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SUITE CHAMBER ELECTION TO BE HELD SEPT.1B New Commercial Organization Is Expected to Draw Big Delega tions to Macon Meet. The newly formed Georgia Chamber of Commerce will hold an Important meeting at Maron September 16, when the representatives of the State's commercial, manufacturing and agri cultural Interests will be present to complete the details of the organiza tion and to elect a State president. Several cities are planning to run special trains to the meeting, Atlanta and Albany among the number. The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce wilt he represented by a large delegation, and the surrounding towns of College Park, Kirkwood, TJthonla, Stone Mountain, Decatur, Madison, Winder, TjaGrange, Newnan, Gainesville and others have been InvitPd to join the delegation and go to Macon in “The Atlanta Special." The Georgia Chamber of Commerce had Its beginning July 23 at a meeting held 1n Atlanta under the auspices of the local Chamber of Commerce. The main purpose of the Maoon meeting Is to perfect the organization and to adopt plans for Immediate and t g- gresslve work. Each County Represented. The president will be chosen from amorg a number of candidates who are well knowm for their executive ability and for their Interest in the progress of Georgia a luhg every' line of development Kach county of the State will be represented liy a vice president, the appointment of these officers resting In the power of the executive committee, of which C. J. Haden. of Atlanta, is the chairman. A number of the vice presidents already have been named. The other members of the execu tive committee are: P. M. Atkin son, Madison; R. D. Cole, Newnan; J. S. Davis, Albany; G. W. Deen, Waycross; J. A. McCord, Atlanta; W. H. Shlppen, Elltjay, and C. A. Wlck- ersham. College Park. Charles D. McKinney, of Decatur, Is temporary secretary. Some of the specific alms of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce are: To organize local commercial bodies such as Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce in every one of the 14k counties of Georgia, where no such organiza tion has yet been formed. To aid commercial bodies al ready organized. To bring about more effective co-operation between the various commercial organizations of the State. Will Aid Farmers. To bring the farmers and busi ness men closer together in a study of better methods of agri culture. To foster all movements of every kind that seem calculated to bring about bitter Industrial, agricultural and commercial con ditions and the general social betterment of the State. To advertise persistently the resources of the State of Georgia to the people of other States of the Union. To study conditions of the State as a whole. In such matters as education, sanitation, roads, farming anil manufacturing and to present the results of this study to the people of the State through the daily and weekly press. Courts to Settle Sewer Tax Dispute Whether the city has the right to collect assessments for sewers from , property owners along streets where ; •ewers have been installed, but no wa- | ter connection given, is a question which I will be thrashed out in the courts. There is due approximately J 15,000 by prop- j erty owners on these assessments, and City Attorney Mayson has Instructed City Marshal James M. Fuller to Issue j fl. fas. against those who have not paid j up. It is understood that practically every j one of the property owners will resist ! collection until water connection is giv en them. Mr. Mayson la of the opinion the city can regally force collection by ; levying upon the property. Countess Is Freed of Wrecking Apartment CHICAGO, Sept. 8.—As a rule you will | find few royal Russian countesses in Chicago who will stick out their tongues and give vent to a spiteful, satlatied "bah Countess Adelaide DeRogal Alien did so when the charge of disorderly con duct against her was dlsmigead. She was charged with doing worth of damage to statuary, vines and furnish ings at the bachelor apartments of O. Bock. Rotary Club Aim Is To Serve Interests Of Every Atlantan Purposes of the Rotary Club, which was recently established in Atlanta, wore fully explained at the Piedmont Hotel by Ivan E. Allen and Albert 8, Adam . returning delegates to the fourth national convention of Rotary Clubs In Buffalo. The meeting was well attend ed, and much enthusiasm was mani fest ed Messrs Adams and Allen told In de tail the work of the club In order to offset the common Idea that rotary clubs nr* organized for pure business trading The real purpose of the Rotary Club, they explained, was to represent and serve the Interests of all Atlantans In every trade and profession. Quoting from President Mead’s speech at the convention, Mr. Adams declared that the ideal rotary club was the most representative commercial body the world has ever known "Service and Not Self," he sakl, "is the true motto of ull Rotarlans.” TTTE ATLANTA GEORGIAN A NT! NEWS. LOBBYIST C. H. Kelley Becomes ‘Regular’ Alderman C. H Kelley Is no longer Just plain "Mister”—he is now "Alderman Kelley from the Second Ward,” following the brief Installation ceremony Tuesday af ternoon. Alderman Kelley succeeds Jno. E. McClelland, resigned. Alderman Kelley also will succeed Mr. McClelland In all committee assignments with the exception of the Tax Commit tee. Charles Whiteford Smith was ap pointed to this place by Mayor Wood ward F. B. More nee will succeed Alderman Kelley as a member of the Water Board following the unanimous election by the Second Ward delegation The vacancy on the School Hoard caused by the death of Dr. G. Y Pearce will be filled at the next Council meeting. From Wealthy Home To Cafe Dishwasher SAVANNAH, Sept. 3.—From a home of wealth and refinement In New York to a dishwasher In a Savannah cafe was the story revealed in the search for Mrs. Mollle Gotthelf Ounterman. A year ago the pretty wife of H. R. Gotthelf. New York lace Importer, eloped with Antone Ounterman, electrician. Her husband followed her South, but she refused to go back with him. A few days ago she left Ounterman. who was living at Augusta, and came to Savannah. She tried to secure passage to New York, but falling, sought em ployment in a cafe. Ounterman per suaded her to return to Augusta with him. ‘Gil’ Anderson Wins Wife Back With Race CHICAGO, Sept. 3.—Did the win ning of the Elgin trophy race last Saturday act as the principal factor In reuniting “Gil” Anderson with his wife? It Is whispered that it did. Anyway, Mrs. “Gil,” who, during the race, was preparing to get a divorce from the daring driver, has recon sidered. "I knew somebody was pulling for me all the time,” said Anderson. "Now I know It was—my wife!” It Is expected that a reconciliation will be effected at once. High German Official New Envoy to Japan Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. BERLIN, Sept. 3.—Evidence of closer relations between Germany and Japan in the future came to-day with the appointment of Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Zlmmer- mann to be German Ambassador to Japan. The German Minister at Buenos Ayres will'be recalled to tho Foreign Department to take Herr Zimmer man n's place. Miss Susie Wells Puts Stop to Contemplated Change of Mc Daniel St. to Oxford Place. Miss Susie Wells, who lives at the Piedmont Hotel, declared that woman does not need tho ballot to exercise a real political influence, when, at the meeting of Council Monday, her ef fective lobbying prevented the chang ing of the name of McDaniel street to Oxford place. It was the climax of a fight that has been in progress for months. A num ber of residents petitioned Council to change the name of the street to a more stylish one. Miss Wells Inherit ed considerable property on that street from her father. She declares that plain old McDaniel, In honor of Governor McDaniel, of Georgia, was good enough for her, and she per suaded a majority of the property owners on that street to back her up. A number of women were on the other side of the question and they won a majority of the Streets Com mittee. At the meeting of Council Tuesday Alderman J. W. Maddox made a stirring speech in behalf ot Miss Wells’ cause and the recom mendation of the committee waa re jected. Miss Wells and her feminine op ponents who sat across the room from her alternated in the cheering dur ing the debate. Then to satisfy the McDaniel street folk. Councilman Claude C. Mason Introduced a resolu tion to take the name Pittsburg, the southern negro section of the city, off the McDaniel street cars. The reso lution was adopted and will be trans mitted to the officials of the Georgia Railway and Power Company as a re quest. PATHFINDER CAR IN Trail Blazing Party Reaches Mor gan City After Strenuous Battle With the Elements. Banker Mellon May Re-Wed Former Wife PITTSBURG, Sept. 3.—Andrew' W. Mellon has reached an understanding with his former wife, their friends assert, and the two will remarry. The millionaire banker was granted a di vorce in the spring of last year. Mrs. Mellon was visiting her two children, It Is said, when Mellon also appeared, and the question of a re union for their sake came up. 80 Royal Scoins at Manuel's Wedding Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. BERLIN, Sept. 3.—Eighty royal princes and princesses will take part In the marriage of King Manuel, of Portugal, and Princess Augusta Vic toria. of Hohenzollern, which Is to take place next Thursday at Sig- marlngen, England, the bride's home. Manuel Is due to arrive at Sig- marlngen to-morrow. Cheered by hundreds of good roads and highway boosters and greeted by the best brass band in town, E. L. Ferguson and his party of transcon tinental pathfinders glided Into Mor gan City, La., late Tuesday after a harrowing experience with a terrific thundershower sixteen miles out. As a result of the downpour the tourists were delayed several hours. They probably will not reach Lake Charles before Saturday nor Orange City before Monday. Houston, how ever, probably will be made on the original schedule time. Morgan City’s reception was second only to the monster reception tend ered in the larger cities along the transcontinental route. The citizens showed the greatest enthusiasm In the monster highway project and pledged their support to Mr. Fergu son in every way possible. According to announcement of parish officials several of the highways will be en tirely rebuilt within the next year and all of the roads will be put in the best of condition. The sentiment at Morgan City was similar to that manifested all along the Louisiana trail, at Donaldsonville, Napoleonville, Thibodeaux, Houma and intermediate towns. Rousing greetings were extended to the path finders in each of these towns. Mail Order Bride Is ‘Shipped Back’ Home LAPORTE, IND., Sept. 3.—The lit tle Michigan town of Allegan fur nished the setting to-day for an un usual climax of what had been planned to be a very happy event. Oakley O, Ring, a young business man. of Otsego, Mich., advertised for a wife. One of the letters which he received came from a young woman who gave her name as Margaret Ben- net, with Chicago as her home. Court ing w’as conducted by correspondence. Yesterday Ring obtained a license at Allegan, and, going to the depot, awaited the coming of Miss Bennett. To-day was the appointed time for the ceremony, but it was not per formed. Ring explaining that “she did not.flll the bill, so I shipped her back.” THREE A CROWD? Not when the third party is an \ Eastman Kodak. Brings as many] heads together as Cupid. Jno. L. < Moore & Sons are Kodak head quarters, at 42 North Broad street. Expert film finishing. 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Located in the most progressive part of a very progres sive town and only 25 minutes from the heart of Atlanta; this will make a delightful home and a fine investment and can be bought on very easy terms with no mortgage. It will pay you to investigate this. W. D. BEATIE, 207 Equitable Bldg. Both Phones 3520. Library Trustees Made Movie Censors Persons with the "movie” craze certainly will envy the members of the Board of Trustees of the Carne gie Llbary. City Council has passed an ordinance empowering this body to inspect every film and to say which shall and which shall not be shown in Atlanta. The ordinance, offered as a substi tute for numerous measures aimed at things theatrical, provides that no In decent songs or jokes or clothes shall be permitted on Atlanta stages. It strikes the provision recently urged, prohibiting tights or short skirts. The Council refused to legislate on this form of entertainment except in general terms. WOMEN AS LIFT PILOTS. NEWARK, Sept. 3.—Carrying out the idea that the new building of the Young Women’s Christian Associa tion here will be a woman's building In every respect. Young women have been trained as operators of the ele vators. Week's Oyster Diet To Cheapen Living WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.—The in auguration of a national “oyster week,” when the bivalves shall take the place of meat on the tables of the United States, was indorsed to day by Dr. Carl I* Alsberg, chief of the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture. Dr. Alsberg holds that the substi tution of oysters for meat would bring the bivalve Into greater une through out the United States and help to bring about a decrease in the cost of living. The week of October 20 is the time officially set. Yuan to Resign When Peace Is Restored Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. MUKDEN. MANCHURIA, Sept. 3. —A telegram from Pekin quotes Yuan Shih Kai as saying he will resign the Presidency of China as soon as peace is restored. Graham Crackers baked by the National Biscuit Company have a flavor and zest all their own. You will relish them. They will nourish you. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY GRAHAM CRACKERS Made from the finest materials and perfectly baked, they come to you fresh, crisp and clean — in the mois ture-proof package. Eat them at meals and between. Give them to the children without stint. Always look for the ln-er-seal Trade Mark. 10c The “Ice Kist jy APPROVED BY : Good Housekeeping Institute No No Dasher No Handle No Cogs No Wheels No Wood No Hoops No Hard Work $1.95 For the ICE-KIST all you have to do is to pour in the cream, sherbet or whatever refreshment it T* LE All ma Y be, and pack in the ice as in the ordinary InHI w ALL freezer. Then the work is ended. There is no working a daw her, no turning a handle or crank, no straining your arms and back, no opening the freezer to "see” if it is freezing, no extra packing in of ice. All you do after packing is to open the freezer and serve the refreshment. It saves work, time, trouble and—you. Perfect The Ice-K 1st has no dasher or crank because it has two freezing sur faces. The old-fashioned freezer had only one freezing surface—that is why a crank and dasher were necessary The Ice-KIst has a metal freezing tube that extends directly through the cream to the bottom This gives the two freezing surfaces. The cold penetrates from the center and from the outside, too. The cream is frozen with a smoothness that will delight you. Special (5-Day Offer We want you to know the ioy of having an Ice-Kist Crankiest Freezer in your home. We wifi send it post-paid upon the return of the coupon together with $1.95—our introductory price If after trying the ICE-KIST lor 15 days, you are not delighted with it. return it and we will return the *1.95. Don t let the coupon get lost. Send it NOW MUTUAL RELATIONS AND INTERESTS OF THE BELL SYSTEM AND THE PUBLIC $1.95 PACK IT POSTPAID 15 DAYS’ TRIAL 2-QUART SIZE The Ice-Kitt makes a beautiful and perfect-frozen mold. Oil S Western Mrrchandiic & Supply Co.. ^ 326 W. Madison St., Chicago., lit. Enclosed is money order for $1.95. a Please send the ICE-KIST CRAN’K- 3 LESS FREEZER for 15 days' trial. 1 Name J Address 1 Ex. -trrwnFinwtsirnns nil—i .i.Mr l I ■■ OMnXmil iltfi The suit brought by the United States questioning the purchase of certain telephone properties in the Northwest, as well as the pending Interstate Commerce Commission tel ephone investigation, have caused many inquiries. Without taking up anything going to the merits of these proceedings, it has seemed to us proper to state generally what has been our policy and purpose in the conduct of our business. We have found, or thought that we had, that our interests were best served when the public interests were best served; and we believe that such success as we have had has been be cause our business has been conduct ed on these lines. We believe that our company has an Interest as vital as that of the public in the proper administration of the problems of electrical inter communication. The success and prosperity of our company depend upon a solution of these problems which shall be sound from both the standpoint of the company and the public which it serves. Following our own best judgment, supplemented by the best obtainable advice, we have endeavored to do what would best serve the public in terest; wherever possible our plans have been disclosed to the public in advance, and what has been done in carrying them out has been along ordinary business lines, with the im plied, and generally, with the ex pressed approval, authorization or consent of the municipal and State authorities directly interested. Our effort has been not only to obey the law. but to avoid everything which might even have the appearance of an attempt at evasion. Our business methods and policy, and practically all of the details as to the transaction of our business, are matters of common knowledge and are. and for many years have been, well known to the Government. We will willingly furnish the Gov ernment any additional information which is in our possession or under our control, and will cordially co operate with it in obtaining such fur ther information as it may require. Every possible assistance will be given by us to the courts in their effort to determine whether our pol icy is or has been inimical to the public interest. We desire that any thing wrong be corrected; we will voluntarily rectify any wrong that may be pointed out to us; and, so far as it may be determined that our policy or any act under it is against the public interest, we will promptly conform to such determination. We believe that if each of our ex changes were made an independent unit and if each connecting line were put under a separate control, the ef fect upon the telephone service of the country would be a condition so in tolerable that the public would re fuse to submit to it and would im mediately require such physical con nection and common control of these various units as would amalgamate them into a single system. Physical connection in the case of telephone or telegraph does not mean transfer of messages from one line to the other. It means such a connection as will permit one person to have the actual possession of the particular line of communication from one end of it to the other and this can only be given efficiently by exchange sys tems and connecting lines under a common control; and that is what the Bell System is. In this connection, and for general information, we will restate the pol icy which controlled the building up of the Bell System, and our belief as to what a telephone system should be. and what are its relations to the public. We believe in and were the first to advocate State or Government con trol and regulation of public utili ties; that this control or regulation should be by permanent quasi-judi cial bodies, acting after thorough in vestigation and governed by the equities of each case; and that this control or regulation, beyond requir ing the greatest efficiency and econ omy, should not interfere with man agement or operation. We believe that these bodies, if they are to be permanent, effective and of public benefit, should be thoroughly repre sentative; they should be of such character and should so conduct their investigations and deliberations as to command such respect from both the public and the corporations that both will without question accept their conclusions. We believe that the public would in this way get all the advantages and avoid all the manifest disadvantages of public ownership. We believe that centers of business and population exist for the conven ience of the public as a whole, and that no such center can prosper with out sufficient and efficient means of intercourse with other centers and tributary territories; that such means can only be afforded by prosperous utility and service companies and that fair rates are essential to prosper ous companies. We do not believe that any public either desires or can obtain, nor can any service or utility furnish, permanent and efficient serv ice at less than cost, including capi tal charges. We believe that ulti mately the public either directly or indirectly pays the losses involved in the efforts to furnish such service at less than its fair cost, either through the loss of capital involved, the losses incident to poor service or the neces sary increase in charges required to pay for duplication of capital. We believe that the highest com mercial value of the telephone service depends on its completeness—on the **xtent and comprehensiveness of the facilities for intercommunication, not only between individuals, but between centers of population: that no isolated section can be considered independ ently of any other section or of the whole; that rates must be so adjusted is to make It possible to obtain the maximum development by making it possible for everyone to be connected who will add to the value of the sys tem. thus giving the greatest value to the greatest number; that the in terdependence of the telephone service and the value of complete and uni versal Intercommunication justify and require some services partly at the expense of the whole for the benefit of the whole. We believe that this highest com mercial value can only be attained by one system under one common control and that it can not bo given by independent systems unless they are operated under agreements which result in one common control and one common Interest, In effect making them a single system. We believe that rates should be so adjusted as to afford the company sufficient revenue to pay such wages and compensation as will secure the most efficient service; to maintain the very highest and most advanced standards of plant and apparatus, to carry on such scientific and experi mental research and inventions as to apparatus and methods as to insure the highest standards, and to carry to reserve and depreciation such amounts as wfill enable the company at any time to replace old plant and old methods with new plant and new methods as fast as they may be de veloped and found to be to the ad vantage of the service. We believe that in addition such fair charges should be paid upon the investment in plant as will enable the company at any time to obtain money neces sary to provide the plant required to meet the continuing demands of the public; and in order that waste and duplication of effort may be avoided and uniformity of purpose and com mon control be enforced, that there should be a centralized general ad ministration in close communication wiUi arfd having general authority over the whole on matters common to all or matters of general policy. We believe that any surplus beyond that necessary to equalize dividends on a fair basis should be used by the company for the benefit of the public and should be inalienable for any other purpose, and should be either invested in revenue-earning plant un til necessary to substitute plant which may become inadequate or obsolete, or should be used to make the serv ice cheaper or better. We believe that under proper gov ernmental control and regulation the profits from promotion or operation allowed to be distributed should not be so large as to warrant or tempt complete duplication of plant and or ganization, with its duplication of its capital charges and its organization, operating, maintenance and deprecia- tion expenses; and we do not believe ! that utilities giving at fair rates an efficient and sufficiently comprehen sive universal service should be sub ject to limited competition, not giv ing such service. Competition which Ignores the obligation to furnish a complete and comprehensive service is not competition, is not for the ben efit of the public in that it does not reach the whole public interested. If, therefore, complete duplication, with its dual exchange connection and dual bills for service, is a pre requisite to complete competition, Government control and regulation can not go hand in hand with compe tition. We believe that the record of the Be 1 System will be accepted by the public as fully in accord with these declarations. Consistent adherence to this policy has given the publio of the Lnited States the best, most comprehensive and cheapest tele- phone service In the world and made the Bell standards the standards of all nations. To remove any possible excuse for misapprehension on account of the many misleading statements which have been circulated as to the alleged unnecessary and overcapitalization and excessive charges of the Bell by stem, the following statistics are given, Except where stated, the fig ures are for the Bell System; that is, the American Telephone and Tele- graph, and Its Associated Companies. iQ?Q he v, Sn i tlIe Bel1 S 5' stem on June 30, J,f 1 fh» had ,.r Ut8 S ndlns ln the hands of the public obligations (I. e., notes open accounts, bonds and shares) to the par value of $776,000,000. The book value of the total tangi ble assets, which is considerably less than their replacement value amounted to $960,000,000. Many ap praisals of property Included in these assets have been made, and most of them under the direction of public authorities In no case has the value as it stands on the books failed to be sustained, and in most cases it has been very largely exceeded. rhe total dividends and Interest onU U £i nS the year 1912 amounted to only 6.1 per cent on the average of Its outstanding obligations, and to less than 6 per cent on the average value of Its assets. The actual cash which has been paid Into the treasury of the Ameri can Telephone and Telegraph Compa ny on account of the capital obllga- *■>2 oVnlfift ° ,Usta " dln & amounts to $--,000,000 more than the par of such outstanding obligations. The Associated Companies collect ed from the public and paid back in taxes over $10,000,000 during the year The steadily increasing necessities of the public not only for additional but for new telephone service can only be met by new construction in- voUdng capital outlay. To meet these demands during the six and one-half years irom 1907 to 1913, Inclusive the increase ln telephone plant was as follows: Toll line wire increased from 1,460,000 miles to 2,242,000 miles- exchange wire increased from 6,000 - 000 miles to 13,000.000; the number of exchange stations increased from 2,130,000 to 5,200,000; the number of stations of independent companies connected with the Bell System In creased from 343,000 to 2,620,000. The number of Independent companies connected with the Bell System is about 26,000. The number of em ployees ln the Bell System, not in cluding the employees of connected companies, on December 31, 1912, was During this same period the num ber of shareholders of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, not including either the associated or connected companies, increased from 17,000 to about 54,000. About 47,000 ; shareholders hold less than 100 shares leach; 6,500 shareholders hold fro.a 100 to 1,000 shares each; 347 share- ! holders hold from 1,000 to 5,000 shares ! each, while there are only 16 share- | holders of 5,000 shares or over ln their own right. A majority of the share holders are women. American Telephone and Telegraph Company. THEO. N. VAIL, Preeident. i Adv. , ft] 'V t \i t f \ ♦ t > m a t f 'h «