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ATLANTA, GA.
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Walnut street after he fled from the
Hotel Belgravia Tuesday morning.
The house is in one of the &heaper
residential districts of Philadelphia
and is but a square away from Fifty
second street, known as ‘“‘the Gay
White Way of West Philadelphia.”
Thaw is reported to have called his
mother, Mrs. Mary Copely Thaw, on
the long-distance telephone {n Pitts
burg twice last night.
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Freedomin N. Y.
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—Whatever
action follows the trial of Thaw, if
he recovers, after his attempt at sui
cide in Philadelphia, on the indict
ments now standing againet him,
it seems apparent he will
not be allowed his freedom, once
in the clutch of the New York au-
Three Days Only
A Special Purchase
Enables us to offer what we
consider the Greatest Value
ever. offered in Seasonable
Merchandise.
g $8 Values
$ 4.85 <
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Buck top.
$6.50 values, $3.95. $3.45 and $3.95.
ISignet Shoe Shop
13 Peachtree St
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THE FIRE AND WATER DAMAGED SALE OF L. SPRINGER’S STOCK OF LADIES AND MISSES
ING APPAREL FoRMERLY oF
HIGH-CLASS WEAR 95 WHITEHALL
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Will Be Open For Business FRIDAY, JAN. 12th. Doors Open Promptly at 9 o Clock
' ' ! rters, 6 Peachtree street. Every garmen t will be TAGGED and MARKED'in plain FIGURES at fire sale.pric.es. This is positively a
Bet te(;n p(lragxdqllsabackéd by the Springer reputation, over 2 0 years in business in Atlanta. This should be the greatest sale of its kind ever held in Atlanta,
I?::aausg zofixaz;ddlvf?:::nfil?;geof 81::1- chandise that is carried by an up-to-date ladies’ shop will be found at this sale.
LADIES' COATS
COAT SUITS
SKIRTS
DRESSES
WAISTS
FURS
SILK PETTICOATS
SILK UNDERGARMENTS
UNDERWEAR
CORSETS
RIBBONS
SWEATERS
WANTED—2S Extra Salesladies. Only those who are
experienced need apply. Apply in person to MRS. L
SPRINGER, at 6 Peachtree.
thorities. At the District Attorney’s
office it was sald today that a fresh
examination of Thaw on Insanity
Icharges might be forced by that of
fice.
Detectives are attempting to learn
the identity and location of some 650
boys who were card indexed in code
in Thaw's papers, according to au
thorities. The index, detectives say,
which was taken from Oliver Brow
er when he was arrested in Philadel
phia, charged with conspiracy, conw
tained “the names of boys in Califor
nia, particularly in Long Beach, Hot
Springs, N. C., New York and Miami,
Fla.
Persistent reports that” Oliver
Brower, held in $1,200 bajl in Phila
delphia for alleged conspiracy lin con
nection wiils the case, had disap
peared found credence. Detectives
Flood and Cuniffe stated they did not
believe the man would ever be seen
agaln,
Another indictment in the case is
expected today, Most of the evidence
presented to the Grand Jury today, it
is sald, dealt with the actlvities of
Brower,
Senators Join on
West for Judgeship
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—The South
Georgia Federal judgeship has been
simplified by Senators Hoke Smith
and Hardwick joining In an Indorse
ment to the Attorney General of John
T. West, of Thomson.
It is believed that the Attorney Gen
eral will accept this indorsement and
that the appointment of Mr., West will
take place early next week.
| BATHING SUITS
AND CAPS
' SILK HOSIERY
GLOVES
| MILLINERY
| TRIMMINGS
| FEATHERS
EVERYTHING MUST BE
' SOLD. POSITIVELY NOTH.
| ING RESERVED.
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~ An effort by a citizens’ committee
to block the $742,000 bond issue pro
posed by the Georgia Rallway and
Power Company and the Georgia
Ralflway and Electric Company re
sulted in a clash between Preston
Arkwright, president of the power
company, and Marfon Jackson, repre
senting the committee, when the peti
tion came up for a hearing before the
Georgia Rallroad Commission Thurs
day.
The committee also asked that_;a.n
audit of the affairs of both companies
be ordered, *
Sweeping charges were made by
Mr. Arkwright against the motives of
the committee, He declared it was
merely an attempt to harass and em-
Ibnrmu the company for the purpose
of gaining the points contended by the
strikers. Mr. Jackson resented the
assertion with the statement that the
Icommlttee wag merely seeking to pro
tect the interests of the public,
The clash came when Mr. Jackson
moved for a postponement on the
ground that Thomas B. Felder, coun
sel for the committee, was absent
from the city. Mr. Arkwright strenu
ously opposed a continuation. The
commission conferred on the motion
after both sides had entered into a
lengthy argument on the petition, in
volving the question of rates, service,
‘municipal ewnership and dividends.
I Why Felder I 3 Absent.
Chairman C. Murphy Candler asked
when Mr. Felder would return. Mr.
Jackson replied, “Tuesday week.”
Mr. Arkwrlgllt arose:
“Why has Mr. Feider gone to Wash-
Ington?" he asked, directing his re
marks to Mr, Jackson.
“To appear before g congressional
committee,” replied Mr. Jackson.
“What for?" asked Mr, Arkwright.
“In the interest of prohibition leg
islation.”
“Prohibition in the District of Co
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“No; prohibition In the United
States,” replied Mr. Jackson, warmly.
The commission allowed a contin
uance until next Tuesday, and put
Mr. Jackson on notice that the appli
cation surely would be heard at that
time, as there were other important
matters to be taken up by the com
mission immediately afterward which
would occupy several days.
The motion for a postponement was
made when the petition of the Geor
gla Rallway and Power Company to
Issue $420,000 of scrip was taken up.
The bond issue petitions never were
reached.
Seek to Embarrass.
During the argument Mr. Arkwright
asserted that the purpose of the peti
tion was apparent. If the committee
can force a delay until after January
15, the date when the stockholders
Are expecting the deferred dividends,
it would Inconvenience and embarrass
the company. They would gain just
as much by doing that as by having
the petition for the issue denled, he
asserted.
The petition represented by Jackson
was for a denlal of the application
of the power and light companies
and asking for the appolntment of
auditors to Investigate the terms of
the contract between the Georgia
Railway and Power Company and
the Georgia Rallway and Electric |
Company and the prices pald to the
power company by the electric mm-;
pany thereunder; to audit the books
of the companies, end to value the
franchises and properties in order
that a just rate for car fares and fair
rates for light and power might be
fixed by the commission. |
The petition was based on a re
port of the committee appointed by
the Atlanta organizations of the
Brotherhoods of Locomotive Eng!-
neers, Locomotive Enginemen and
Firemen, Railroad Trainmen and Or.
der of Rallway Conductors and a
mass meeting of citizens at the
Audltorium October 13, It was signed
by G. E. Evans, Tull C. Waters, W,
H. Holland, W. . Stradley, L. J
ALL NEW STOCK, WHICH
ARRIVED AFTER THE
FIRE WILL BE INCLUDED
IN THIS SALE AT FIRE
SALE PRICES. }
EVERY GARMENT
TAGGED AND MARKED
IN PLAIN FIGURES
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
Fisher, Marion M. Jackson, John J.
Eagan and W. Woods White, with T.
B. Felder az attorney.
Early in the proceedings Chairman
Candler let it be plainly understood
that the commission did not propose
to enter into the question of rates
on that petition. He endeavored to
to eliminate extraneous matters, and
‘hold the argument down to ques
‘:lona relating to postponing the hear
ing.
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Chairman Candler informed Jackson
that the State did not appropriate
funds to hear the expense of audits)
‘and the Commission generally re
quired the contending partiegs to di
vide the costs, as in the Savannah
Power Company cases,
Mr. Jackson asserted that there
‘has never been a valuacion, and it is
vital to the issue. 'The question of
the issue of the scrip can not be
‘settled without it, he said.
“When the scrip is issued it be
comes an additional security,” he de
‘clared. “Poor's manual shows that
the income of the power company hag
been sufficient since 1913 to pay the
dividends. We don't know what has
‘become of the money, and it is abso
lutely essential to have an auditor to
o iAto the books and show what has
'been earned and what has been pald
Ito the Georgia Rallway and Electric
Company. 1 am frank to say I don’t
lunderntand it. We represent a body
of 8,000 citizens, and as citizens of At-
Ilama we are vitally interested.”
Chairman Candler said the com
mission did not propose to go into a
rate Investigation. The sole question,
he said, 1= whether the earnings have
been invested or whether they should
have been paid. The commission in
tends to investigate these questions
in consldering the petition, he said.
In reply to Mr. Jackson at this
Juncture, Mr. Arkwright asserted that
the members of the committee were
not stockholders.
“The application for serip s for
the stockholders. The committee has
a long petition involving muniecipal
ownership, but they do not represent
the municipality,” he sald. “They do
represent the strikers and want to
bold up the securities. Their state
ments as to the rates are untrue. The
lighting and power rates are lower
than any east of the Mississippi and
south of the Ohio River.”
Real Purpose of Protest.
In protesting agalnst a contlnua
tion, Arkwright remarked that Jack
son is a lawyer, and possibly a better
lawyer than Felder.
In enlarging on his charge that the
petition of the committee is intended
to embarrass the power company,
Arkwright declared if the power com. I
pany was before the city seek-
Ing a franchise the committee would
be there opposing it. It is their
purpose to try to block every move
attempted by the company, he de
clared.
The report on which the petmonl
is based was prepared by the labor
organizations of Atlanta, which em
ployed F. W, Ballard & Co., engi
neers, of Cleveland. It sets forth that
Atlantans are forced to pay more—in
many Instances twice as much—for
car fare for children than the ma-
Jority of cities similarly situated; that
a plant to supply lght and power
necessary for a city the size of At
lanta can be bullt for $3,000,000, paid
for and owned by the city in twenty
four years and give service at a re
duced cost; and that the price of
eleetrie current is higher than In Los
Angeles, Buffalo, Seattle, Washing
ton, Portland or Kansas City, |
It sets forth that from Poor's
manual the committee believes the
earnings of the Georgia Railway and
Electric Company during 1915, 1914,
1913 and 1912 were sufficient to have
paid dividends for those years
greater than 31, 35, 36 and 42 perl
cent respectively, upon the combined
capital stock of the street rallway and
power company, which were joined at
the time of the coming together of
the interests knewn as the Hurt and
Atkinson interests, now controlled by
the latter
Watered Stock Charged.
It 1s aileged that the majority, it
not all, of the capital stock referred;
to, aggregating $3.870,000, was water,
not representing an actual investment
of money. The petition recites that
the present capitalization of the Geor
gin Rallway and Power Company is
$27,000,000 and the electric company
$£10,814,600, with bonds outstanding
against the electric company of $12,-
493,000-and a plan for increasing
them to $20,000,000-—while the pro
posed bonded indebtedness of the
Georgia Rallway and Power Com
rany will be $30,000,000,
The contract of 989 years between
these companies and the facts iln
volved are such that an audit of the
books and a valuation of the property
are essential to do justice to the com
pany, the public and the city, it is
alleged.
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~ When the Council Finance Commit-
Itee Thursday had struggled another
morning in its efforts to make the
city budget balance and had jcome to
a stone wall of a deficit of $125,000, a
‘motion whs passed to invite Mayor
ICundler to come before the body and
offer such suggestions on the situa
tion as he might choose,
Mayor Candler came, and the first
of his advice was that the committes
must make the citv's expenses bal
ance with the year's income, without
la.nuelpatln‘ any Income of future
years.
!There’s no use fooling around try- |
ing to save money on pencils and sta
tionery,” he said. “You must hit the
expense side of the finance sheet
where it will mount up to thousands.
“You are under no obligation to
provide new school buildings, swim
ming pools and the like if the people
don’t give you the money to do it
with.”
Revives Water Rate Raise.
Councilman J. R. Nutting, immedi
ately preceding Mayor Candler, had
revived the proposition to raise water
rates.
The city tax assessors, earlier in the
morning, had been béfore the com
mittee, and, in response to questions,
sald that approximately 50 per cent
of the parents of pupils in the public
schools paid no taxes. |
Alderman Nutting referred to this
and urged the raising of water rates
In a way that would affect everybody. |
Mayor Candler, referring to the sug
gestion, said that the Water Commis
sion was unwilling to increase rates
a penny.
“l want to make myself clear right
now as being opposed to denying the
public schools to the poor. That's
what the free schools are for,” he
said.
“Certain things like this we must
provide. Other things, maybe in the
school department, can be dispensed
with. These are the things you must
look to. Perhaps some departments
can do on less employees than it has.
Anyway, the code requires that our
expenses ‘must balance with our in
come, and that is your duty here.”
No Improvements Likely,
Soma improvements have been |
written Into the sheet. They all prob
ably will be eliminated. Pay rolls in
some departments undoubtedly will
be cut further. The logic of the sit
uation is that if the people want im
provements they will have to consent
to pay the city more Income.
Many things were done and then
undone by the committee Thursday.
The Tax Assessors report an increase
In realty assessments of $600,000,
making the total gain this year $3,-
000,000,
An insight into the troubles of the
committee was given Wednesday aft
eérnoon in a comparison of the over
head cost of carrying on construction I
work by the city and county, |
Osecar Mills, chalrman of the Coun- |
ty Commission, told the committool
that the county did upproxlmately'
$1,000,000 worth of work last year at
an administrative cost of not morel
than $17,500. !
$89,000 Is Asked. |
With only $50,000 in the budget for |
general street improvements and $25,-
000 for street repairs, H. L. Colller,
Chief of Construction, asked the com
mittee for $89,000 for salaries and
maintenance expenses in his depe.rt-I
ment,
Committeemen groaned over this
proposition. Alderman Rdgar Dun
lap moved that the maintenance ex
pense of the department be cut to a
lump sum of $25,000, leaving it to
Mr. Collier to decide how this should
be spent. He got a second to his mo
tion, but a majority of the committee
voted it down.
This motion was made after Mr.
Collier had finished his talk to thei
committee and left. While he was |
present he was asked a number of |
questions, |
The organization of the department |
as outlined by Mr. Collier was vir- |
tually what it was last year. He was |
asked If he thought a full depart- |
ment should be maintained with such |
a small appropriation for work. Mr. |
Collier replied that he thought it best
to start off with a full force and drop!
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SPRINGER’S
Important Notice!
We want you to bear this in
mind: that a part of the stock
was not damaged at all. But as
this is a bona-fide fire sale and
has been settled by the insur
ance agents, we will include
everything in the sale. A sale
of this kind should be of inter
est to every lady in Atlanta.
SALE UNDER PERSONAL SUPERVISION OF
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MR. I. KATZ, America’s Foremost Sales Specialist
Tadion of Atlotem goringer Stock of Ladies’ and Misses’ High-class Wearing Apparel to the
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make the subscription list the biggest
in the history of the world.
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Prison Board Not
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To Stay Execution
The Prison Commission will not inter
fere with the sentence imposed on Har
ris Button, 16-year-old negro under sen
tence to hang Friday for assaulting the
e oot e AL
the men wyhen the work was com
pleted,
He asked for an appropriation of
$2,400 for the salary of a chief clerk,
who also would conduct an informa
tion bureau for the public. The man
who is scheduled to get this place is
ex-Councilman Sam Freeman.
Salaries Pruned SIB,OOO.
All during the long session of the
committee Wednesday afternoon it
was equally divided on the proposi
tion to cut down expenses in every
department. Finally a majority voted
to cut off SIB,OOO from the $43,000
salary account of the Chief of Con
struction. Aldermen Dunlap, Spratt,
| Johnston and Ewing insisted on cut
ting every department, one by one.
Chairman Kelley, Aldermen Nutting,
Seawright, Richardson and Sisson
wanted to proceed in a different way.
The committee voted unanimously
to recommend that an auditor be
employed to go through the various
departments and point out where
money could be saved.
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Big Sums Favored -
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For Georgia Rivers
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WASHINGTON, Jan 11.—Georgia
rivers and harbors projects agreed upon
by the Rivers and Harbors ;‘Ommlttee
and to be reported to the souse are
Savannah harbor, $350,000; deepening
Savannah harbor, $500,000. Darien Riv
er, $2,5600; Altamaha, Oconee and Ocmul
gee rivers, $40,000; Savannah River be
low Augusta, $30,000; Brunswick har
bor, $33,000; Brunswick harbor improve.
ments, §175,000; Fancy Bluff Creek, sl,-
000; Satilla River, $2,000.
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National Highway
Finished in DeK
alb
Commissioner Freeman, of DeKalb
County, announced Thursday the
ten-mile strip of the National high
way from Decatur to Stone Mountain
had been completed except for g short
distance near Ingleside.
The new road, surfaced, oiled and
covered with crushed stone, cost
about SI,OOO a mile, and is said to be
one of the hest in the State.
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Man Who Attacked
Woman Gets 40 Years
ORANGEBURG, 8. C., Jan. 11.-—-John |
Willilams, the first white man convicted
of criminal assault in this county, by
agreement pleaded guilty and was sen- |
tenced to 40 years in State's prison.
Wililams attacked a prominent young
white married woman In this county
last week The prisoner was clogely
guarded to avoid trouble. All concerned |
are prominent, |
DIXIE LIMITED,
VIA THE W. & A. R. R. AND THE
N, C. & ST. L. RY.
First train northbound, St. Louis.
Chicago and the Northwest, leaves |
Atlanta at 7:52 p. m, Wednesday,
January 10, 1917.
This traln is In addition to ali-!
year-round Dixie Flyer trains leav-
Ing Atlanta 8:15 a. m. and 4.55 P. m.—
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PEACHTREE
12-year-old daughter of a McDgnough |
minister,
This was assured Thursday after
Chairman R. E. Davidson had received a
letter from Judge W. E. H. Searcy, Jr.,
of the Flint Circuit, presiding judge,
asserting that it would nave a tendency
to arouse the citizens of that section if
the sentence of the court was not car
ried out. Sutton had a fair trial and
was represented by competent counsel,
Judge Searcy sald.
It had been reported the negro was
only 13 years old and Atlanta negro !
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