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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-01
u. c. V. CHANGES ITS
REUNION DATE FROM
g. A. r. MEMORIAL DAY

CHATTANOOGA. TENN, jan. L.
General Bennett II Young, command
er-in-chiet OF the United Confederate
Veterans, has authorized the announce
ment that the 1918 Confederate reunion
viii be held here May p, 2S and 90, and
not May 2S, % and 80, as was officially
announced late yesterday.
The change is made because May 80
is memorial day Of the Grand Army Of
the Republic.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-01
Tveitmoe Largest
Prisoner in Years.

Olaf A. Tveitmoe proved to be the
largest prisoner in Leavenworth in
many years while George (Nyipper) An
derson proved to be one OF the shortest
1t Is believed Tveitmoe will be assigned
cIerkship
Marshal Schmidt and Warden Nc
Claughrey held a short conference in
the latters private Office
All guns We're taken from Marshal
Schmidt and the others at the en-
trance. Forty-one OF the guards were
forbidden entrance until / Q. m. The
dynamiters were searched and regis
tered at the deputy wardens Office at
$40 a. m. Gloves. money and cigars
constituted the main belongings Of the
convicrs
A rosary was deposited by Mike
Young. $2251 and meerschaum pipe
by Tveitmoe. gloves and small change
by Frank Webb
The first eight men searched were
sent to the record room and eight more
were brought in
John Barry deposited a pair Of socks
and small change.
The dynamiters looked about them
like frightened deer and breathed heev-
ily-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-01
GUNS CONFISCATED
BY COUNTY OFFICERS
TO GO TO JUNK PILE

The Fulton county commission TODAY
relegated the confscated pistol to the
junk heap
BY q resolution which was presented by
Commissioner S B. Truman, it was pro-
vided that all pistols, guns and firearms
OF any kind coniscated by the county POI
lice or the sherin's force be destroyed in
stead Of being returned to owners.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-01
Men Resolve
To Be Good.

Here are a few Of the sentiments and
resolutions expressed by the condemned
mem
Tveitmoe To do the best can"
Ryan-"To do unto others as I would
have them do unto me-"
Clancy-"To treat every one the best
| know how and hope they'll do the
same toward me"
Butler-"To start new year with mai :
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-01
Political Leaders, After Can
vass. Predict Defeat Of Nut
tina in Long Contest.
OPEN VOTE BY COUNCIL
CONSIDERED PROBABLE
Perort Woodward viii Rename
+ Gambler Chairman Finance
Committee Is Current.

Alderman James Z. Warren, OF the
T5lr5 ward, will defeat Alderman
flames L. Nuttiug, Of the Sixth ward
in the fight before council for mayor pro
.a,a according to the statements today
oc leading politicians, who have made
q thorough canvass of the situation
1t takes sixteen councilmanic votes TO
g,gct to the Office The lineup Of the
eanvassers is as follows:
Observation-Disclosures HarwelD McCleI-
and. Knight. Thomson. Everett. Nutting
"a complimentary vote, VanDyke'
Humphrey, Gambler, Ragsdale, Shep-
ard Hall. Ashley, Lynch and Colcord
is.
Nuttins- Baslin Warren, Greer,
sisson. Maddox. Wood, Boynton. sprat-
ling, Alternately, White Mason and
lt{r1hroiIgb and Smith-i4
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-01
WATCH FOR THE FIGHT EXTRA

The Georgian will publish fight extra tonight giving a
complete roundb yrOund story of the McCary Pazer white
heavyweight championship battle in Los Angeles The Georgian
will have two famous experts the rngsde describing the mill
w W Naughon, dean American fight writer's and II N
Walker one OF the greatest descriptive writers Pacific
coast The Georgian has direct wire rngse and on
this account will be able final very second
the fight ends.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-01
Woodward Still
Mum on Appointments

There is as much speculation Today
s' 10 whom Mayor-elect Woodward will
appoint on the council committees as
there was the day following his cleo
Ion. lie has told no one of Il single
appointment. He has announced that
' viii not tell any one until his formal
announcement at the Auditorium Mon
day night
Because he and Alderman Gambler
are together tu the fight for mayor nro
TEN There is a report out that Gambler
VIII be reappointed chairman of the
on'nee committees. Prognosticators
nave given this place to Councilman
wv. q. Humphrey of the Eighth wand
Councilman Humphrey is nor made
,"Slrmao of the finance commune il
Is expected that NE win remain cbsfrl
man OF the police rorp,,i,,o.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-01
DR.. GILBERT REFUSES
TO STAND AGAIN FOR
HEALTH BOARD HEAD

Dr. w. l.. Gilbert announced today
that he would not stand for reelection
as president of the city board of health
this year. He has been president for
three years
Dr.. W. Z. Quillian, vice president, is
expected to be elected president with
out opposition.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-01
Both Woodward and
Gambler for Warren.

Both Mayor-elect James G Wood
ward and Alderman John s. Gambler
are for Alderman Warren. If Warren
is elected, this combination win be the
cause of 1t, The two factions Of coun-
eli practically are centered around
them
Each Of the candidates is just as
confident Of election today, however. as
he has been during the several months
Of the long, vigorous campaign. They
are working harder than ever, though,
as the end approaches. The election
will take place at the first meeting of
the new council at the Auditorium
Monday night
If an open vote by council is re-
CURED to settle the contest it will be
the first time that council has taken
such a vote in many years. A num-
Der Of councilmen are clamoriug for a
secret caucus now. But neither Alder
man Warren nor Alderman Nuttiug will
consent TO ill.,
Each candidate has asked the vote of
each member Of council, man TO man.
1t will be Interesting to hear the coun-
el'men get up in public and declare
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-01
MARRIAGE RECORDS BROKEN.

MACON, GA. Jan. All records
gave been broken by the number Of
carriages in Bibb county last year
The number is nearly double the wed
dings Of three years ago and an in
crease Of nearly 800 over 1911 During
the year just ended there We're 637 ne
gro and All white marriages
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-01
SMITH To HEAD
COUNTY BOARD
Turner Named Superintendent
of AImShouSe- Other Off,
Gals Hold Their Jobs.

Shelby Smith was today elected
chairman Of the board of Fulton county
commissioners. the election Of w Tom
VIM having swerved the balance of
power in favor Of the minority leader.
Mr.. Rosser was reelected county at
torney without opposition. The fight
against his election did not materialize.
and an increase of his salary from
81 600 to $1,000 was authorized.
Captain Tom Donaldson was re-
elected county superintendent of public
works A. @ Turner was elected su-
perintendent. and Mrs. A O. Turner
was elected matron, of the county
almshouse, and an increase OF $500
was made to the matron's eompensa-
ton. Turner succeeds as superintend-
emf O. O. Tanning, who has been Ill for
some time.
Means Superintendent.
r A. f. Means was elected superin-
tendent Of industrial farms Of the
county. lack Rowan, chief Of the coun-
tx police will hold his office, as will
Frank Ewes as engineer OF the court
bouse and Jail. Tom Wilson was named
highway engineer and 5. P. Mitchell
custodian of the court house.
DR.. Paul Mcdonald was elected chief
county physician by the court. Or. ].
W Hurt was named physician to the
conyicts and to the Jail to succeed Dr..
>. h. Green.
Rev. l. w Miller was elected chap
lain of the almshouse, and his salary
was increased from $50 to 500 His
duties consist i'm delivering one sermon
a month to the inmates, and, because
If a stipulation in the salary raise, Of
presiding at the funeral OF the inmates
e L. Vaughan was elected chaplain
10 the convicts. and c. II. Conway
cbaplajn to the Jail T. f. Lockhart
was designated as lieutenant Of the
county police. with the stipulation that
he be assigned as special sanitary Of
fcer
Smiths Committees.
Here are the committees appointed
bv shelby smith chairman Of the
county commission for the year 1913:
Finance. Legislation and Minutes
thurman, chairman; Anderson, smith
Public Works-Smith. chairman
VIM. thurman
Police, Quarantine, sanitation
VIM, chairman thurman, Waters.
Aims and Juveniles Waters, chair
man: Anderson, VIM.
Public Buildings Anderson, chair
man. smith, Wate.s.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-01

r-...st for Atlanta and Georgia;
Generally fair today and t0"'0'' 0"'
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-06

to the processes by which private
property is safeguarded and managed.
and should not be suffered to afford
any covert whatever to those who are
managing 1t.
It's management is Of public and
general concern, Is IN very proper
ness OF many of those corporations
which we call public-service corpora
tions. and which are indispensable to
our daily lives and serve US with
transportation and light and water and
power--their business, for instance. Is
clearly public business: and, therefore,
we can and must penetrate their affairs
cussion.
I take Il to be a necessity of the
hour to open up all the processes of
politics and OF public business-open
them wide to public view; to max 9
them accessible to every force that
the thought sv Of the people peor to give
society command of it's own economic
measures. but by steady application
Of the principle that the people have
a right to look into such matters and
to control them; to cut all privileges
and patronage. and private advantage
ton.
Wherever any public business is
transacted, wherever plans affecting
the public are laid, or enterprises
touching the public welfare, comfort,
or convenience go forward. wherever
candidates agreed on--over that place
a voice must speak. with the divine
prerogative Of peoples will. the
words: Let there be light"
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country--let It be threshed out in
public debate-and you will have
made these methods impossible.
This is what sometimes happens:
They promise you a particular piece
of legislation. AS soon as the legis-
lature meets. bill embodying that
legislation in introduced 1t is re-
ferred to a committee. You never
hear Of 1t again. What happened
Nobody knows what happened.
or course, the chief triumphs OF
committee work, Of covert phrase and
unexplained classification, are &C
complished in the framing of tariffs.
Ever since the passage Of the out
rageous Payne-Aldrich tariff act our
people have been discovering the
concealed meanings and purposes
which lay hidden in it They are
discovering item by item how deeply
and deliberately they were deceived
and cheated. This did not happen by
accident; 1t came about by design. by
elaborate. secret design Questions
put upon the floor in the house and
senate were not frankly or truly an
swered, and an elaborate piece OF
legislation was foisted on the country
which could not possibly have passed
II 1t had been generally compre-
hended.
| And we know, those Of us who han
die the machinery OF politics. thai
the great difficulty in breaking up the
control Of the political boss is tina,
| he Is backed by the money and the
influence of these very people who
are intrenched In these very sche-
dulles. The tariff could never have
been built up item by item by pub
| l$r I{sf,y1aainn md ~ cn11td hnUe
passed, IL item by item 1t had been ex.
planned to the people of this country
1t was built UP by arrangement and
by the subtle management Of polit'
ical organization represented in the
senate Of the United States by the
senior senator from Rhode Island
and In the house of representatives b.
one Of the representatives from Ill
inois. These gentlement did not
build that tariff upon the evidence
that was given before the committed
on ways and means as to what thu
manufacturer and the workingmen
the consumers and the producers, o.
this country want. 1t was not bull
upon what the interests Of the coun
try called for. 1t was built upor
understandings arrived at outside o,
the rooms where testimony was giver
and debate was held.
| an not AHLiIIAtiHS THAT coFfupIoI
creeps In: I do not know what creepl
in. The point is that we not only d.
not know, but 1t is intimated, II we
get tnqutsitive, that 1t IL none OF
our business. My reply ia that II 81
our business. and 1t Is the business
Of every man in the state; we have
Ia right to know all the Particular
Of that billie history. There Is no
any legitimate privacy about natter
of government. Government must, Il
It is to be pure and correct, in 1T
processes. be absolutely public II
everything that affects X. l canno
imagine q public man with o con
science having a secret that he woult
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is not backed by money as we'll as
the interest which is; and this can
be accomplished only by some simpii-
flcatfon of our methods which will
center the public trust in small groups
of men who will iead. not by reason
of legal authority, but by reason of
their contact with and aruenab ilfty
10 public opinion.
/ am striving to indicate my belief
that our Legislative methods may well
be reformed in the direction of giving
moro open publicity to every act, in
the direction OF giving more open
publicity to every act. in the direction
OF setting UP some form Of respon-
legislative halls so that the people
may know who is back Of every bin
and back OF the opposition to 1t, and
so that II may be dealt with In the
open chamber rather than in the COM
mittee room The light must be let
in on all processes OF law-making.
Legislation. as we nowadays con-
duct 1t, Is not conducted in the open.
1t liz not threshed out in open debate
upon the floors of our assemblies. II
is on the contrary, framed. digested
and concluded In committee rooms. 1t
Is in committee rooms that legisla-
1t is in committee rooms that leEis-
iation desired by the interests is
framed and brought forth. There is
not enough debate of II In open house,
In most cases. to disclose the real
meaning of the proposals made
Clauses lie quietly unexplained and
unchalJenged In our statutes which
contain the whole gst and purpose
of the act; qualifying phrases which
escape the public attention, casual
definitions which do not attract at.
tention. classifications 80 technical as
not TO be generally understood, and
which every one most intimately con-
cerned Is careful not to explain oil
expound. contain the whole purpose OF
the law. Only after 1t has been enact.
ed and has come to adjudication ir
the courts In its scheme az q whole
divulged. The beneficiaries are Their
safe behind their bufwarks.
| 1 am not even now suggesting cor
| rupt influence. That Is not my point
| Corruption Is a very difficult thing &c
| manage In its literal sense. The pay.
| ment OF money Is very easily detected
and men of this kind who contro
these interests by secret arrangement
would not consent to receive a dollal
In money. They are following theil
| own principles-that Is to say, the
principles which they think and &C
upon--and they think that they are
perfectly honorable and incorruptiblt
men: but they believe and that It |,
evident the people of the country de
not believe: they believe that the
prosperity Of the country depend.
upon the arrangements which certain
party leaders make with certain bust
ness leaders. They believe that, bu'
the proposition has merely to bs
stated to the Jury to be rejected. Ths
prosperity OF this country depend,
upon the interests OF all of us ant
cannot be brought about by arrange
mont between any groups OF persons
Take any question you like out to tn,
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II In one. of the happy circum-
stances OF our time that the most In
taiilgent of our business men nave
sae1 the mistake as well as the i'm
morality of the whole bad business
fthe illegitimate connections between
business and legislationl. me al
f,ance between business and politics
has been a burden TO them-an ad-
vantage, no doubt. upon occasion, put
a very questionable and burdensome
advantage. Ii has given them great
power, but II has also subjected theHfl
70 a sort Of slavery and bitter sort
oY r,Seerviency to politicians. They
srs an anxious to be-freed from BOND
age ms the country is to be rid OF the
Influences and methods which IL rep
raseuts Leading business men are
now becoming great factors IN the
H+nsncfpation OF the country from a
sy-steur which was leading from bad
10 worye, There are those, OF course.
who are welded 10 the old ways ana
who will stand out for them 10 'he
last. but shey will sink into minor
,.v and be overcome and the resi-
nnre sound That their old excuse
namely. that IL was necessary u de-
send themselves against unfair legis-
lsttonl Is no longer good excuse;
that there Is "a better way OF deIenu-
ing themselves than through the pfi-
vase use Of money, That better way
"a 10 take the public into their conn
dcnce. TO make absolutely open al
their dealings with legislative bod1es
and Legislative officers, ana let the
public Judge az between them ana
those with whom they are dealing.
This discovery on their part oi
what orght to have been obvious nj
IS. gf "a
Tor undoubtedly publicity comes very
MAR being the cure-all for political
md economic rnaiadies OF this sort
pnt publicity will continue to he yer.
difficult 70 long as our methods Of
legislation are so obscure and devious
and private ! think II Will become
more and more obvious that the way
10 purify our politics Is to Simplif,
them and that the way to simplif,
them is to establish responsible lead
ership. We nov have no leadership
az all inside p,ir legislative bodies
at any rate, no leadership which II
definite enough TO attract the atten
ton andtwatohfliness OF the country
Our only leadership being that OF ir
responsible persons outside the legts
lasurss who constitute tho political
manhir,AA 1t is extremely difficult FOL
even the most watchful public ortn
ion to keep track Of the circuitou
methods pursued. This undoubtedl!
lies at tho root-of the growing demand
on the part OF American commurdtie'
everyyhere for responsible leadership
for putting In authority and keeping
in authority those whom they know
and whom they can watch and whom
they can constantly hold to account
r.S.s 1,,,usvs<>as NJ Shps~.orIntYy ought q
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-06
keep from the people about their own

affairs.
know how some Of these gentle
men reason. They say that the in.
fiuences to which they are yielding
are perfectly legitimate influences, but
that IL they were disclosed they would
not be understood. Well, am very
sorry. but nothing is legitimate that
not explain 1t properly, then there liz
something about 1t that cannot be
explained at all. know from the
circumstances Of the case, not what
Is happening, but that something
private IL happening, and that every
time one OF these bills gets into COM
mittee, something private stops II, and
1t never comes out again unless forced
out by the agitation Of the press or
the courage and revolt Of brave men
in tho legislature. ! have known
brave men Of that sort. could name
some splendid examples Of men who.
az Representatives of the people. de-
manded to be told by tho chairman
of the committee why the bill was not
reported, and who. when they could
not find out from him. Investigated
and found out for themselves and
brought the bill out by threatening
to tell the reason on the floor OF
the house.
Those are private processes. Those
are processes which stand between tho
people and the things that are
promised them, and l say that until
you drive all Of those things into tho
open, you are not connected with your
government; you are not represented;
you are not participants in your gov
eminent Such q scheme of govern
ment by private understanding de-
prives you OF representation. deprives
the people Of representative institu-
tons 1t has got to be put into the
heads of Legislators that public bust
ness is public business l hold the
opinion that there can be no conf
dences as against the people with re-
spect to their government, and that
| It Is the duty Of every public officer
to explain to his fellow citizens when
ever he gets a chanca-explain exact
| ly what Is going on inside of his own
Office
| There is no air go wholesome as
the air Of utter publicity.
| There are other tracts of modern
life where jungles have grown up
that must be cut down. Take, for
example, the entirely illegitimate ex-
tensions made of the idea of private
property for the benefit Of modern
corporations and trusts. A modern
joint stock corporation cannot In any
proper senee be said to base its rights
and powers upon the principles of
private property. It's powers are
wholly derived from legislation. 1t
possesses them for tn, convenience of
business at the sufferance OF the pub
lie. It's stock is widely owned. passes
from hand to hand, brings nultitudes
OF men into its shifting partnerships
and connects II with the interests and
the investments Of whole communi-
ties 1t IL a segment of the public,
bears no analogy to a partnership or
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LAVAL, P|Ez AND VANCE

CONTINUED from First Page.)
him in the seventh and 1t bounded
away. The hurler fell as he at
tempted to get 1t and Just managed
to reach the ball. throwing out the
runner while yet on his knees. Krepps
made a stab at hot low liner and
managed to glove 1t about a couple
Of inches off the ground.
Hedgepeth Had them Guessing.
Just what the Colts were up against
and the kind Of game which the
Coolers put UP. in an endeavor to
break even on the series and to over
come the lead which the locals are
obtaining is shown by the fact that
only twenty-f four men were legally at
bat in the eight innings and but TWEEN
ty-fiye actually faced Hedgepeth
They only managed to get three hits.
a home run, a single and a bunt which
was beaten out and. with the excep-
ton OF Laval, whose homer prob
ably saved him a like fate, the 9TH
ers were thrown out and not a man
was left on base during the fracas.
That was what Hedgepeth did.
Vance hurled about the best game
which he has done since becoming a
Colt He had his former teammates
guessing and the half dozen safe ones
no allowed were scattered through as
many frames. The only base on ball
during the game came In the ninth.
after Cooper, who had been sent in to
bat for Damrau, singled and had been
sacrificed to second by Busch. Spen-
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Ger was then up and while he had been
unable to swat Vance's offerings the
local battery was taking no chances
and passed him. The next two bat
tiers popped flies to the outfield and
the game was won.
What little more there Is to tell
will be explained by the score:
Richmond, /.
pate cburr a.
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late Mr.. John L. Campbell. His duties
include the investment and care OF thu
universities funds. settling obligations
and accounts, care OF the Unfverstty
buildings ana grounds. ard secretary
Of the Board OF Trustees of the execu-
tive committee Of the board
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MARY JANE SAILS

continued from FIrst FAEe.J
Schrader. Staub, Whitcrar and Baus-
ser. Home runs-Whitcraft- Double
plays-Howedell TO Evans: Vandine
to Blausser to Schrader. Innings
pitched by verbout Ia; by Brown
s ga. At Bats-against verbout 13;
against Brown 90. Hits off Verhout
y; off Brown s. Struck out--by
Brown 8; by Shenn Z. Base on balls
off Brown / fWhicraft); on Shenn
Cook. Munday and Carving Wild
pitches-Shenn Passed balls--Gar-
vim. Hit hatsman, Llewellyn. LEI. on
basee--Portsmouth Z: NorIoiK q
Tirne of eame--1:4o. Umpire-Ke1ly.