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2 ATLANTA, GA. Continued From Page 1. 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. . 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 < \ . « /‘\"/ Grays, lvorys, .: - Browns, Combi- - .I,::h::f 8 ‘ k \ leels. ‘ ) / Buck top. $6.50 values, $3.95. $3.45 and $3.95. ISignet Shoe Shop 13 Peachtree St RS N”Mfi w "o A ' ' The Sale the Ladies of Atlanta Have Been Waiting For!! ety v ————————————— ’ “‘W THE FIRE AND WATER DAMAGED SALE OF L. SPRINGER’S STOCK OF LADIES AND MISSES ING APPAREL FoRMERLY oF HIGH-CLASS WEAR 95 WHITEHALL ; y 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. | . ~ 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 lumbia 7" “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. | No Fund for Audits. | On the suggestion of an audit, 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. I I i | | | I I A ~ 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! WATCH PAPERS DAILY FOR Specials AT 6 Peachtree 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 --y . g MR. I. KATZ, America’s Foremost Sales Specialist Tadion of Atlotem goringer Stock of Ladies’ and Misses’ High-class Wearing Apparel to the | ' < Continued From Page 1. make the subscription list the biggest in the history of the world. . Prison Board Not . 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. . Big Sums Favored - . . For Georgia Rivers | T 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. . . 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. ——————— 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.— Advertisement, ! ! w “_ N— s Surprising to Many Thin, 1° Weak Persons. SPRINGER’S Temporary HOME 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 ! e ————————— 1 ATLANTA T ue Sat. Matinee § Friday and Saturday. I Charles Frohman Presents ROSE STAHL]| in OUR MRS. M'CHESNEY Nights, 25¢c to $2; Mat., 25¢ to $1.50. i R T AFTERNOON I FORSYT H‘ EVENING l 2:30 |kEITH VAUDEVILLE | 8:30 RITA MARIO AND HER ORCHESTRA. CHARLIE HOWARD with MARGARET TAYLOR : and HAL PINE in “HAPPY COMBINATION.” FRANK CRUMIT. PAGE, HACK AND | SKELLY AND e WARN. SAUVAIN. _ELEANOR FISHER. THE CHUNG HWA FOUR. o TNt e IT"E //,(‘)-m. % | ’ o) '.(j: ’ | (4 V PR ‘ "I’t g r‘.\,‘ i S ;,'. ¥ PR g | L4R‘ §NG e S 8 ‘. /§\\§~,¢a’x 4 Presents FRIDAY: e P It's the latest Biuebird from the story by Mrs. Wiison Woodrow, in which a man falls in love with his divorcel first wife after he marries a second time. A unique plot. e - i FRIDAY: Wm. S. cnscliiee ‘“The Return of Draw Egan.”’ e —————————————————— TODAY: CARLYLE BLACKWELL in ““The Ocean Waif."’ i ——— ——— = 5¢ 5c | [ o S v VTN ION: & ~FRIDAY: ~ SATURDAY: H. 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Marguerite Clayton No more famous romance has ever appeared as a best seller than this wonderful tale. The slim ver slon Is as good as the book. et il ] I The House of I Triangle Productions I I DEO I I DIRECTION ;’ MR. JAKE WELLS I Performances 11 a. m., 12:30, 2:00, | 3:30, 5:00, 6:30, 8:00, 9:30 p. m. Today—Friday —Saturday and Charles Ray ] N " “THE WEAKER SEX A New Trlangle Production, A strong, virlle, big-hearted play. The story of a real woman, who disproves the ‘‘weaker’” charge. It rings true. It Is full of incident, full of plot, full of character. A capital story admirably presented. 8 DAYS To Dispose of This Mam moth Stock