and trea.s-. liter of the new organization. SAN FRANCISCO.. CAL., April 22. California’s recall law was applied for the first time to-day when bal lots were cast for or against the re moval of Police Judge Charles L. Weller. Women's clubs of San Fran cisco led in the fight against Judge Weller. Women were active ;.t the polls, most of .them voting to remove him Judge Weller reduced the bail bond of a man accused of criminal assault. LONDON, April 22.—A verdict in favor of the defendant was returned this afternoon in the libel action brought by Lord Alfred Douglass against Arthur Ransome on account of statements made in Mr. Uiinsome'? book, “Oscar Wilde; a Critical Study.’’ The judges held that the lord's character had not been hurt by these statements. It Was Some Questioi What Is the Answer^ An Impromptu Debating Society Fell Afoul of Abtruee Higher Political Economy. Thu Georgian's telephone rang and a hesitant voice aeked for an editor. ' Say,” It said, “four or five of us fellows had an argument last nlghi and we went you to decide It. The question wax this: ‘ Which would produce the great-** er panic, if Rockefeller, Carnegie and all the other big rich men cashed in all their resources and took the money to Europe, or If these same men were to remove by some superhuman means all their actua! resources, their oil wells, factories, railroads and so i forth?’” WOULD HAVE ALL NATIONS SHARE COST OF CANAL CHAMBERUN-JOHNSON-DuBOSE CO. ATLANTA NEW YORK PARIS AUGUSTA BARTENDERS JOIN UNION* TWO NOW IN QTATF on the success of the annual banquet UlilUlij I WU ItUVY 111 olnl L and reception given at Fort McPher son last night. B. Lee Smith, toast- When State Organizer Strauss, of the International Brotherhood of Bar- master, was introduced by Chief Mu sician Clint E. Barber, and several in- . ^_ nnmn ,„, ao n, .. .formal talks were made. Jerome tenders, completes the organization of Jones , labor lp ' dor was the princi . local In Augusta to-day, Georgia pal speaker. will be placed in the unique position erf being a prohibition State with a strong liquor men's organization. The Augusta local makes two branches of the bartenders’ organiza tion in the State. The other one is in Atlanta. The Ifand has been engaged for the three-day Confederate reunion at Chattanooga In May; HEIRS DEMAND FEE FOR RECEIVER FOR RAILWAY Administrators of the estate of the late Kamuel F. Parrot have filed a pe tition before Judge Pardee, of the Dis trict Court, for remuneration for the services of Mr. Parrot as receiver for the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic . Railroad. The amount of the claim is not stated. It is understood that $1,000 a month for the’* eighteen months’ services is asked. WILSONS MISS CRASH IN AUTO BY NARROW MARGIN WASHINGTON, April 22.—Presi- dent and Mrs. Wilson narrowly es caped a serious automobile accident last evening when the White House automobile, darting aefoss the tracks in front of a street car near the Cap itol, missed a collision by less than a yard. The jamming on of the brakes by the motorman halted the car so suddenly that passengers were shaken from their seats, WASHINGTON. April 22. -Repre sentative Moore, of Pennsylvania, has introduced bills in the House relative to the Panama Canal. One measure directs the Secretary of State to con fer with other nations with a view to having them share with the Un ited. States in the cost and mainte nance of the canal. Two bills provide for the creation of a Panama Canal trade commis sion- to enable the commercial, agri cultural and industrial interests ot the L r nited States to derive advan tages from the canal. GEORGIA SEWANEE ALUMNI PLAN TO GIVE BANQUET Thb Sewanee alumni of Georgia is planning a banquet in Atlanta some time in the Spring. That all grad uates and Sewanee men may be reached by a personal invitation, they are requested to send their names to John D. Babbage, 1123 Candler Building. E. H. Hinton, president of the Georgia Sewanee Alumni Association, lias charge of the plans for the en tertainment. of John B. Jones that he—not Thomas H. Jones—took the life of Wiley D. Bishop. The powder stains and the hair burned away around the wound ould not have resulted from a pistol fired ’by a man standing 5 or 6 feet away. They were inevitable from a man standing close enough to the vic tim to touched him with his hand when he fired. "Added to this is the uncontested fact that Thomas H. Jones beat Bish op over the head with the butt end of a pistol, cracking.his skull, a wound sufficient *to cause his death, leaving, out of consideration everything else. "Inasmuch, therefore, as the execu tive office .can have no part in sus taining the claim of a man jn one trial that he did a felonious deed which in another trial he denies he did. it must insist that the man really guilty of the crime shall suffer* the penalty which-the verdict of the jury placed upon him. That man is Thom as H. Jones.” Finds New Vapor Treatment Invaluable In Keeping Seven Little Ones Free From Colds and Croup. Atlanta, Ga.—“Last wdnter I had an awful cough and severe pain in my side,” says Mrs. T. M. Cannon, of 103 Payne Street. “In fact my friends thought 1 had consumption and though I tried everything. J seemed no better. On advice of Mr. Williams, of. th** Owl Pharmacy,* I commenced using Vick's Croup and Pneurrronia Satve. The ef feet was wonderful. In a short time the’cough and pain in my sjrte were gone. Since then I find Vick’s inval uable in keeping my seven-little ones free from colds and croupy troubles." We hear this every day from persons who have tried this new remedy. They are enthusiastic over it and claim it does not interfere With the digestion: relieves worst colds overnight and croup in fifte.en minutes. It is in the form of a salve containing healing va pors. When applied to the chest and throat and covered with warm cloths, these vapors are released and inhaled direct t«- the affected parts, affording instant .relief. At the same time it is absorbed through the skin, taking out all soreness. Leading druggists are selling this new treatment in 25c. 50c and $1 packages with a guarantee that full retail price will be returned if it is not entirely satisfactory. It proves a welcome relief from the old ^uethod of closing the stomach and having the di gestion/ out of order for a week or ten .days. A A Wee veet friervcL/ Ft DtNtetmvD 9 WALTON ST — JUJT OTF PEACHTREE * 9WERS and FLORAL DESIGNS; FLANTA FLORAL CO. Ih Phones Number 4. 41 Peachtree MS ENRICO CARUSO fw Company at Bonita Makes Decided Hit At Opening. pfc most beautiful and best ped chorus appearing in At- ia that of the Roberts- ^urs Company at the Bonita, sing and dance and the cos- s are new and bright. The Mians are also above* par. fcere is not one dull moment the performance. Tak* Ian hour off from business and | yourself at the Bonita. a \ Whims Beautiful Wash Fabrics Lose a Good Part of Their Price ... In This Remarkable Sale Plan to be here early in the morning—for some unusual hap penings. Wasli fabrics, very beautiful and summery wash fabrics, meaning both exquisite novelties, such as embroidered voiles, and vear-in and year-out necessities such as iiaxons and ginghams, are reduced most extraordinarily. Yes, it is still April, and the wash fabric season lies be fore us. This sale is nothing, if not timely. The full bene fits of merchandise priced at less, a great deal less than their actual worth, shall accrue from this sale. Take the instance of these embroidered marquisettes. They were priced until now $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50 a yard. Now they are 98c a yard. They are the summer dress fabric “do luxe.” Exquisite weaves, light as tissue, and yet very often embroidered in floral patterns and in eyelet work. These in white and colors. However, this is but one hem— Here are many—read them all, it is to your advantage. 15c, 17 l-2c and 20c a yard, Checked White Batistes, 28 inches Q wide, various checks, are 27 v* 25c, 30c and 35c a yard, Checked White Voiles, 28 inches 1 \ ^ wide, a great variety, are JL^XV* 20c a yard, Plain White Klaxon, 36 inches wide, and Colored Bordered Klaxons, 28 inches wide, that were 19c a yard, 1 25c, 30c, 35c and 40c a yard, Shirtings, very soft, in beautiful pat- ferns. checks and stripes, 32 inches wide, and with these are 1 Imported Ginghams that were 30c, 35c and 40c, all now X 85c a yard, Madras, 32 inches wide, a silk and cotton fabric for waists and shirts; soft tans, blues and cream, with stripes in gray, TOp tan, blue,'black and white; beautiful; they are 65c a yard. Ramie Linens, 45 inches wide and full of weight and wear; tine for suits and skirts; in colors; arc $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50 a yard, Voiles, white and colored grounds, em broidered in white and colors and eyelet embroidered, 32 „ inches wide, are v ✓X. $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50 a yard, Linens, embroidered; choose about any color you might want, or black. 32 inches wide; Z they are now v/L $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50 a yard. Embroidered M arquisettes of most beautiful texture and embroidered designs, in white and. QQ in colors; 36 inches wide; they are -7OL $1.50 a yard, Ratines with wide and attractive open-work *h t border; these in white and colors; 45 inches wide;they are. . .W *- •v/v7 delighted this world-famed star—his indorsement is but another emphasis of the superb j quality of these delicious CHOCOLATES Made of “melt m-your-nicuth nialerial Manufactured.bv HARRY Li'SCHLESINGER Sizes - 25c. 80c. ft. 00. $3.50 •at.': I r “Hold-Fast” Sheets The Hold-Fast Sheets—that fit over the end of the mattress so that they cannot pullout—are winning friends. WORTH $1.15 Size They are a very practical innovation—and still to morrow they are reduced. 81 inches by 99 inches AT 89c >0 Every Oriental Rug That We Own, You May Own at a Reduced Price p Seems strange that Oriental Rugs should be reduced, lmi they, just as all merchandise in this store, are subject to the rules of merchandising as practiced here. Oriental Rugs of worth are of fixed value, or rather, of increasing value—and yet these reductions, and at the same time when good housekeepers are fixing up their homes for summer. A11 opportunity! Every rug—without exception—in this great, splendid stock is reduced. Indeed it is anything but a sale of odd pieces and patterns. Choose from among them all—small est mats, greatest room carpets, and pay less. Agents for Butterick Patterns and Publications, Chamberlindohiison* aturns • . 1*. 1 1