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TUESDAY. APRTL 20, 1915.-
THF. ATLANTA GEORGIAN
ATLANTA GA
n
Gunman Case
Witness in
Tower here
/Attorney general once
Won Honors in Frank Case
Attorney General Warren Grice, whose presentation of the
States’s argument in the Supreme Court’s Frank hearing has won
the praise of his colleague*.
Morris Loeb, alias Lubin, of New
York, charged with forgery in that
State, has been sent to the Tower oy
Judge Hill to be held twenty days
awaiting extradition papers to Nsw
York from Governor Whitman.
Loeb was an important witness !n
the celebrated gunmen case in New
York City when Governor Whitrrtan
wag District Attorney and conducted
th© prosecution of the murderers of
the gambler Rosenthal. He testified
under the name of Morris Lubin, and
for the service that be rendered the
State in that case Colonel T. Donnel
ly Bennett, who Is representing Loeb
in his fight for liberty in Atlanta, be
lieves that he will be a free man in
twenty days.
Loeb has pinned his faith to Gov
ernor Whitman, believing that he
will not furnish Charles Donnelly,
Pinkerton detective from New York,
who is here after Loeb, with requisi
tion papers on Governor Slaton.
Chattanooga found a balm for most
of her civic sores in commission form
of government. Chattanooga is a city
much like Atlanta, and her late politi
cal experiences are worthy of study.
It is true that Chattanooga isn’t a
model city as yet. but she is not af
flicted with an inefficient police de
partment, an antique system of de
termining paving, and a legislative
body the hands of which are bound by
the cords of ward politics and fac
tional prejudice.
Commission form of government
has been proven a success in the Ten
nessee city that nestles at the foot of
Old Lookout, Just across the* Georgia
line. Five years ago Chattanooga
was controlled by a band of petty pol
iticians, w’ho placed personal gain and
political advancement above the good
of the municipality or its citizenship.
They were thrown out of office by a
legislative enactment, which provided
for a commission charter, and the
new form of government was inaugu
rated May i, 1911. Terms of commis
sioners were for four years
Initiative, recall and referendum
clauses in the charter give the people
the right to rescind any important
act of tha Commission, force the cre
ation of new laws or recall any offi
cial at any time.
Five years ago the police depart
ment of Chattanooga was Composed
of brave and efficient men, who were
forced, however, to devote their time
to politics and other personal fancies
of their Chief. The people w r ere help-
less. The Chief was appointed oy
the Board of Public Safety, which
was elected by members of the Board
of Councllmen and the Board of Al
dermen. Of course, the people elect
ed the General Council, but each
Councilman and Alderman insisted he
was in a minority and members of
the Safety Board blamed their as
sociates for the misuse of power,
while the “sovereign voter” put his
valuables in a safety deposit box and
apologized to every policeman he met
for not having a better brand of ci
gars
The worm finally turned, of course.*
When the entire police force was
taken into a political convention and
the mighty arm of the law used to
rap honest voters over the head with
clubs because Jhelr political convic
tions did not agree with those of the
Chief, and they were foolish enough
to try to be Independent, there was
a revolt, which ended in a commis
sion charter.
Now Chattanooga policemen
spend their time catching criminals,
and they will let you vote as you
please, provided it isn't too often, and
they are really respectful.
When a citizen has a complaint, he
goes to the Commissioner of Police
and gets as much attention as though
he were telling the head of a depart
ment store about discourtesy or in
efficiency on the part of one of the
clerks.
And burglars and pickpockets and
highwaymen will ride on the outside
of a freight rain through twelve
hours of zero weather to go around
Chattanooga and get to Atlanta.
Activity of Robbers Drives Cil
zens to Seek Protection From
Marauding Bands.
Prominent Clubwoman, Shot Acci
dentally, Is Believed To Be
Out of Danger Now,
Secretary Fred Houser Will Go to
San Francisco After Many Big
Conventions for 1916.
Mrs. William* McCarthy, at Grady
Hospital Tuesday, was believed out
of danger from the wound in her side
Inflicted by the accidental discharge
of an automatic pistol In her home,
No. 299 North Boulevard, Monday
evening.
Mrs. McCarthy Is the wife of a
prominent insurance man and herself
Is one of the best known women In
Atlanta as president of the Atlanta
Chapter, United Daughters of the
Confederacy, and a past grand secre
tary of the Eastern Star. The injury
from which she is suffering occurred
when she was examining an auto
matic pistol which she had borrowed
for protection against burglars, and
the operation of which she was trying
to solve. As she examined it, the
weapon slipped from her hands and
was discharged.
The shot aroused neighbors, and
Mrs. McCarthy was taken to Grady
Hospital, where physicians said the
wound, while serious, was not at all
likely to prove fatal.
if Atlanta wins only half of the
national conventions . ■ 1 she will
go after during the summer months
at the Panama-Pacific International
Exposition there will be entertained
here during 1916 more than 60,000
visitors, aside from the thousands of
delegates who will come here next
year to annual meetings which al
ready have been secured.
Here are some of the national
meetings which will be In session In
Los Angeles and San Francisco In
June and July and which Fred
Houser, secretary of the Atlanta Con
vention Bureau, will extend Invita
tions to comp to Atlanta next year
during his 60-day visit to the fair
and Pacific coast cities:
National meeting of the American
Medical Association, approximate
attendance 2,000; national meeting of
the B P. O. E., attendance 30,000; an
nual convention National Eclectic
Medical Assoetatlort, attendance
1,000; Soverign (’amp of the Wood
men of the World, tatendance 3,000;
national convention Electric Light
Association, attendance 3,000.
The annual meeting of the Rotary
Clubs of America will be attended by
Ivan E. Allen, president of the con
vention bureau, and A. S. Adams,
president of the local Rotary Club,
both of whom will present Atlanta’s
claims for the 1916 meetings.
Secretary Houser will leave At
lanta for the Pacific Coast the latter
part of May. He will maintain head
quarters in’ the Press Building, on the
exposition grounds, from where he
will distribute a quantity of litera
ture on Atlanta and its commercial
advantages.
The usual number of burglaries, a
pickpocket who worked at Five
Points and appeals from citizens for
mure police protection was the story
told by the docket at the police sta
tion Tuesday.
A burglar boarded a Seaboard en
gine in the railroads yards Monday
night and looted the clothes chest of
Engineer J. B. Garrison of clothing,
a stickpin and a pistol.
L. .1. Perkle, of No.' 286 Washington
street, reported that his pocket had
been picked at Five Points of $10 In
cash. He said he believed a negro
robbed him as he passed Decatur and
Peachtree streets.
Shoe Plant Burglarized.
The plant of the J. K, Orr Shoe
Company was burglarized Monday
and A quantity of shoe leather stolen
from one of the storerooms. A ne-
gress, who gave her name as Ella
Smith, of No. 374-B Jackson place,
was arrested in connection with the
robbery, and a large amount of the
stolen goods recovered from her
home. The negress implicated an
other negro woman, for whom the
police are searching.
C. M. Oliver, of No. 15 Windsor
street, told the police he had be’en
robbed of a pistol.
E. P. McBurney, of No. 1058 Peach
tree street, secretary and manager of
the Westview Cemetery Association;
appealed to the police for more pro
tection for his home from burglars.
Scene of Several Attempts.
According to the report, Mr. Mc-
Burney’s home has been the scene of
several attempted robberies. A bur
glar several nights ago was frightened
away while attempting to enter the
house.
The residence at No. 190 East Geor
gia avenue, according to the police
record, was the scene of an attempted
burglary Monday night. E. D. Saye,
of No. 1^1 East Georgia avenue, told
(he police he saw the prowler as he
entered the yard of the home, and
frightened him away.
Clothing was reported stolen from
Charles Ogletree, of No. 14 Wells
street; Joe Inman, of No. 71 Jones
avenue, and W. H. Ray, of No. 45 West
Mitchell street.
Charles Nobles, of No. 265 West
Mitchell street, told the police ha had
been robbed of a box of shoes.
GRAY & HALEY,
Wall Paper. Qaulity Decorator*,
Last, week Chattanooga voters
elected all municipal officers and their
appreciation of commission govern
ment is shown in the fact that every
candidate who had been even indi
rectly connected with the opposition
to the new chartre four years ago
was eliminated from the running In
the primary.
It is significant of the popularity of
the new government that no one had
the courage to declare for even an
amendment to the charter. For four
years charter amendment proposals
have been considered a form of politi
cal suicide. Some of the candidates
who entered in the nonpartisan pri
mary had been opposed to commis
sion form when it was first suggested,
however, and the people apparently
did not trust in their reformation.
This Coupon, If Presented At
Onoe, Together With Only 85e
In Cash Is Good for a One-
Dollar Bottle of
South Searched for
Missing Railroader
Old Indian Liver
and Kidney Tonic
The police of Southern cities have
been asked to aid in the search for
James A. McDevitt, 35, Southern
Railway employee, of jAshevllle, N. C.,
has been mlasnlg since April 10. His
wife lives at No. 33 Livingston street,
Asheville, and. according to dis
patches, she believes her husband
was drugged and robbed.
W. P. McDevitt, brother of the
missing man, is here from Louisville
to aid in the search. Mrs. E. M. Lid
dell, of No. 100 Lovejoy street, At
lanta, McDevitt’s sister, said she
would leave for Asheville to aid Mrs.
McDevitt in the search for the miss
ing man.
The two men who gave Chatta
nooga commission form of govern
ment—T. C. Betterton and E. D. Bass
—were elected by a decisive majority
for the two offices to which they as
pired.
Chattanooga's police department
was as sadly inefficient five years ago
as Atlanta’s is now. and for the same
reason. To-day it is as good as any
in the South, and the improvement
was brought about with but few
changes in the personnel of the de
partment.
How? It was made to serve the
people and enforce the written law by
the simple method of putting one man
in charge, and making him responsi
ble to the people for every act of the
department or any of its members.
That is commission form. Direct
responsibility to the people and pub
licity on air public acts.
Chattanooga is ruled by a Mayor
and four commissioners, who com
prise both the legislative and execu
tive branches of the government. The
Mayor is officially the head of the
'commission and in charge of the de
partment of public alTairs and finance.
Each of the four commissioners is as
signed to a department to which he is
most suited by training, and while the
commission as a whole sits in judg
ment over their acts—and in public
weekly sessions—they are directly re
sponsible for their separate depart
ments.
The Unfailing Remedy for Lud
ness and a Drowsy, Tired, ,'
Sleepy Feeling.
The same Is true of the department
of streets and sewers. Under the old
form of government, all public im
provements of this nature were done
under a Board of Public Works elect
ed by the General Council, and the
peopie had as much voice in their
election as a dead Mexican had In
seating Huerta in the President's
chair.
To get a street paved it was neces
sary to bring political pressure to
bear on n majority of members of
the Council, and a quick way to do
it was to sell some of them property
along the street at one-third its
value. This is not a suggestion for
Atlantans or an indictment against
Atlanta Councllmen.
Now the people have some author
ity in determining what streets shall
be paved, and when a certain pav
ing district is agreed on nil property
owners Interested are notified to at
tend the meeting to decide on the ma
terial for street and curbing
Chattanooga voters now have - a
voice in their government. Commis
sion form gave it to them, and they
would as soon think of going back
to the log houses and the frontier
styles of their pioneer fathers as of
reverting to councilmanlc rule
Love for Children
Reunites Parents
The greatest spring tonic on earth
for men, women and children
Because of the love for their two
children, L. C. Baker and his wife,
Mrs. Effie Baker, were reunited
Tuesday after having appeared In
court Monday before Recorder John
son, when it was charged by the hus
band that Mrs. Baker had run away
with an "affinity'' several months ago.
They are now on their way to their
country home at Norcross. She was
found, according to the police, at No.
45 Girard street
In court Mrs. Baker said she would
return with her husband on account
of her two children. Mrs. Bakers
mother. Mrs. Emma Hinkle, of No. 88
Bellwood avenue, said she would for
give her daughter, and promised to
help her.
Floyd Not to Defer
Vote on Bridge Bonds
ROME, April 20.—The Floyd Coun
ty Commissioners have decided to
deny petitions to postpone the bridge
bonds election. The vote was unani
mous. If the bond election fails a
special tax levy of 1 1-2 per cent will
be made to pay the cost of bridges.
Bids will be advertised for to-mor
row.
Kansas City W.C.T.U.
Worker Speaks Here
Mrs. Lizzie Owens Middleton, of
Kansas City, nation-wide temperance
worker, is the chief speaker before
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union Tuesday at,, the all-day insti
tute at the Baptist Tabernacle, on
Luekie street^ In the evening* Mrs.
Middleton will talk on “Alcohol and
its Effects on the Human System.’
The morning session was opened by
a devotional service by Dr. J. . ll
White, and followed by an address by
Mrs. Middleton. There were reports
read by Mrs. Julia Ellington, Mrs. W.
H. Preston and Mrs. Katie Lee
Reeves.
Junket Trip Nipped
In Bud by Council
It tfck»s th# p ar, of Calom«9 with
out any restriction of habit or diet
while taking. It positively will not
make you sick, gripe or nauseate you
In the slightest way like calomel pills
end most all the various kinds ot
liquid llvsr medicines. There ars
very few people In this world to-day
who feel so well that a fsw doses ot
this medicine would not malte them
feel a great deal better-and give-them
t. new lease on life.
It makes the eye bright, clears u*
the complexion, quickens the senses
end Is a most wonderful tonic and
Lppetlzer
Five or six d-ses will fix yen as
four work will net tire yon one gar-
llcle and you oan de ywur work wit#
ten times the ease.
It will work three 4e four gallons oi
bile from tha system that Is ae Mae#
ta any ink that you ever saw oems
out of any ink bottls. W# will pay)
One Wtmdred Dollars Reward if ill
gripes a particle or makes yon sick la
the slightest way.
This coupon Is good at Jaelcsnn *
Wesson's Drug Store, 30 Marietta,
ctrrner Broad and Marietta; A. U.
Cnrtla Druggist, Forsjth and
Mltchall, Petera and IIaynea. Peters
end Trenholm; Key Pharmaoy Cs..
110 Decatur street; Benjamin Phar
macy Go., 104 Whitehall street, corner
Mitchell and Whitehall; Elkin Drug
Oo., Mein Store, Five Points, Branca
Store, Grand Opera Honae BuHdtag.
We prepay parcel post chargee free
lo out-of-towrv customers, and out-of-
town trade should addraas thetr or-
•era to
CHEROKEE MED1C1NC COL
Atlanta. Ga.
Councilman A. W. Farlinger, chair
man of the Finance Committee, had
planned a nice trip to St. Louis and
other cities to inspect the elaborate
architecture and intricate business
systems of municipal warehouses. He
was to take along with him two minor
officials. One thing alone was lack
ing—an appropriation of expense
money. He offered a resolution in
Council Monday afternoon providing
$6on.
Half a dozen Councllmen arose at
the same time to object. Then they
tabled the resolution without argu
ment, which was an expression of a
very decided disapproval of the pro
posed trip.
Geo. P. Dickson New
Trustee of Library
Sees Shakespeare as
Grand Opera Prelude
'''■''XAwwwwwW"""
Got in Hair. Would Burn. Badly
Disfigured. Hair Came Out in
Spots. Dry and Lifeless. Cuticura
Healed. [Hair Now Beautiful.
State's main reliance In Washington
was upon Mr. Grice’s argument as
presented to the highest court in the
land.
Mr. Grice expects to be in the case
until- its finish. He and Solicitor
General Dorsey are in constant and
close touch with one another at all
times, and if any further move ?s
made by Frank’s attorneys before the
United States courts Mr. Grice again
will represent the State.
Mr. Grice’s home Is in Hawkins-
ville, where he long has enjoyed a
very aqccessful law practice. He was
named Attorney General bv the Gov
ernor about a year ago to fill the un
expired term of Thomas S. Felder, re
signed. His term of service expires
on June 26.
Attorney General Warren Grice,
who is serving an unexpired term
under appointment from Governor
John M. Slaton, is a comparatively
new figure in the Leo M. Frank case.
Mr. Grice made the main argument
before the Supreme Court of the
United States, asking for a dismissal
of Frank’s habeas corpus p’ea, whic-h
argument was sustained.
Mr. Grice came into the Frank case
when It was before the Supreme
Court of’Georgia, but made only a
brief argument there. When, upon
motion of Frank’s attorneys, how
ever, the case was carried to the
United States courts, the Attorney
General assumed the leading position
as counsel for the State, and the
George P. Dickson, an insurance
man, will succeed Willis M. Everett
as trustee of the Carnegie Library,
according to an election by Council
Mondav. Mr. Everett’s retirement
from the Library Board came about
through bis moving from the Tenth
Ward, which he represented.
G. M. Brown was elected to succeed
himself on the Sinking Fund Com
mission. Mayor Woodward presided
at the election and appointed Coun
cilman E. H. Inman to fill the va
cancy on the Police Committee of
Council brought about by the with
drawal of Alderman Edgar Dunlap
from the committee.
Shakespeare is a good prelude to
the French, Italian and German in
grand opera, according to Colonel
William Lawson Peel, president of the
Atlanta Music Festival Association,
who took Mrs. Peel Monday afternoon
to the Tech campus to see the Ben
Greet players in “As You Like It.”
Many society folk enjoyed the fine
performance.
Elsie Herndon Kearns, as Rosalind,
daughter of the banished duke, was
splendid throughout, and her presen
tation of the epilogue brought a storm
of applause.
R. F. D. No. 4, Box 134K.; Norfolk, Vo.
-—“I ■uffered from »n eruption which started
as a scale around my nose. Tt would Itch
and burn and Anally it spread over my faca
and got In my hair. I was badly disfigured.
When it was warm I was compelled to
scratch It to get ease. Wherever It was on
my head the hair would come out In spots.
My hair had become dry and lifeless.
“For three years I worked faithfully
trying’remedies that different people would
recommend and it would heal up for a little
while and then continued to Itch. Finally
one day I bought some Cuticura Soap and a
box of Cuticura Ointment and they healed
my eczema and now my hair Is beautiful.”
(Signed) Mrs. L. A. Peace, Sept. 23, 1914.
For pimples and blackheads the following
Is a most effective and economical treatment :
Gently smear the affected parts with Cuti
cura Ointment, but do not rub. Wash off
the Cuticura Ointment In five minutes with
Cuticura Soap and hot water and continue
bathing for some minutes.
NOW IS THE TIME
Your Dag Requires Attention!
Most dogs have worms, especially ‘n th-
Spring. While often undetected, they art
none the less dangerous.
U. S, Supreme Court
Praised by Newman
5 Policemen Soon to
Apply for Pensions
VERMILAX
Girl Typist Writes
130 Words a Minute
Speaking on “The Federal Judicial
System,” Judge William T. Newman,
of the United States Court for the
Northern District of Georgia, Monday
afternoon before the students of the
Atlanta Law School, defined the
jurisdiction of the United States Su
preme Court and said that the com
bined wisdom of all ages seemed 1o
enter Into its theory and construc
tion.
Judge Newman was introduced to
the students by Hamilton Douglas,
Sr., dean of the Atlanta l^aw School.
The lecture was delivered in the Fed
eral courtroom.
-fanovM every worm In 25 t*> 4b miiroto*.
Also Improves health and appearance gen
erallr 1" an indispensable Spring tonic.
Cae it ' For Your Dog s Sake.”
f B? Parcel Post, 50c and Si.00. or
at all stores of the Jacobs’ Pharmacy
Co.. E. H. Cone and other drug
glsis In Atlanta.
VERMILAX CO. (INC.).
Dept. 67. 220 W. 42d St..
New York.
Jailed for Giving
Prisoners Smokes
Applications to Council for pen
sions and retirement will be made
shortly by five members of the police
force, it was said Tuesday, In addi
tion to the twelve already on the pen
sion list.
The five who claim retirement on
half pay by virtue of twenty years’
consecutive service are Frank Whit
ley, Jeff Whitley. A. J. Tippen, R. A.
Rakestraw and A. D. Branan.
Pensioners are allowed $45, or half
the pay of a patrolman.
BOSTON, MASS. April 29.—Aver
aging 130 words a minute for one
hour, notwithstanding deductions of
flv© words each for 44 errors, Miss
Mary B. Owen, of Passaic, N. Y.,
made a new world’s record for speed
in typewriting.
The previous record was 129 words,
made by Emil A. Trefzger at New
York last fall.
I Bv International New* Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 20.—The In
terstate Comemrcc Commission has
suspended until October 30 pro
posed advances in rates on coal and
coke from mines in Tennessee, Ken
tucky, Illinois and Alabama to Mem
phis and New Orleans over railroads
in that territory.
COLOGNE, April 20.—The Cologne
Gazette reports the trial of a German
at Keimar on a charge of having giv
en three cigarettes to a French pris
oner passing through the town.
The court sentenced the man to one
day’s imprisonment, for “a lack of
feeling for his nationality.”
rnrr Dr. DeUtnet’t new, interesting
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ton. ” Sold throughout the world.
Salts at First Sign
Bladder Irritation or
Backache.
The American men and women
musi guard constantly against kidney
trouble, because we eat too much and
all our food i9 i ich. Our blood is filled
with uric acid, which th© kidneys
strive to filter out; they weaken from
overwork, become sluggish; the elim
inative tissues clog and the result is
kidney trouble, blAdder weakness and
a general decline In health.
When your kidneys feel like lumps
of lead, your back hurts or the urine
is cloudy, full of sediment or you are
obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night:, if you suffer
with sick headache or dizzy, nervous
spells, acid stomach, or you have
rheumatism when the weather is bad.
get from your pharmacist about four
ounces of Jad Saits; take a table
spoonful in a glass of water before
breakfast for a few days, and your
kidneys will then act fine. This fa
mous salts is made from the acid o£
grapes and lemon juice, combined
with lithia; and has been used for
generations to flush and stimulate
clogged kidneys; to neutralize the
acids in the urine so it no longer is a
source of lrrltaiion. thus ending blad
der disorders.
fad Salts is inexpensive, can not in
jure. makes a delightful effervescent
Hthia-water beverage and belongs in
every home, because nobody can
make a mistake by having a good kid
ney flushing any time Advertise
ment
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j. APRIL 21ST, in order to arrange our stock and prepare for
the most Sweeping Clothing Sale in the History of Atlanta—
keep your eyes open for to-
morrow’s announcement.
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SALE STARTS THURSDAY AT 9 A. M.
Watch this paper to-morrow for the startling particulars of the
est Sale Ever Known—it means money in your pocket.
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89 Whitehall St.
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