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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-10
Anti-Liquor Men
Fail in Senate

While the lower house engaged in a
death struggle today over the Tippins
bA the state senate took little flyer
OF its own a. prohibition legislation when
Senator Felker's state revenue liquor tax
bills. reported favorably by the temper
arce committee. came NJ for passage
After a furious debate before which the
oratorv Of the lower house must have
paled the bills were recommltted
The big cities 81 the state came in for
severe criticism from the senate prohi-
bitlonists for the lack of regard for eX-
isting prohibition legislation senatg
Bush accredited as being the senate's
prohibition leader and senator Felker,
author Of the revenue measure, fayed the
cities mercilessly Senator Bush. who
wanted the bin which is a revenue meas
IRE deriving from a stamp tax on beer,
wines and liquors TO 60 10 the state rath-
er than the county treasury. II was in
his argument urging recommitment 70 ef-
feet this change that the big cities we're
accused Of being the liquor drinking com
munities Of Georgia
1T is the large cities Of the state that
won't let US have real prohibition in
Georgia and don't propose to let them
profit alone from the revenues coming
from these measures These bills will
bring the state s4,O0o.0OO annually II
viii paw an the expenses Of the state
Savannah and Liquor.
Senator Dickerson. under the impress
sion mat he who pays the freight should
profit said
Don't YOU think the cities that con-
sumo the liquor should have the advan-
tage oil this tax"
The fight then turned on an amendment
reducing the tax per gallon on LIQUOR
Somebody asked Senator Feiker author
Of the bill II he didn't believe that a low
tax would encourage the drinking Of liz
uor especially in cities
If YOU mean Savannah yelled the
senator from the Twenty seventh dis
trict Il don't think any law could make
Savannah consume more liquor than is
being consumed there now
The bill was finally recommitted after
Senator Roberts had called attention to
the fact that the constitution of the state
stipulated that revenue measure should
originate in the house, although Senator
Felker insisted that his bill was not a
revenue, but prohibition measure.
To Confirm Brown Men.
The senate went into executive session
10 CONSIDER appointments sent IN by Gov
ernor Brown, but took no action. The
nominations four in number. will be con-
hrmed without opposition tomorrow.
They are
Judge Henry S West Judge of the city
court OF Athens
C. Epson, solicitor city court OF
Athens
Judge James NJ Dupree Of Montezuma
trustee Of the Georgia Normal and Indus
trial school at Mtlledgeville
Dr f A Tichenor. Of Miledgeville,
trustee Of the Georgia Normal and In
dustrial school
Judge West is at present Judge Of the
city court Of Athens. and has successfully
held the position by a supreme court de-
cison over T S Shackleford Hoke
Smiths nominee for the Job S c. Epson
was one OF the Hoke Smith ad interim
appointments Both Dupree and Itch
enor were reappointed as trustees OF the
Georgia Normal
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-10
MILEAGE SCRIPT
CALLED 4 FARCE
Methods of Railroads Attacked
at Final Hearing Before the
Railway Commission,

II kept a record for seven weeks j,
travelling about Georgia and found ma.
an average of four minutes. even 49,.
reaching the ticket window. was lac,
swapping mileage for tickets SAID r
j. Hollingsworth today. in testifvt,,
before the railroad commission
The penny script issued bv the -o,
roads Is farce, joke" said r
Broyles. We pay 500 for book 4,
$500 pennies, but the railroads uo,,.
accept them at face value betwoa.
non-competittve points. They purr ont
twenty per cent more than the amou,.
would be in cash.
These were two Of the strr,i..
charges made in the hearing TO-DAY .,
the petition presented BY three orrar,
cations Of travelling men. asking +ba4
the roads be required to permit mil.
age to be taken up on trains instead a,
forcing passengers to exchange mila,
age for tickets at the windows rs.
hearing was adjourned at I O'Clock an;
resumed at 3. The case will be taken
under advisement by the commissor
and ruling made later
The small audience room at the csr.
ltol was so damned with LAWYERS NJ.
f1cials of the various railroads ana
representatives OF the United Commas
cial Travellers, Travellers Protective =,
ISOLATION and Georgia Travellers asso.
citation that late-comers were forced IA
stand in the hall outside. dozen ~
the most prominent railroad counsel +,
the state were there to defend their
roads, and officers of the travelling
statesmen, plain members and onlookers
came in numbers,
Mayson Fights Battle Alone
James L. Mayson, attorney for the
travellers. was pitted alone against the
combined forces of the Transportation
systems operating in Georgia all Of
which are defendants to the petition.
The travellers protested that the real
object of the interchangeable mileage
is defeated, as they must 20 to the
stations 80 minutes before train time
in order to exchange their mileage At
the country stations, where the agent
must look after freight, express bag
gage, telegra ply and train signals, az
well as sell tickets, the travellers are
often forced to board the trains with
out having been waited on by the
harassed agent, and then the conduc-
tors refuse to accept mileage and re-
quire cash fare, at an advanced rate
The commissioners showed especial
interest in Mr., Hollingsworth's state
ments that he had kept a detailed rec
ord of loss Of time In the country sta
tions. and he agreed to put his notes
in the form of an AFFIDAVIT and submit
it as an exhibit in the case. He said
in answer to a question from Com
missioner Gray, that separate ticket
windows for handling mileage would
save from so to Is per cent of the de-
lay.
The alternative OF providing sep
arate ticket windows, should it be
forced on the railroads. would entail
great expense on them, s 1t virtually
would mean an idle employee at every
station. A bill requiring the extra
window and employee is before the
house, with the provision that the
roads permit mileage taken on trains
as an alternative. In case the com
mission rules against the travellers
they will carry the fight straight to the
legislature
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-10

a real measure ~ prohibition has been
achieved in Georgia.
The present prohibition Ian is as
strong a s language can make it, Why
burden it down with this proposed
amendment which can only say what
the law already says, and which Is spe-
cihc enough for any reasonable man?
II we amend II at all, why not amend
it to give rational relief where that is
needed"
Mr. Anderson got a good laugh from
the house in this part Of his speech.
when, discussing locker clubs" he de-
olared MY town, ] am glad to say,
has no locker clubs We have not. I
am glad to say. learned the meaning
Of locker club in Savannah"
Continuing, the Chatham statesman
said.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-10
Anderson in Closing
Speech Opposing Measure.

At 1880 O'Clock MI Anderson. of
Chatham. took the floor to make the
concluding argument against the bill
Mr. Anderson began by saying that
he was originally In hearty sympathy
with the Georgia Anti Saloon league,
and only parted company With it when
It plunged into politics and endeavored
to legislate impossible things into hu-
man beings
If the Anti Saloon league had been
content to proceed along lines OF com
mon sense. said Mr.. Anderson. 4
would he with them. for I believe in
temperance. and practice IT, would
he with them now. if I could believe
them right
They are appealing TO our preiu-
diees and passions, even to your mag
mary cowardice now They are ask
ing that YOU do an unrighteous thing.
upon a plea that II might hurt you
back home
The gentleman from DeKalb deliv-
cred yesterday one Of the most dema-
gogic and unfair arguments ever
heard delivered on this floor and |
have heard him deliver quite few Of
that kind
His address carried two vicious and
outrageous attacks-one upon the gov
ernor Of the state the other upon the
courts He was either ignorant on
woefully willing to misquote the law
] esteem him too highly TO think him
falsiher SO ! am forced TO the con
clusion that he is ignorant
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-10
Calls Attack on
Governor Unfair

1t was an unfair attack on the gov
ernor to say that he is not doing all
that he can to enforce all laws. The
constitution does not impose upon the
governor the duty to pick out specific
and particular laws for his favorite and
partial attention
a sharp interchange Of words be
tween Mr.. Alexander and Mr. Anderson
took place over the question of the gov
ernor's duty to enforce any and AN laws
Mr. Alexander attempted to force Mi
Anderson to say that II was not the
duty Of the goyernol. to enforce an laws
whereupon MI Anderson read the con
stitutional limitations put upon the
governor and invited MI Alexander tc
SIT down and mold his peace until the
time Of his concluding argument n IA
vor of the bill
Mr. Alexander sat Gown hastily upon
Mr. Andersons invitation and the
house applauded
The gentleman from DeKalb not
only attacked the governor-he vicious
" and unfairly attacked the courts He
says We are living in Georgia under a
state 81 anarchy / say that is no,
so. and he knows IT is not so. But Il
ne are living in such a state partially
II is the fault Of such demagogues as
the gentleman from DeKalb" contin
ued Mr Anderson
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-10
Stars and Stripes
Go Up Three Times.

| Inc / ankeeS swept the DOardS IN the
shot put final getting all three places.
/ Ralph Rose, of the Olympic club of
San Francisco, was second, with 5000
feet, which also topped his old record.
L. A. Whitney. member of the supple
mentary list was third. His mark was
44.06 feet
There was a tu1nult of applause as the
Stars and Stripes were raised on all
three poles, signifying that the Ameri-
cans had taken first, second and third
places in the shot put.
The defeat of the Americans by the
| fleet Finnish runner did not cause any
great surprise as the American prac-
tically conceded defeat. The Americans
who qualified for the final in the 5000
meters were George V. Bonhag, T. o.
Berna and Louis j Scott
This afternoon the haze turned to a
light rain but the events were con-
tinued without intermission.
America was an acknowledged ia
vorite in the 1,500-meter final event.
The Yankees who qualified and took
part in this event were DISCARD F. He'd
lund, Boston A. A; Walter Mcclure,
San Francisco; Mel Sheppard, New
York, Irish American A. c.; Norman
R Tabor Brown university Abel XII
Wat, New York Irish American Ath-
letic club; John Paul Jones, Cornell
university, and Lewis c. Madeira, Uni
versity of Pennsylvania.
One of the most talked of athletes
competing here is Duke Kahanamoku,
of Hawaii, who is taking part in the
swimming competitions. SO interested
has King Gustave become in the rec
ord breaking water feats Of the dark
hued American that he had a private
swimming match arranged in which
the Hawaiian went through a number
of different swimming feats in the
water
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-10
SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY
FARMERS MEET JUNE II

AUGUSTA. GA. July 1o.-The an
nual meeting Of the Savannah Valley
Associated Farmers Clubs win be held
tomorrow with the Bennett Springs
club of Bennett Springs, S, c. The
Atlantic Coast Line railroad will oper-
ate a special train from Augusta and
more than 200 persons from this city
and vicinity win attend The asso-
ciated clubs embrace ten agricultural
societies in the Savannah river valley.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-10
MUST WAIT ANOTHER YEAR.

DALTON. GA, July l0.-The towns
of Titon and Cohutta Whitfield coun-
,ty, can not be incorporated until the
legislature meets next year. Both towns
wanted Incorporation, and asked Rep
resentative Tarver TO introduce bills for
that purpose. However they delayed
advertising the bills too long To get
them before the general assembly this
summer Next wear they will start ear
Ner
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-10
Summary of Today's
Olympic Results.

Following is the summary of todays
events in the Olympic games:
Sixteen pound Shot Put Final-Won
by P Mcdonald, Irish American Ath-
letic club, distance 50,S2 feet; second
Ralph Rose. Olympic club, San Fran
cisco, distance 5000 feet; third. L. A.
Whitney supplementary. distance 44OS
feet The old Olympic record was As
feet I inches.
200 Meter PreIiminaries.
Two hundred meters trial heat, two to
quality; record, u 3-5 seconds:
First Heat-First, Charles D. Reid
path, Sraycuse university; second. Rolo
France. Time, 1910 seconds.
Second Heat-First, Ralph Craig, De-
troit Y. NJ. c. A.. second. Rice, Great
Britain. Time, 22.S seconds.
Third Heat-F'irst, j. l. Courtney
Seattle Athletic club; second, Mac31il-
Ian. Great Britain. Time. 22.7 seconds
Fourth Heat-First, Luther, Sweden;
second, Grigs Ellis, Holland. Time, 2S.s
seconds.
Fifth Heat First Applegarth, Great
Britain; second H. W. Holland. Xavier
Athletic club. Time. 24.7 seconds.
Sixth Heat-F'irst. R. Rau, Germany;
second A. F. D. Anderson, England.
Time. 24.4 seconds
Seventh Heat-First. Carl c. Cook.
Cleveland Ohio A. c.. second, r. Po-
vey, South Africa. Time, 221-5 sec
onds
Eighth Heat-Ffrst, J. A. Howard
Manitoba second, F. Giongo, Italy
Time % seconds.
Ninth Heat-First, K. Lindberg, Swe-
den, second, Mezei, Hungary. Time.
231 seconds.
Tenth Heat-First, P. C. Gerhardt,
Olympic a. c.. San Francisco; second,
w. H. A. D'Arcy, England Time, PSI
seconds
Eleventh Heat-First, Donald F. Lip
pincatt University of Pennsylvania
second G. Moller, Sweden Time, 22.9
seconds
Twelfth Heat-F'irst, Alvah T. Meyer.
Irish-American A. c.; second, R. c.
Duncan England Time, 22.S seconds.
Thirteenth Heat - First. Donald
Young Boston A. A.; second. G. n.
Seedhouse, England. Time, PCS sec
onds
Fourteenth Heat-First. Clement P.
Wilson. Coe college. Iowa; second, c. H.
Patching. South Africa Time, 22.S sec
onds
Fifteenth Heat-First, n. Herman,
Germany; second, Istvan vandevan
Hungary. Time. 22.S seconds.
sixteenth Heat-First. H. NJ MacIn-
tosh, Of England; second W. A. Stew
art, of South Africa. Time, 2e seconds.
Seventeenth Heat-F1rst D. H. ia
cobs Great Britain; second. S. J. ia
cobson, Sweden. Time. 232 seconds.
Eighteenth Heat-First, T. Person,
sweden; second. R. Schurer. France
Time, 2S.2 seconds.
5000 Meter F'inal-First, Kolehmai-
men, Finland, second, j. Bouin, France;
third, e W. Husson, England. Time,
Il minutes Sc 3-5 seconds.
1900 Meter F'inal-First. A y s.
Jackson, England second, Abel Kiviat
Irish American A. c., third, Norman S.
Tabor, Brown university Time, min
utes IS AS seconds.
200 Meter Semi Finals.
First Heat-F1rst Ralph Craig. De
troit, Mich, y NJ. c. A; second ia
cobs. Great Britain Time. p 9-10 SEE
onds
Second Heat-F'irst. Appegarth,
England. second. {. P wilson. Coo
Third Heat-First, y. Is. Young, Bos-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-10

Burke There are two sides-tte right
and the wrong. The legislature must
decide"
Mr. Alexander in winding up the de
bate renewed his attack on the govern
or and reafirmed his attitude of yes
terday. and said that the governor had
been dereliot in his duty and had not
done his best by the prohibition law
4 ask again, said MI Alexander,
where shall the people turn for re
lief
Nobody has answered mo There is
no one opposed 10 this prohibition who
can answer
we viii not compromise with crime.
We hurl back the mean insnuation of
the gentleman from Fulton CDR Brown
that the good women Of this state have
MO right 70 take hand in this problem.
They are THE victims Of the whisky
evil. and they are the ones who suffer
from locker clubs and kindred evils
We viii fight and We ask The presi-
dent Of the senate tMr. Slatonl. who is
candidate for governor. to assure us
that he 0il help us, if he is elected, to
enforce the laws
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-10
BAR MEETS FRIDAY.

MONTGOMERY. ALA July 10
The thirty -hifth annual meeting Of the
Alabama State Bar Association will be
convened al 10 o'clock Friday morn
ing in this city. Tie convention will
last two days.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-10
BANK PAYS BIG DIVIDEND.

EASTMAN. GA. July lo.-The Bank
Of Plainheld eight miles from East
man, at the annual meeting Of the
stockholders. declared a dividend Of ten
per cent and a balance Of 5l-2 per cent
was passed to the unvidided profits
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-10
AMERICANS LOSE
TWO BIC EVENTS
Yankees Fail in 5000 and
1900 Meter Runs, But Win
Shot-Put Contest.
Continued From Page One.

and Kiviat were so close together that
z. Sullivan, who was standing at the
wire, declared emphatically that Tabor
had finished second and Jones third,
but the official ruling gave Kiviat sec
ond place and Tabor third
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-10

ton A. A.; second, c. c. Cooke Cleve-
land A. c. Time, q 80 seconds.
Fourth Heat-FTrst, D. F. Lippin-
colt, University Of Pennsylvania; sec
ond Alvah T. Meyer, Irish American
Athletic club. Time, 81 AS seconds
Pole Vault Tryout.
Eight Americans qualified for the
final by swinging over a bar set twelve
feet above the ground. They were "
H. Fritz, Cornell university; F. j.
Coyle, University of Chicago, F. T.
Nelson, Yale; H S. Babcock. Columbia
university: G. B. Dukes. New York
Athletic club; NJ s. Wright, Dart.
mouth; F. D Murphy, University OF
Illinois; s. H Bellah, Multomah Attn
letic club. Others qualifying were
Hapenny, Canada; Paseman, Germany
and Uggla, Sweden.
Water Polo Results.
Belgium defeated Hungary in the
water polo contest by the score Of s 70
5. In the plain diving competition tof
women, Gretna Johansen, Of SWeden
was first, with 1862 points. lisa Reg
nell. of Sweden, was second, with "a
points, and Isabelle White, Of Eng
land, was third with 339 points.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-10
200 Meter Semi Finals.

First Heat-First Ralph Craig, De.
troit, Mich, y NJ. G. A. second. ia
cobs. Great Britain Time. p $40 sec
onds
Second Heat-First. Applegarth,
England, second. c. ? Wilson. Coo
college, Iowa Time. p $40 seconds.
Third Heat-First, y, B. Young, Bos-
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-01-23

NEW YORK, Jan. 19.-Theodore
Roosevelt. once colonel of Rough Rid
ers. has at length yielded to the ten
dency of the times and now sits be-
hind the steering wheel of his auto
mobile. Residents of oyster Bay on
several occasions recently have seen
Colonel Roosevelt driving through the
town with his hand on the wheel, steer
ing the car as though he were thor
oughly familiar with the mysteries of
levers and pedals which must be ma
nipulated.
The sight was a surprising one, be-
cause Colonel Roosevelt's love of the
horse and aversion to automobiles were
we'll known When he was at oyster
Bay during the summer, while he was
president. he forbade automobiles to
enter his grounds in their machines. 1t
was only a few months ago, in fact,
that he removed a sign which long
stood at the entrance to the grounds,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-01-23
$4,000 ACRES OF LAND ARE
GIVEN FOR CHARITYS SAKE

NEW ORLEANS, La, Jan. ia gift
to this city of 5000 acres of land for
charitable purposes has been made by
Edward wisner. known as the father
OF reclamation by draining in Louis
lana" The gift is to be announced at
the Forums mass meeting tonight The
only condition stipulated is that the
city does not dispose of the land with
in 100 years. Mr.. Wisner has made many
liberal donations to public movements
here, one Of the most important be-
ing that to Tulane university.
The alluvial land included in today's
gift is reclaimable and lies in the New
Orleans delta of the Mississippi river,
the revenues from the designated tracts
are to be applied to the following pur-
poses until taken in charge by the re-
eipients:
Ten thousand acres for the use of Tu-
lane university for such purposes as
shall be designated in the act of dona-
ton.
Ten thousand acres for the establish
ment of a city convalescent home for
patients of the charity hospitals and 9TH
er hospital purposes.
Ten thousand acres Tor the purpose of
establishing an agricultural department
for the city schools and other school
purposes.
Ten thousand acres for embellishing
the city of New Orleans-maintaini
1.-The city beautiful
Five thousand acres to be used for
the maintenance of a civic center and
free platform.
One thousand acres each for the es-
Enlistment of a parish home for super
animated teachers of the public schools,
a home for policemen and hremen, a
home for newsboys, a home and farm
for the Salvation Army, and poor farm
for the citys mendicants.
Mayor Martin Behrman has accepted
the donation, pending favorable action
by the city council which, the mayor
says, he would advocate.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-01-23
WOMAN FINDS JEWELS
LOST 10 YEARS AGO

LOUISVILLE, KY, Jan. 19-Acciden-
tai perusal by a woman in San Francisco
OF a stray piece of the '1ost and found
column torn from a Chicago paper pub
lished 10 years ago, will result in a
Louisville woman recovering jewels
which she lost while attending the Co
lumbar exposition in 1898.
The owner of the jewels is Mrs. H. c.
Turner. of this city; the finder is Mrs.
B. L. Marks, of San Francisco. They
were in Chicago at the same time Mrs.
one with a ruby set; Mrs. Marks picked
them up. Then began fruitless quest on
both sides, the one to recover her rings,
the other to restore them. Not clew
was found by either though Mrs. Tur-
ner advertised and Mrs. Marks returned
to California with the jewelry while
Mrs. Turner came home and gave UP
the search years ago.
She had almost forgotten her loss when
a detective called on her yesterday with
letter which Chief of Police Lindsey
had received from Mrs. Marks. The
latter said that while looking over some
old papers her glance fell on the frag-
ment of a lost adj on the back of a
clipping taken from a Chicago paper in
1898 1t reminded her of three rings she
had found in that city the same year
and she was surprised upon reading the
notice to see the identical rings de-
scribed Parts of the name and address
of the advertiser were cut away but she
made out the word Louisville and she re-
quested Chief Lindsey to find the owner
of the rings. With this clew and an old
city directory the detectives took UP the
search The rings are valued at 1880.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-01-23
ROOSEVELT RELUCTANTLY YIELDS
TO TENDENCY OF TIMES AND
NOW DRIVES OWN AUTOMOBILE

announcing that automobiles must
keep away.
In spite of Colonel Roosevelt's pref
erence for the horse, he found an au-
tomobile indispensable when he began
to make regular trips between oyster
Bay and his editorial offices in New
York. If he went by train he was be-
sieged by persons who wanted to talk
with him. He covers the 80 miles to
the city in about the same time as is
required by train, and uses that meth
cd of conveyance except in cold and
stormy weather. Gradually he picked
up information about the mechanism
of the car, but it was only recently
that ne began to drive it. The colonel
still prefers the horse however, and
when at home rides horseback daily.
AS a concession TO the automobile,
Colonel Roosevelt recently built a
broad macadam road from his home on
the crown of Sycamore hill to tine pub
lie highway below. For generations
the Roosevelt family had used a wind
ing, narrow dirt road.