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VOL. XI. NO. 000.
ATLANTA , GA„ MONDA Y. JULY 21, 1913.
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By Th* CeorK^n Co
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PAT NO
MORE.
SPEAKER TO DEMAND REAL TAX REFORM
GRANS) .IllliV MEETS Tft CONSIDER TOIUEY CASE
To Investigate Drowning of Boys
Says Ways and Weans Committee
Wust Get Together or He
Will Take Floor.
Speaker William H. Burwell ha?
taken a firm hand in the adjustment
of the difference existing in the Ways
and Means Committee of the House
with, respect to a tax equalization
measure, and has read the riot act
to that honorable body.
The Speaker, who, although he is
the Speaker, is not divested in any
way of his representative capacity,
will take the floor, if necessary, and
Lght for a tax equalization measure
That means something, and that will
■/nmire a State board of as great ef
fectiveness as may be secured.
The Speaker takes the position that
neither extreme of opinion in the
Ways and Means Committee, or any
where else in the Legislature, should
he permitted.-telecontrol or block leg
islation to its way of thinking.
Insists They Get Together.
He, therefore, when the Ways and
Means Committee seemed to be hope
lessly split, called upon the heads of
thd two factions therein and told
them very plainly that they must get
together, or he might be compelled,
against his will, to undertake to find
a means of getting them together.
The Speaker Insisted that It was
not so much a question of getting
this or that tax equalization measure
through, with all of its provisions just
so, as It was a question of, at least,
getting things started toward genuine
and honest tax reform.
To pass an equalization measure
without any sort of State board to
dualize the counties would, the
Speaker thinks, not be to pass such
a measmre as the people desire or as
would be effective.
On the other hand, the Speaker is
willing to concede that It may not ne
necessary now to insist that the
State board have too wide authority
or be made arbitrarily supreme.
Seeks to Bring About Order.
In other words, with a split in the
committee already in evidence and a
split on the floor of the House loom
ing as a grave probability, the Speak
er has intervened, both as the Speak
er and as the Representative from
Hancock County, to bring order out
of chaos, if possible, and, in the in
terest of economizing time, to hasten
along the matter of tax reform.
The Speaker is an earnest advocate
of prompt payment for the school
teachers, and he also is heartily in fa
vor of revising the tax laws thorough
ly and effectively. He, perhaps, per
sonally inclines to a more drastic and
effective tax equalization measure
than now seems possible to secure
from the House.
His attitude is, however, that even
“half a loaf is better than no bread,”
find that the interests of the State de
mand a getting together of the war
ring factions inside the Ways and
Means Committee, as paving the way
t<» an approximately satisfactory com
promise measure on the floor.
Speaker’s Stand Effective.
The direct result of the Speaker's
interference was a reassembling of
the Ways and Means Committee and
th. recommendation of a measure
Tying a State Board of Tax Equal-
v '-'-rs of limited powers and discre
tion.
His hearty insistence that he would
take the floor in person, and, if nec-
cssury, lead the fight on a tax equali-
measure proposing to elimi-
Bfit.- entirely the State Board, un
doubtedly has had a profound effect
on the situation.
The Speaker is determined that the
House, at least, shall not permit tax
' "!‘m to be a failure. If he can pre-
v ~nt it And he is willing to go the
,r, 't of his responsibility, if neces-
*‘ :ar . v - in getting things shaped up as
lh *y should be.
'Bloomer Girls’ Play
Ball Too Well; Boy
PenetratesDisguise
WASHINGTON, July 21.—When
the center fielder of the Chicago
Bloomer Girls made a Ty Cobb throw
from deep center to the home plate j
in yesterday’s game at Union League]
Park with the Sparrow's Point male
team, a boy spectator became suspi
cious of the sex of the bloomer play
ers. He jerked the blond wig off the
head of the third baseman and ex- j
posed to the eyes of thousands of fans j
the closely cropped head of a man.
The rest of the “girls” made for the
clubhouse, a square away, at top
speed. They were besieged there by j
hundreds of angry spectators, w’ho
swept a squad of police aside, de
manding their money back.
They were escorted by a police
guard to the depot this morning.
HOUSE’S INTEREST IN SUFFRAGE
ON INCREASE—HERE’S THE REASON
Miss Mary
Rosa Johnson,
who has set the
entire House
a-flutter.
She’s a
suffragist and
is winning;
favor for
‘’the cause.”
Council to Try to
Override Veto for
Thirty-third Time
Council, at its meeting Monday aft
ernoon, will make an effort to over
ride Mayor James G. Woodward’s
veto for the thirty-third time. Dur
ing the seven months of Mayor
Woodward’s administration Council,
by a two-thirds vote, has annulled
almost every veto, many on matters
affecting the crematory.
Mayor Woodward has established a
record for vetoing and Council set a
new mark for overriding vetoes. It
Is said that during his former years
in office as Mayor Mr. Woodward wr.s
overridden 22 times.
The issue that comes up Monday
afternoon is a consolidation of the
assessing and receiving departments
of the tax office.
Choked to Death
By High Collar
PITTSBURG, July 21.—Harry D.
Wingert. a graduate of Western Re
serve University, was choked to death
by the collar he was wearing.
Wingert called at the office of a
friend to consult him about the pur
chase of an automobile. Not finding
his friend in his office, he went into a
private room and sat down to wait.
While there the young man evident
ly was overcome by the heat and fell
in a faint. He wore an extremely
high and stiff collar, which strangled
him to death.
Churches Lukewarm,
Dr. Holderby Asserts
Dr. A. R. Holderby, pastor of Moore
Memorial Church, declared in his ser
mon Sunday morning that the
churches of to-day were lukewarm
and the members indifferent.
“If the ministry really believed in
the doctrine of eternal punishment
and preached it what a shaking of
dry bones there would be,” he said.
“Much of the preaching of to-day
is formal, even apologetic. We tell
our children the Bible is the best book
in the world, yet it is not given a
place in our schools”
Man Beaten to Death
By Mob; Mayor Held
INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MINN..
July 21.—Mayor Edeke, of Ranier.
Minn., !s out on bail to-day, charged
with being an accessory to the mur
der of F. J. Couture, owner of the
Ranier Hotel. James Kelly was in
the county Jail here, charged with the
actual murder.
Couture was beaten to death by a
crowd of men after he made a state-’
ment that no attempt was being made
in Ranier to enforce the saloon-clos
ing laws. Mayor Edeke is charged
with being a member of the crowd.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta
and Georgia: Local
showers Monday and
Tuesday.
All-Day Search Reveals Fate of
Jerry Moles, 17, and Casey
Daniels, 15 Years Old.
Inquest into the death of young Jer
ry Moles and Casey Daniels, who
were drow'ned while Ashing in the
Chattahoochee River Saturday, began
at Poole’s Undertaking parlors at 9
o'clock Monday morning. Coroner
Donehoo said the deaths would be
thoroughly Investigated.
The bodies were found Sunday aft
ernoon hanging to a trotline by
George W. Smith, of No. 527 West
North avenue, after an all-day search
Instituted at the request of the wid
owed mother of young Daniels, who
says she had a premonition her son
had been drowned.
Mr. Smith, who was a member of
a large party of searchers who spent
nearly the day trying to locate the
boys, rowed out alone to the middle
of the stream, w r here he found a trot-
line that ran from one etwl^of the
bank to the other.
Bodies Caught on Hooks.
Having attempted to draw’ the line
up, Mr. Smith found that it was too
heavy to manage, and this led to the
discovery of the bodies of the twm
boys, w’hich were found caught in the
hooks about midway in the river.
immediately following the discovery
the county police notified Coroner
Donehoo, who went to the scene of the
tragedy to make an investigation. The
bodies, which showed no bruises of
any kind, were taken in charge by
Poole.
Among the theories that have been
advanced as to the cause of the death
of the boys Is that while boating one
of them fell into the stream, and that
4n an effort to rescue him the other
went down also.
Neither a Good Swimmer.
Another theory is that in trying to
land a fish the lads capsized their
boat in midstream. It is known that
neither boy was a good swimmer and
that for this reason Mrs. Moles, moth
er of young Jerry, had protested
against the trip.
The boys, w r ho were inseparable
companions, left home early Satur
day morning, promising their parents
that they would be back by nightfall.
Before leaving home, young Daniels
turned over his week’s wages to his
mother, allowing himself only car
fare for the trip down to the river.
When young Moles failed to return
home Saturday night, Mrs. Daniels,
becoming alarmed, telephoned the
county police, who immediately be
gan the search. It was not until 2
o’clock Sunday afternoon, however
that her gravest fears were realized.
Boy* Chums for Years.
Young Danjels. w r ho is just 15 years
old, lived with his mother at No. 71
Hightower street, while his compan
ion, Jerry Moles, aged 17, resided with
his parents, Mr. and xMrs. N. L. Moles,
at No. 34 Humphries street.
The boys had been inseparable com
panions for years, and are said to
have been model youths.
Driver Ditches Auto
In Averting Holdup
The chauffeur of Ed L. Wight, of
No. 262 Juniper street, was driving
through Inman Park Sunday when
two young men hailed him and asked
if they might ride into town. When
they were in the car they leveled re
volvers at the chauffeur and ordered
him to drive tow'ard East Point, ac
cording to his story.
The car was found in a ditch near
East Point Sunday morning. The
chauffeur said at this point the high
waymen attempted to rob him. and in
trying to defend himself he ran the
car into the ditch.
The police are atill investigating
the i
Waycross Girl Deserted a Week
After Marriage, Seeks Miss
ing Spouse in Atlanta.
Wooed and won after nine months
of romantic courtship; a week of
happiness in an ideal home, then de
sertion, was the experience of Mrs. S.
J. Jowers, a pretty young woman, of
Waycross, who is scouring the State
in search of her missing husband.
She appealed to the Atlanta police
Sunday.
The young woman went direct io
pplice headquarters, where she bared
the whole story of her misfortunes.
Between sobs, which moved even
Captain Poole, who has heard many
a tale of this sort, she told how she
had been wooed; how, finally, she had
given her heart to the ardent suitor;
how they were married in the little
church in Waycross, where she was
born and reared; how they took up
their married life at her husband's
home in Fitzgerald- and then* one
week later, of his sudden departure.
Jowers, the young wife told the po
lice, said he was going away to get a
better job—that was the last she
heard of him.
Having a “tip” that he might be in |
Atlanta, Mrs. Jowers came to Atlan
ta and immediately instituted a search
for him through the police. All the j
afternoon Captain Poole and the i
young woman searched the streets of
Atlanta, but to no avail.
Mrs. Jowers left Atlanta Monday
morning, after leaving a description I
of her husband with the police.
Mrs. Jcwers, before marriage, was
Miss Victoria Pace, daughter of J.!
B. Pace, of Waycross. She Is 18 (
years of age and is pretty.
Alleged Rioters in
Jail at Statenville
VALDOSTA. July 1.—R. S. Wil
liams, of Haylow, who, with his two
sons and two other men, is charged
with Inciting a near-riot at Howell,
has been arrested and lodged in Jail
at Statenville on an order issued by
Judge W. E. Thomas, of Superior
Court.
Williams and his followers are said
to have gone to Howell with the
avowed Intention of killing Ben Weth-
ering, Town Marshal. According to
reports received here, the trouble was
caused by an attempt of Marshal
Wetherington to arrest a son of thj
elder Williams.
Dalton Man's Slayer
Caught in Tennessee
DALTON, July 21.—Sheriff Glenn,
accompanied by local officers, has
gone to Cleveland, Tenn., for Dan
Hatfield, wanted here on a charge of
murder. Hatfield was caught by
Cleveland officials a week after kill
ing Will Parrish in North Dalton.
There was a reward of $50 for his ap
prehension.
According to two eyewitnesses,
Hatfield killed Parrish in self-de
fense. They are both in jail, charged
with being accessories to the murder.
Dr. J. B. Robins, Extolling Gos
pel of Progress, Likes Fresh
ness of New Thought.
Owner Asks $1,200
For Cow's Switch
CINCINNATI, July 21.—Holden
Bros., of Kentucky, breeders of thor
oughbred cattle, have sued the Louis
ville and Cincinnati Packet Company
for $1,200 for the loss of the end or
switch of a registered Jersey cow’s
tail.
The complaint recites that the cow
was shipped from Louisville to Cin
cinnati on July 6 and that en route
the end of her tail was pulled or cut
off. making her valueless for prize -
winning or show purposes.
A man who gets no new idea, in
twenty years ought to have been dead
twenty years ago.
Nothing counts in life but the pro
gressive.
The heretics of to-day are the
preachers of to-morrow, and it has
always been so.
New phases of old thoughts are
what we need and want.
The above statements by Dr. J. B.
Robins, pastor of Trinity Methodist
Church, Sunday created a decided
impression upon his congregation.
His sermon was built around Paul,
comparing the life of modern man to
the life of Paul.
“Nearly every church has banished
some man who is now teaching the
world, uplifting men and giving a
bigger outlook on religion and life.
The old ideals are dead. The new
ideals must be shown to the people.
"The preachers of to-day must
know in what their people are inter
ested. They must find out what
reaches, touches and draws them, and
knowing these things, must offer the
religion of Christ as related to their
needs. I like the freshness of the
new thought. 1 find something in it
that I, find nowhere eLse.
‘‘In the progression of human life
religion enlarges itself as well as
other things. Let us think of this
and help to give the world the things
It needs."
HOG KILLED BY HEAT.
COMMERCE.—A hog belonging to
Bud Aderholt died here from exces
sive heat.
Press Table Suddenly Becomes
Attractive to Lawmakers and
Sessions Lose Monotony.
Members of the House are finding
excuses to hang around the press
table; the young men of the press
have found such expressions as
“brown eyes,” “wavy hair,” and “suf
fragette” mysteriously creeping into
their copy; Speaker Burwell has
found trouble In keeping his eyes
on the north side of the House and
Clerk John Boifeuillet has experienced
the greatest difficulty in calling the
roll.
The reason—well, it’s the press
table’s nomination for the Booster
Button Girl in Atlanta’s beauty con
test—Miss Mary Rosa Johnson, a
monopoly of feminine pulchritude,
who has become a regular member
of the House newspaper delegation.
Miss Johnson “Just strolled in.”
coming with her friend, Mrs. Mar
garet McWhorter, who has been ac
corded the privilege of the press
table this season. Her visit created
a demand for her continuous presence
there. Accordingly appropriate res
olutions were drawn up and unani
mously adopted, beseeching her to act
as guardian of the press table for the
balance of the session.
Miss Johnson is a real honest-to-
goodness suffragette. it took her
about one minute to convert the press
gang to the cause of suffrage, while
the Legislators fell in the suffrage
column in rapid order. A strong
effort was made by a youth presiding
over the Senate press table to in
veigle her to their side of the Capitol,
but a comparison of “the gangs"
brought her back to the House in
short order.
"Oh. I think it is great to be here.”
she said. “You know X am a suf
fragette, and I like to see the Leg
islators at work, hecause/they act
so funny. Does anybody in the world
know wiiat they are talking about?"
Bad Colds Prevented by Newly
Discovered Anti-Toxin, Says
Philadelphia Doctor.
PHILADELPHIA, July 21—Claims
to the discovery of a remarkable vac
cine for the cure and prevention of
the troublesome “cold” known as in
fluenza. are being made by physicians
of a medical laboratory near Phila
delphia, under the direction of Dr.
Arthur Parker Mitchins.
The vaccine is composed of the
dead organlfwns found In the blood
of a person afflicted with influenza.
Two years ago Dr. R. J. Allen, a
London physician, conceived the
theory that If "cold” germs” were in
oculated into the blood of a person
afflicted with influenza a cure was
bound to result. He also maintained
his theory would hold good as applied
to the prevention of the ailment us
well.
The theory was taken up In thi9
country about a year ago. Dr. C. P.
Brown. Dr. Webb, of Svvarthmore. and
Dr. Nathan Ward, now dead, started
to experiment with the vaccine and
Anally declared they had found that
their efforts to inject an organism in
to a person afflicted with influenza
had been successful.
In a nutshell, they held that the
“no disease twice” idea might be as
applicable in cases of catarrh and
influenza as in diphtheria, typhoid,
scarlet fever or smallpox
To various Philadelphia physicians,
among whom were Dr. W. Wayne
Babcock and Dr L. F. Ashcraft, quan
tities of the vaccine were given. Dr.
Babcock has treated fifty patients
and says lie has found that in many
instances the patient was entirely
cured of catarrh or influenza.
One stirring feature of the results
of the vaccine he discovered was that
it cures diseases allied with the com
mon cold at the same time.
There is a slight reaction, but after
that it is declared the patient suffers
no more, and when the “cold" disap
pears there is very little likelii%od of
it ever appearing again. 3
Foreman Declares Inquisitorial
Body Will Not Ride “Rough
shod” Over Dorsey.
With Solicitor Dorsey re
affirming his cprtainty that Jim
Conley will not be indicted be
fore the tral of Leo M. Frank
and declaring that he will fight
with all his vigor any movement
in that direction, the Grand Jury
members gathered in the Throw
er Building Monday morning in
response to the call of Foreman
Beatie to decide whether they
will reopen their investigation of
the Phagan murder mystery.
A strong probability that no action
would be taken during the day arose
when it became known that there
were only eighteen of the grand ju
rors in the city, a bare quorum. In
the event that all of the eighteen did
not appear, there still was the oppor
tunity to go out and summon tales
men at random to serve on the Grand
Jury, but no statement was made as
to whether this legal privilege would
be exercised.
No Witnesses Called.
Foreman Beatie announced that no
witnesses had been summoned as yet.
giving confirmation to the report that
the meeting was called only for the
purpose of passing on the petitions
requesting the Grand Jury to reopen
the murder investigation, and not for
the purpose of proceeding at once to
the definite consideration of Jim Con
ley’s indictment.
Solicitor Dorsey was the only per
son asked to appear before the ju
rors. Before they assembled he as
serted that he w r as entirely confident
that no Indictment would be returned
against the negro.
“I can not conceive that these men.
w r hen they are in possession of the
facts of the case, seriously will con
sider bringing an indictment for mur
der against Conley,” said the Solici
tor.
Foreman Beattie indicated that if
a quorum were present and a decision
were reached to go into the connec
tion of Conley with the crime a num
ber of witnesses would be served at
once with subpenas and that an op
portunity would be given for the pre
sentation of all the important evi
dence againet the negro.
He said, however, that the report
that the meeting Monday was called
for the definite and prearranged pur
pose of Indicting Conley was utterly
false.
Not to Ignore Dorsey.
"We have no intention of riding
roughshod over the Solicitor,” he said.
"The purpose of our meeting to-day
merely is to become informed on the
question and to determine if we are
warranted In reopening the investiga
tion with a view of bringing an in-
distment against Conley in case the
evidence is sufficient.
"We propose only to discuss the
matter informally and to have the
Solicitor lay before us his reasons for
desiring no action at this time. We
have no desire to block the Solicito'*
in his prosecution of the case or *o
defeat the ends of justice in anv
manner. If we come to the conclusion
that the Investigation should be made,
we have a list of witnesses we will
ask to have called.”
William H. Mineey. author of the
sensational affidavit which accused
Conley of confessing to the killing of
a girl on the afternoon that Mary
Phagan was murdered, has returned
to Atlanta, it was reported Monday,
and is prepared to go befoijlv the
Grand Jury to repeat his story* ALa-
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