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3 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 f ll V!s 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 f 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. WOMEN FROM ATLANTIC TO PACIFIC From all sections of this great coup try, no city so large, no vil- S lage so small hut that some worn- j an has written words of thanks S for health restored t<> the Lydia E. j Pinkham Medicine Co., of Lynn, j Mass. Any woman who is suf- j fering from the ills peculiar to her j sex should not rest until she has < given this famous remedy, Lydia z E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- S pound, a trial. Guaranteed Fresh Country EGGS nv* “oDoz. Guaranteed 12 Good Eggs to the Dozen 7 lbs. Fresh Roast=Q^r ed Grain Coffee 20 lbs. Sugar Gallon Valva Syrup No. tO Stiver Leai Lard No. lO Cottolene -rgo Salmon, can Gash Grocery Co. Sl.OO > 44c $1.29 i $1.09 12 12c j 118 Whitehall Night School at Georgia Tech Will Open September 17. Enrollment and Registration September 15 to 19 Inclusive Courses in Architecture, Mechanical Draw- ing, Electrical Engineering, Woodwork, Carpentry and Joinery, Foundry Practice, Machine Shop, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics, Chemistry, English. This Night School Is a Regular Department of Ga. Tech Contingent Fee $5 Per Term. TUITION FREE For further information write J. N. G. Nesbit.