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THE ATLANTA HEUKUiAN AND NEVVSi
BANK MEET FI
National Association Secretary Is
Here to See if Atlanta Can Fur
nish Adequate Quarters.
Fred E. Farnsworth, secretary of
the American Bankers* Association
tor the past six years, is in Atlanta
to determine whether the city’s hotels
can give adequate accommodations to
the National Bankers’ Convention in
the autumn of 1914.
“There is no doubt that Atlanta can
do everything else handsomely in the
way of entertainment,’’ says Mr.
Farnsworth. “We know all about
Southern hospitality and we know the
Atlanta bankers. But Atlanta is grow
ing so rapidly that its hotels are busy
all the while. The question is, can
all other business be turned away to
take care of the 3,000 or more bank
ers? *
Bankers Want the Best.
"You know bankers want the best
of everything. They won’t take rooms
without baths, and they positively
will not ‘double ud.’ ”
Mr. Farnsworth is just from Wash
ington, where he has been working
hard to assist the bankers in getting
what they regard as vital amend
ments to the Owen-Glass currency
bill.
“I do not believe the Administra
tion currency reform plan will pass
in its present form," he says. “It will
pass the House practically as it
stajids, but, in my belief, it will be
amended considerably in the Senate.
The temper of the Senate is -shown
by the fact that while the bankers
were to have had a six-hour hearing
before the committee, they were kept
four and a half days by the eager
questioning of the committeemen,
hich covered not only the currency
bill but all manner of subjects di
rectly and indirectly connected with
finance.
Bill To Be Debated.
“The currency bill undoubtedly will
be the leading topic of discussion at
the Boston convention which opens
October 6. The currency commission
of the association will make a report,
and general debate will follow. South
ern members of this commisison are
Joseph McCord, of Atlanta, and Sol
Wexler, of New Orleans.
“The bankers’ objection to the plan
as outlined are fourfold: Govern
mental control, governmental issue of
tank notes, the disposition of reserves
and dispoistion of the 2 per cent
Government bonds.”
Mr. Farnsworth sees good times
ahead.
“Autumn has not developed the ex
pected stringency of money,” he says.
“The crons are moving without undue
strain, and prospects are for healthy
conditions to follow'. The South in
particular seems to be in good shape
Dinner Is Planned.
J. K. Ottley, of the Fourth National
Bank; Haynes McFadden. secretary
of the Georgia Bankers’ Association,
and Fred Houser, secretary of the At
lanta Convention Bureau, met Mr.
Farnsworth at the Terminal Station
Monday morning at 11:15 o’clock. Mr.
Farnsworth was taken to the Pied
mont Hotel. Monday night there will
be a dinner in his honor at the Ansley
Hotel. He remains until Tuesday aft
ernoon.
The convention bureau has secured
pledges of 1,791 rooms w'hich will be
get aside for the use of the Bankers’
Convention in the Atlanta hotels. It
is believed this pledge will be satis
factory.
“I think the association will take
kindly to the idea of coming to At
lanta. as it did in 1895,” says Mr.
Farnsworth. “The only question is
one of accommodations.”
Fitzsimmons' Son
Blinded by Enemy
EL PASO. TEXA r -, Sept. 15.—A
young man who claims to be Robert
Fitzsimmons, Jr., son of the famoue
pugilist and an actor, lies in the
hospital here to-day blinded by am
monia which was thrown Into hts
eyes by a man with whom he had
quarreled.
The victim will lose the sight o»
both eyes.
WEARING BOOSTER BUTTONS NOW
GREAT FAD IN ATLANTA SOCIETY
MISS FRANCES WILLIAMS.
SCORES
COLLAPSE OF
Councilman Ashley, After Inspec
tion, Criticises Carrier System
at Disposal Plant.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—PresI-
dent Wilson has wielded the “big
stick” on Miss Julia Lathrop, head
of the children’s bureau of the De
partment of Labor, and four employ
ees of the Department of Commerce,
who are alleged to have been stump
ing Alabama in the interest of Repre
sentative Richmond Pearson Hobson,
candidate for Senator.
All have been recalled from that
State as a result of protests made
by friends of Representative Clayton,
recently .appointed by Governor
O’Neal of Alabama to succeed the late
Senator Johnston.
It is understood that the protests
charged that these Government em
ployees had violated the executive
order against “pernicious political ac
tivity.” If the charges are substan
tiated they undoubtedly will be rep
rimanded by the President.
FATHER PURSUES
RUNAWAY GIRL
Atlanta’s new crematory is practi
cally out of operation and Monday
the carts were turned to the old
flumping grounds with their loads of
garbage. This was the report made
to Mayor Woodward by Councilman
Claude Ashley Monday, following a
visit by him to the crematory, and
criticism of the plant’s collapse was
widespread.
In his talk with the Mayor, Mr.
Ashley severely criticised the ar
rangements by which the garbage is
transported from the pit to the fur
naces, and offered the suggestion that
traveling cranes he substituted for
the present system.
“The system of handling the gar
bage In use now keeps one spot in the
pit clean, but fails to properly remove
the garbage along the sides of the
pit," he said.
Double Strain on Motors.
“A great many cables have been
broken on the buckets used, while the
heavy strain burns out the motors
rapidly. The system In use Is similar
to the trap-stick system, having a
bucket on each end. The buckets are
swung out, and at times are at a
great angle, making a double strain
on the motors.”
“They are three months behind on
their promises, and the plant Is prac
tically at a standstill,” raid the May
or. sarcastically. "Why, they said
they would have one unit of the plant
ready by June 1 and the entire plant
completed by June 15. Here it is
three months after the time promised
for completion and to-day they are
not even working the one unit prom
ised for June 1.
“Someone asked me the other day
why we were raising so much of a
row' about the crematory. Well, 1
think when a thing costs a city $250.-
000 that we are entitled to raise a
row If the thing is not what It should
be.
Forfeit a Mere Begetelle.
If we can save the city $50,000 In
the cost of this plant I think we w’ill
be doing well. And until this plant Is
In perfect working order we are go
ing to continue to raise a row.
“The contract called for the turning
over of the plant to the city August
15 and a forfeit of $25 a day for each
day’s delay. A month has passed
since the final date and while we
have a forfeit of $25 a day charger
against the manufacturers the totai
sum of it but a drop in the bucket
compared to what we expect to save
the city on this plant."
Mayor Woodward some time ago
appointed Frank Lederle as the engi
neer to represent the city in a test
run of the plant. The plant has not
yet been turned over to Lederle for
the 30-day test.
Judge Russell to
Head Appeals Court
By Service Seniority
Judge Richard B. Russell will be
come Chief Judge of the Court of
Appeals by right of sonority of ser
vice, and not by election, as has
been the prevailing Impression.
Judge Russell would have been
Chief Judge In any event, but under
the rules of the court the oldest
judge In point of service becomes
Chief Judge automatically, and there
fore no election will be necessary In
the case of Judge Russell. He is the
senior member of the court, after
Judge Hill, the present Chief Judge,
appointed to the new Atlanta Court.
In order to permit Judge Hill to
complete the work he now has in
hand before leaving the Appellate
bench, the Court of Appeals will hear
no arguments between now and Oc
tober 13.
It may be that Judge Hill will not
leave the Appellate bench formally
before that date.
Today Is
""Darby Day
In Atlanta
ies, it s rainy.
“The Darhy
Sept. 15!
Goodbye Straw!
Come in and try on this New Shape.
Then you 11 he happy until the Ground-
Hog comes out again next Spring
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116 Peachtree
North Avenue Belle Enlists Her
Friends in Cause of “500.-
000 by 1920.”
With the advent of the new-booster
buttons bearing the picture of one of
Atlanta's prettiest society girls,
“boosting for Atlanta” promises to
become as great a fad as the tango,
the turkey trot and the hundred and
one other things with which society
whiles away its time.
Hundreds of Atlanta society per
sons have taken to w'earing the but
tons, and they have developed into
enthusiastic boosters for the Gate
City.
Miss Frances Williams, of No. 35
West North avenue, one of Atlanta’s
prettiest girls, was one of the first
to take up the new' fad. She obtained
a button shortly after they were re
ceived at The Georgian office and has
worn it proudly and enthusiastically
ever since.
She has enlisted many of her
friends in the cause of “500,000 people
for Atlanta,” and as a result of her
efforts the booster button adorning
the girls of Atlanta nas become one
of the common spectacles of Peach
tree street.
Almost as many girls as men are
I w'earing them now, and they are as
enthusiastic as their brothers and
sweethearts over the new movement.
Thousands of the buttons have
been given out to firms and business
men, but there are still plenty left
for distribution. Organizations, firms
and others who desire to get some of
the buttons and aid in the good work
of boosting Atlanta can have them
by writing to The Georgian or
Hearst’s Sunday American .and tell
ing how many they need. They will
be sent at once to any address.
Miss ^Thelma Freeman, the pretty
15-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. M. Freeman, of Atlanta, is back at
the home of her parents, after figur
ing in a runaway that had them near
ly distracted with anxiety.
The young girl disappeared from
home Saturday. Her father and
mother instituted an immediate
search. They thought she might have
accompanied a friend from Montgom
ery back to the Alabama city. They
wired the Montgomery police. De
tectives Payne and Cloud visited the
home of the younV woman, who had
just returned from Atlanta, and con
firmed the suspicions of Mr. and Mrs.
Freeman by discovering little Miss
Freeman comfortably esconced there
and not at all willing to return home.
Mr. Freeman was notified and ar
rived at Montgomery at 10:50 Sun
day. His daughter meanwhile was
taken to the police station. She met
him with a storm of protestation?
against coming hack to Atlanta, .scold
ing him severely for following her to
Montgomery.
The father argued and remon
strated with her and finally persuad
ed her that the strictness with which
she was treated by her mother ai
home was in reality for her own good.
A reconciliation was effected and
father and daughter left the station
together. They returned to Atlanta
on the evening train over the Atlanta
and West Point Railroad.
Treats 395 Rabies
Patients; All Saved
PARIS, Sept. 15.—Professor Elio
Metchnikoff, of the Pasteur Institute,
considers the reported discovery of
the microbe of hydrophobia by Dr.
Hideyo Noguchi, of the Rockefeller
Institute of Medical Research, of New
York, to bo of great medical impor
tance.
He remarked to-day that not one
death had occurred among the 395
persons treated at the Institute In
1912. This Is tho second time this
record has been made in 27 years.
American Miner Is
Cruelly Slain by
Bandits in Mexico
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 15.—News
of the murder of Morris P. Root,
American superintendent of the El
Tigre mines at Tepic, Mexico, was
brought here by the steamer Peru,
which had almost 100 refugees
aboard.
The mining engineer was Intercept
ed by bandits on his way to join em
ployees of the company preparing to
defend the mine property. He was
cut to pieces.
Root w'as 50 years old and had been
in Mexico sixteen years.
Max Lambert, another American
engineer who arrived on the Peru,
was left for dead by bandits who at
tacked his home in the state of Tepic.
Lambert’s wife and child escaped by
crawling through a rear window and
he remained to greet the bandits,
whose approach was noticed when
they were a mile away. When they
departed Mrs. Lambert returned and
got aid.
Blease Wanted as
Witness Against
U. S. by Publisher
WILMINGTON. Sept. 15.—Cole I
Blease, Governor of South Carolina. Is
wanted In Elizabeth City as a witness
for the defendant in the case of the
United States against the publisher of
‘Down Homer,’ a free thought maga
zine, W. O. Saunders, who is to be
tried October 14 on the charge of
publishing, in violation of the Fed
eral statute, matter tending to incite
murder and arson.
Saunders wrote and published an
article In which he Mated that “('ole
Blease ought to be shot,” and h
hopes to prove by the Governor him
self that he has not been murdered or
Incinerated as a result of anything he
has written about him.
Women Are Active
In Bond Election
SAVANNAH, Sept. 15.—Suffragists
will gain a firm foothold in Savan
nah to-day if the ejection for a $200,-
000 auditor'um bond issue carries.
For the first time in the city’s his
tory society women have been active
in the campaign, and to-day they ar6
prominent at the voting places.
Striker Prefers Jail
Sentence to $10 Fine
MOBILE, Sept. 15.—A. C. Smith, a
striking boilermakPR who violated an
injunction recently issued against him
and other members of his union by
going on the property of the fluff
City Boiler Works and interfering
with strike-greakers, was fined $10 or
24 hours in jail.
Smith went to jail. A motion to
dissolve the injunction now in force
vs as refused.
Taken to Hospital in
Car That Struck Her
Roxle Carmichael, a negress, was
injured Monday morning when she
was run down at Peachtree and Cain
streets by an automobile driven by W.
P. Wash, No. 335 North Jackson
street, who was on his way to Union
Station to catch a train for Athena,
where he is a student at the univer
sity.
Mr. Wash took the woman to Grady
Hospital. Physicians state she is a n
seriously injured.
Mr. Wash reported the accident to
the police. No case was made a rt alnst
him.
Miss Lou Hook Dies;
Funeral on Tuesday
Miss Lou T. Hook, 44 years old
well-known Atlantan, died Monday
morning at the residence at East
Lake Junction.
Surviving her are four sisters, Mrs
Albert Howell, Sr., Mrs. F. J. Brant-
ling, Mrs. Tyre L. Jennings and Miss
Sue Hook, all of Atlanta, and three
brothers, E. B. and J. S. Hook, of Au
gusto, and A. S. Hook, of Atlanta
Funeral services will be held at ?h«
residence at 3:30 p. m. Tuesday, the
Rev. L. O. Brlcker officiating. Inter
ment will be in Augusta.
Frank Case and New Bench Ap
pointments Cause Congestion
in Court—100 Await Tripl.
Solicitor General Dorsey is on a still
hunt for a judge to conduct the large
grist of cases which have piled up
since the June term of «?ourt. The
Frank trial caused all other court
business to accumulate, and the re
cent bench appointments still further
have delayed the disposal of several
scores of cases.
More than one hundred prisoners
are In the county Jail awaiting trial.
Some of them have been there much
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TO S6 ; DRIZZLE
Chilly Rain and Fall Weather
Bring Out Overcoats and
Start Grate Fires.
With the temperature in the fir?T«ji
and a chilling, depressing rain spread
ing a mantle of gloom over the city,
Atlanta Monday shivered in reai falJ
weather.
Overcoats made their first appear
ance on the streets and brought envy
to the hearts of those not so well pre
pared or not yet ready to admit that
summer had gone. The Peachtree
parade was a rather drab affair, lack
ing the usual gay coloring. The at-
longer than is usual to hold them be- I tractive had been momentarily laid
for trial. The Solicitor wishes to have i aside for the comfortable,
them placed on trial at the earliest 1 Coal dealers said that the cool snap
possible moment and does not wish to brought a lively awakening in their
wait until some time In October for I line, scores of housewives suddenly
Judge Ben H. Hill to take the new remembering that a cheery blaze at
home would not be amiss.
The temperature at noon was 56,
I with little prospect of a change for
the better, and the weather bureau
I announced that there would be more
| rain to-night and to-ffvorfow.
Atlanta circuit judgeship If he can j
avoid this delay.
An effort is being made to have I
one of the Superior Court judges pre-jl
side. If this fails, It Is probable that
judge from an outside circuit will j
be brought in. « TTT ,
Conley One To Be Tried. Three Feet of Water
Jim Conley, self-confessed accessory In Mobile Streets,
after the fact in the murder of Mary j MOBILE, Sept. 15.—A total of 11.01
F^iagan, will be one of those placed j inches of rain has fallen in Mobile
u, “'~ # .i-- *- w ithin the past two days, doing many
on trial. Nothing of the spectacular
Interest that obtained at the Frank
trial will be shown when the negro
Is brought Into cour . It will be little
more than a formality. Conley will
p ,ead * uM y and wl " be sentenced. Asheville Dons Furs;
There will be no witnesses.
Judge Roan will hear the argu
ment for a i%ew trial of Frank October
4, but all the subsequent litigation in
behalf of the convicted man will be
heard by another judge.
The recent bench appointments also
may cause another delay in the set
tlement of the celebrated Crawford
case. Mrs. Mary Belle Crawford has
been accused of poisoning her wealthy
husband, Joshua Crawford. Solicitor
Dorsey found himself disqualified to
act as the prosecutor of Mrs. Cran
ford, Frank A. Hooper and several
others were named later to act in this
capacity, but the same disqualifica
tion existed In each case. Charles S. PHOENIXVILLE, PA., Sept. 15.
Reid finally was selected to draw up William J. Bryan denies he is a vau-
the blank bill of Indictment against I devilllan or a “Peanut Secretary of
the accused woman and conduct the State,” or that he has made a trav-
thousands of dollars damage.
Streets of the business district were
flooded three feet. In many places
water backed up into several stores.
! Coal Dealers Rushed.
ASHEVILLE, Sept. 15.—Overcoats
and furs to-day took the place of
straw hats and summer suits, because
of the sudden drop in the tempera
ture followed by a 24-hour wintry
rain. Every other person met on the
streets wore an overcoat. The coal
dealers of the city have been called
upon to add extra equipment, so
great was the demand for fuel. No
crops will be damaged by the sudden
drop.
Bryan Denies He's a
“Peanut Secretary"
prosecution.
Defense Urges Haste.
He was prepared to go ahead with
6aid he objected
i mountebank or a
to. being called a
trapeze performer.
esty of diplomacy.
The Secretary of State has con
fided his views to persons with whom
he has come in contact on the Chau-
the case until it became known that | tauqua circuit. He asserted that he
Governor Slaton had appointed him , is a much-malinged individual. He
as the judge of the Stone Mountain
Circuit, of which he now is prose-
cutor. This will make It necessary p i 'D pT1 pl 1 A impel
to select still another attorney to J- CbJL x\ JJOUL/ll XillllGU.
conduct the case against Mrs. Craw
ford and may result Jn a delay of
several weeks more.
Burton Smith, one of her attorneys,
said Monday that it was the desire of
Mrs. Crawford’s counsel to bring the
accusations to an issue as soon as
posible. He declared that If the mem
bers of the Grand Jury regarded the
evidence against her sufficient to
warrant an indictment, her lawyers
were anxious that this be done at
once so that Mrs. Crawford would j
have the opportunity to defend her
self.
As Bar to Spooning
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—The
non-flirting bench Is being given a
tryout in the local parks.
The bench Is divided into three
parts by wrought iron arms, especil-
ly designed to chill spooning
thoughts.
Misdemeanor Docket
Being Cleared Rapidly.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Columbus to Vote
In Three Elections
COLUMBUS, Sept. 15.—The city of
Columbus has three registration books
open at this time.
One Is for the waterworks bond elec
tion, which takes place October 18, the
other for the commission government
election to be held December 10, while
the third is for the general city elec
tion, w’hich Is to be held on the second
Saturday In December, which Is the
13th of the month
Celebrates Silver
Wedding Over Phone
NEW YORK. Sept. 15 —Franklin D.
Smith, of Chicago, unable to go home
to celebrate his sliver wedding anniver
sary. gave a dinner to his friends at the
Astor Hotel here and used the long dis
tance telephone.
The party assembled. Mrs. Smith was
called to the phone in Chicago and con
gratulations were exchanged.
Divorce Suit Based
On Photo of Woman
Because, among other things, she
found in her husband’s pockets the
picture of a scantily clad woman
drinking a glass of beer. Mrs. Dell
Foret filed petition for divorce and
alimony against L. C. Foret, a tailor,
In Judge Bell’s division of the Supe
rior Court Monday.
Attorney John Y. Smith will rep
resent thep lalntlff in the suit.
Atlanta Train Near
Plunge Into River
EUFAULA, Sept. 15.—Just after the
Atlanta train on the Central of Geor
gia Railroad had crossed the bridge
over the Chattahoochee River to-day
the trucks of the tender jumped the
track.
Had the accident occurred a few
feet farther back the train probably
would have toppled 100 feet Into the
river. - ■
Austria Likeiy to
Have Fair Exhibit
Soeclal Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
VIENNA, Sept. 15.—Although the
Austrian Government has not yet re
plied to the United States' invitation
to participate officially In the Pana
ma Fair, there is a - widespread move
ment among the industrialists of Aus
tria-Hungary In favor of sending in
hibits to San Francisco.
Many applications for space have
been received already.
Diary of Honeymoon
Used to Win Decree
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 15.—Three weeks
after her marriage Mrs. Charles Huf-
schmidt began to keep a diary for a
divorce suit which she anticipated
bringing.
She exhibited the record tj show
cruel treatment.
You are invited to the
Atlanta Theater, Tuesday
night, September 16. Bril
liant music and interesting
exercises. Admission free.
Southern College of Pharmacy.
Between 20 and $5 misdemeanor Bears the
cases, including the case of Ike Jack- ; BigL^ture of
son, negro, who was sentenced for a
year for stabbing a negro woman, _____
were disposed of in Judge Calhoun’s j
division of the City Court Monday
morning. More than 200 cases, the
heaviest docket in years, probably j
will be completed this week.
Judge Calhoun’s division was called
Monday following adjournment of the 12th to 19tll and moming 20th.
criminal branch of the Superior court. Return limit September 27, privi-
presided over by Judge Roan, who is , PV tPn<rinTi Honored on all
holding court in the Stone Mountain le & e extension, nonorea on ail
circuit. trains; stopovers permitted.
. T]fT1 jjrj SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Millionaire Who Was 1
CHATTANOOGA.
Only $3 round trip. First-
class tickets. Sold daily Sept.
Store Cash Boy Dead
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 15.—Ellis Mich
aels, millionaire merchant, who is
dead here, began his business career
in Memphis as cash boy in a depart
ment store.
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Courses in Architecture, Mechanical Draw-
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