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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26
REAL REFORMS PASSED
WHILE PROPOSED NEW
CHARTER MEETS DEFEAT

titlon with the registration list and
ascertain II the required number have
gued and file report to the General
Council with the petition and the pc
titiOn must be filed at least five days
before the meeting Of the General
Council in order that time may be
given for checking up the list The
General Council shall order an cleo
ton to be held within thirty days II
the requisite number Of signatures
are secured. When the question Of
the recall or recall Of the Off
cial Is voted on I'm said election the
form Of the ballot shall be:
For the recall Of Observation-Disclosures.
Holding the office of............,.."
Against the recall of.............
Holding the office Of.............."
includes All officers.
III a majority Of the votes are for
the recall Of such officer, a vacancy
exists at the moment the votes are
Cauyassed by the General Council and
the result announced, and the vacany
is filed In the same manner as va
caucics are otherwise filled for said
office A meeting OF the General
Council must be called. If no regular
meeting iutervenes, within not less
than five days after the election so
men and officers elected by vote of the
people. heads OF the departments and
members Of boards are subject to ce-
call in the manner above provided.
"Also iu the office Of Tax Assessors
and Receivers IL Is provided that these
officers shah be the head thereof and
shall have the authority to nominate
the chief clerk, together with the as
sistants therein, subject to the con-
nrmation Of the Tax Committee, and
also the final confirmation by the
General Council
Also there is n further provision
that the Mayor and General Council
shall have authority to provide by
ordinance for the inspection OF freight
and passenger elevators used in the
different buildings of the city. and
also to provide for the inspection OF
steam boilers, and to give the officers
in charge Of such inspection the right
To enter the premises and to provide
by ordinance regulations for the use
of such elevators and steam boilers.
also there Is an additional provi-
sion authorizing Council TO close wy
man street In the block next to the
right Of way Of the Georgia Railroad.
81. l.. MAYSON
"Clty Attorney"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26
,harter. The very small vote proves

charter. The very small vote proves
that"
Though politician generally are
greatly disappointed by the result Of
the election, the general opinion IS
that they will continue to stand firm
against any radical charter reforms.
Like Alderman Nutting, they do not
interpret the election as a reputation
of their stand against the sort or
charter urged by Mayor Woodward
and his supporters.
Judge George HilIver, chairman O.
the campaign committee that sup
ported the charter, gave out unique
and interesting interview on the re-
suit. He said:
judge HiIIyer's Comment.
The proposed charter did not 20
far enough. and | think the result is
due to the fact that the people are op-
posed to the commission form of gov
eminent They ar against making
the changes suggested, even though
an improvement, for fear it might
open the way to another fight tor
nIacing despotic power in the hands
of a few. So they preferred to let the
present charter stand.
IF it had been proposed to in
crease the membership of the Council
so that ABOUT every SUI voters Coulu
have their own Councilman, locally
elected by them, without dictation
from the outside or by anyone bit
themselves, and thus make the form
of government even r-ore represen-
tative and democratic than 1t is, then
the result might have been different.
But the city is tired of charter agi-
tation. The despotic commission form
of government will be defeated, in my
opinion, worse than 1t was two years
ago. if the misguided factions who
want it ever force the issue upon the
people again"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26
Continued from Page I.

tion shall be called therefor within
80 days after same has been read in
Council At said election IL said res
olutIon or ordinance receives a ma
jority Of the votes cast, it becomes
effective and can not be thereafter
repealed except by "a similar election,
provided II the Mayor and General
Council adopt the resolution or ordi-
nance SO petitioncd for then no cleo
ton shall he called
Also, whenever L. per cent Of the
registered voters. ascertaincd in the
same way, file petition with the clerk
OF Council requesting the submission OF
any ordinance or resolution already
adopted by the General Council, same
shall be submitted az Tie next reg
ular city election, provided this re-
quest is, filed within 60 d-rs after the
approval Of said ordinance or resOlu-
tion.
How 10 Defeat. Bill.
no ordinance or resolution shall
he submitted at q date earlier than
sixty days after the date Of itg APP
lfuNai nor SHtD same ne SNhUll lltt
at any other time than az the rcEu-
lar city election held on the first
Wednesday In December Of each year,
but same can be submitted AT each
annual general city election If pc
tition IS filed therefor as prescribed
'If majority Of the votes cast are
against t.. resolution or ordinance
same is rsddered Of no effect. nor
can II afterwards be adopted by the
Mayor and General Council until sub
mitted 10 the voters OF the city
same manner
IF said resolution ur ordinance o
ceivcs a majority vote. then the a. =
nance or resolution remains effective
in the same manner as other ordi-
nanCcs or resolutions.
Recalls Operation.
ALSO. u % per cent of the regis
tered voters as shown boy the regis
tration sheets of the preceding gen
eral election. shall ME a petition with
the clerk Of Council therefor an cleo
tion shall be called and held within
thirty days on the subject only of the
recall or non-recal Of the official II
is made the duty OF the city Clerk
TO check up the signatures on the pc
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26

who was born deaf and dumb and
had her hearing and speech restored
by a surgical operation performed by
a Macon physician.
The little girl Is Gwendolyn Wood
ward, the S-year-old daughter Of DR.
II. c. Woodward. Of Abel, Ga, one Of
the leading citizens of that section Of
Georgia Born without the senses Of
hearing and speech, the little girl
lived In silence for nearly four years
Then she was taken to Macon,
where a well-known physician had
been operating successfully on cases
OF chronic deafness for a number Of
years. and her hearing was restored
Then she was placed In Miss Laura
L. Arbaugh's school in Macon, where
she was made an especial object of
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26
TENTH WARD. PRECINCT A.
TENTH WARD, PRECINCT 3.
Death Blow to "Rinu," Saws Mayor

tndrleS L. hopkins, one of the
leaders in the movement for genuine
charter reform. was inclined to think
that the defeat of the main amend
ments defeated the initiative and ref
erendum and the Recorders court
provisions Irrespective Of the vote
upon them. There seemed to be
well-detined split in opinions upon the
meaning of the election.
However, the ballot distinctly says:
You can vote on one or all of thesS
questions" This would certainly seem
to leave the impression that each was
an independent question.
The adoption Of the initiative, ref
erendum and recall provisions is liza
bic to play significant part in future
politics Of Atlanta BY the signing of
a petition by 25 per cent of the reg
istered voters citizens may call an
election on the recall Of any Council
man, board member or head of a de
partment, If a majority of the voters
declare tor his recall he is recalled
and his successor is elected by the
same method provided for the filing
of vacancies in any other instance.
All such vacancies will be filled either
by Council or the board in charge OF
the department affected.
People Can Call Election.
The initiative provision gives the
people the right to call an election to
pass any ordinance that may be de-
sired by getting up petition signed
by 10 per cent of the registered
voters
If Council passes an unpopular act
of legislation the people can call an
election to determine whether it shall
be sustained or declared void by get
ting up a petition of Is per cent o.:
the registered voters. This is the
referendum.
Marks Entrance of Reform.
The action of the voters yesterday
in adopting these measures that have
become 90 popular in many of the
Western States marks the entrance of
this reform into Georgia government
1t was expected that there would
be a light vote Wednesday, but the
fact that only 300 ballots were cast
was a surprise to leaders Of both
factions The election managers al
lowed only 1851 votes to countf 10
tickets being improperly marked.
After the noon hour charter advo-
Gates admitted privately that the doc
ument would be defeated. But they
would not admit the adverse vote was
due to the bitter fight made on it
by Woodward.
1--WE educated the people so well
against a new charter during the last
two commission government agita-
lions that they are afraid of any new
charter" said Alderman James R.
Nutting. They would have voted
against commission government
Wednesday just as readily as they did
against the new charter.
No Credit Given Attacks.
4 oh, I hot
this new charter was the instrument
of a ring has had little to do with
the voting l don't believe the intel
ligent people of Atlanta take that
charge seriously.
If there is any real significance in
the election of Wednesday, it is that
the people of Atlanta are satisfied
18th the present form of government.
They don't want any sort of new
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26
On left,
Gwendolyn
Woodward.

instruction. Now she can talk as
well as any girl of her age.
Friends of the little girl are anxious
for her to meet Miss Keller, hoping
that the remarkable work of the lat
ter will prove an inspiration to her.
The work Of teaching the child to
speak has been hard, necessitating
the establishment of q whole voCabu-
larry, and constant vigilance is neces-
sary to enable her to retain what
she learns. Arrangements probably
Will be made with the management
Of the Alkahest LyCeum Bureau, un-
der whose auspices Miss Keller will
appear here. and the meeting will
take place shortly after her arrival in
Atlanta.
Medical men consider the operation
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26

that restored the hearing of the little
girl one of the most remarkable in
the history of the profession. The
physician who cured her has sue
cessfully operated on nearly a dozen
cases in the past ten years and his
theory and an instrument which he
invented have been accepted in Eu-
rope.
There has however been consid-
cradle opposition to the work in
America.
Most of the patients treated by the
Macon physician are placed in Miss
Arbaugh's school, where they are
taught vocabulary and trained in
use of the lowers that have been re-
stored to them.
Among the children who are now
in the school are Robert Robertson,
of Wellston. Ca. and Julia Canty, of
Macon. Specialists had pronounced
the case of the latter girl incurable.
but after the operation her hearing
was as good as anybody's.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26
Court Rejects Plan
Of Defunct Risk Firm

A petition by w. R. Taylor, vice
president of the defunct American
Life and Annuity Company, for per
mission to organize new company,
to be known as the Mutual Co-opera-
tive Company, to reinsure the policy
holders in the defunct company, was
refused Thursday by State Insurance
Commissioner Wright Mr.. Wright
recommended the Columbia Life In.
surance Company of Cincinnati and
Judge Bell concurred.
Taylor was arrested Wednesday on
a warrant sworn out by a stockholder
in Ocilla, charging fraud.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26
MUTE WHOM SCIENCE CURED
TO MEET MISS HELEN KELLER

A miracle Of human endeavor may
meet a miracle Of science when Miss
Helen Keller comes 10 Atlanta this
winter to M her lyceum engagement
Efforts are being made to arrange
n meeting between Miss Keller
probably the only person In the world
who, born deaf. dumb and blind. has
through her own efforts, partly re-
stored her power Of speech and edu-
Gated herself to point where the
loss Of sight and hearing is hardly
a little Georgia girl
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26
Best for Indigestion, Gas,
Heartburn and Dyspepsia
It's Great

When your meals don't fit COM
fortably. or what you eat lies like a
lump Of lead in your stomach, or if
you have heartburn. that IS a sign
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Get from your pharmacist a So
cent ca Sc Of Papes Diapepsin and
take a dose just as soon as YOU
can There will be no sour risings.
no helching of undigested food
mixed with acid. no stomach gas or
heartburn. fullness or heavy feeling
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26
Chamber Committee
On Drummers Named

w. S. Lounsberry, as chairman,
Thursday morning appointed the
members of the Chamber of Com
merce committee on Travelling Sales
men, authorized by the executive
committee and approved by President
E. L. Adams, St Elmo Massengale.
E. H. Hoodgart, E. NJ. Lunceford, w
p. Anderson and George A. Gershon
Plans for the systematic boosting of
Atlanta by travelling men probably
will be formulated soon when the new
committee meets.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26
START NEW HOTEL WORK.

COLUMBUS, Sept. 25.-The first
actual work toward building the new
S225,O0O hotel in Columbus was done
yesterday when the former residence
of Dr. ]. II. McDuffie, which occupied
part of the hotel site, was prepared
for removal from the site.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26

$500 instead of $500 and his maximum
stockade sentence 30 instead Of 60
days, IS a victory for them. The Re
corder can not impose sentences Of
more than 80 days now, but Council,
under the Old law, had the right to
increase the limit to 90 days. The re-
suit of the election is to make the
limit arbitrary. This provision was
separately according to City
Attorney Mayson, just as the initil-
tive. referendum and recall clause.
Although It was the genera, i'm
preston that these amendments Wee
killed because the main charter
was defeated, City AttOr-
ney Nayson's ruling has dissipated
that opinion.
Here is the vote by wards:
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26
SOUR, UPSET STOMACHS FIXED IN
FIVE MINUTES--PAPE'S DIAPEPSIN

in the stomach, nausea, facilitating
headaches dizziness or intestinal
gripping This will all go, and, be-
sides, there will be no sour food left
over in the stomach to poison your
breath with nauseous odors.
Pape's Diapepsin is a certain cure
for out-Of- order stomachs. because
it takes hold Of your food and d.
gests it just the same as if your
stomach wasn't there.
Relief in five minutes from all
stomach misery is waiting for you
at any drug store.
These large 5O-cent cases con-
tain enough 'Pape's Diapepsin" to
keep the entire family free from
stomach disorders and indigestion
for many months. II belongs in
your home.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26
Hinkles, Separated,
Divide Their Fortune

MACON, Sept. 25.-Dr. and Mrs. A.
B. Hinkle have divided the property,
Y hitch was entirely in her name, and
as the result of the agreement each
gets about $4,000 in stock, real es-
tate and personal valuables.
Mrs. Hinkle will proceed with her
divorce suit, however. and it is stated
that the doctor will not contest it.
She also keeps their two children.
both minors
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26
See Victory in
Cut in Recorder Power

Here is the result of the special
election on the amended city charter
for Atlanta. the initiative, referendum
and recall and the provision reducing
the power Of the Recorder to 80 day
sentences and 5000 fines.
For charter NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1887
Against charter ............... 2,194
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-09

THE CALLS HOTEL AND RESORT BU-
pF1IJ furnishes folders and full information
tee regarding this hotel. First floor, Cal bldg.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-09
GREAT FOOTBALL
BATTLE HANGS
IN BALANCE
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec. s.-Whether there
will be a Harvard Chicago football
game next season will depend on the
action taken at special meeting of
the University of Chicago athletes
board, to be held in the near future.
Harvard's official proposal that Chi
cago and the crimson meet at Cam
bridge on October "a or October 81
was received by the board Yesterday
made for Its early consideration. The
invitation for the international game
mad been sent to Coach A. A. Stagg
OF Chicago, who is at Pinehurst. N. O..
and was forwarded here.
Unless Harvard will aeree IN nlav
Chicago In this city in 1918 there is
not much possibility OF a game he
tween the universities at Cambridge
next year. Chicago faculty members
are said to believe the maroons would
lost prestige by listing a single game.
The Harvard proposal made no men
ton or return game in 1918.
Because or the necessity for an
early reply to the Harvard invitation
members of Chicago's athletic hoard
may take action as soon as Saturday.
AS such a contest might be styled
national championship game. Chit
cago faculty members are expected to
oppose 1t. At last weeks meeting ~
big nine representatives intersectionai
championship basket ball games were
prohibited and it is believed bv soma
the faculty members may stand hv
the precedent thus established. An
other objection expressed by some of
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-09
WELLS PUT AWAY
BY GEORGES
CARPENTER

LONDON, Dec. 9.-After defeating
England's white hope, Bombadier
Wells, last night in one round,
Georges Carpenter told the corre-
spondent of the International News
Service how he did it.
II learned the weakness of Wells
in our former fight at Ghent. 1 also
learned his strength at that time" he
said. II learned then that the secret
of defeating him lay in avoiding his
long arm and playing for his stom-
ach."
Carpenter won the fight with a
quick right jab to the point of his
opponents jaw, followed quickly with
two rapid short arm punches to the
stomach. When Wells doubled up Car
pentier sent in right and left upper
cuts to the chin, and Wells spraled
over the floor and went to sleep.
When the Borbardier awakened
Carpenter vase being carried from
the ring on the shoulders of an en-
thusiastic crowd of his friends.
Wells was greatly humiliated at his
defeat and actually wept as he
watched the victor being carried from
the hall.
1t is acknowledged today that Wells,
lake many another British boxer, owes
his defeat to custom and a refusal to
adopt the American methods of box
ing.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-09

and Ritchie made against Wolgast
within a few months of each other, 1t
is difficult, indeed, to figure out why
Ritchie should rule a to 1 shot and
Murphy should be overlooked. But
the men who make the prices in
events pugilistic have decreed that
2 to 1 goes for the present time at
least. and this settles it.
So far as is known, neither man
has placed a bet on himself. They
are not ramblers They are simply
fighters. If either were to act like
the late Stanley Ketche1 or Joe Cans
and come to the bat with bankroll
to bet. then there would be some
excuse for a switch in the odds. But
we don't have reckless spirited
scrappers like Ketchel and Cans any
more.
z Anyhow, Ritchie ought to be proud
of this wonderful tribute which his
fellow citizens are paying him.
According to their way of thinking,
he is going to fight the toughest
lightweight in the business tomorrow
evening and still the price of this
tough one has been hammered down
to 2 to / and it is going begging.
Where, oh where are those who have
confidence in Harlem Tommy.
BUCKLEY TOUTS TOMMY
The champion himself is surprised
at the odds. He freely admits this.
He, of course. would figure on the
long end, but he did not look for the
price to drop any lower than 10 to z.
They seemed to be all after me to
fight Murphy and I figured that when
the match was made the Murphy men
would throw in all sorts of money on
him. said Willie yesterday. Nov
they tell me that my friends can't
get a bet down on me because there
Is no Murphy money in sight.
II am out to win and win as
quickly as / can. Certainly / will
play for a Knockout. / always do.
But / am not trying to call the turn.
l will do the best I can and fight
while / have pair of good hands to
fight with
There appears to be bushels of
confidence in the Murphy camp, de-
lenger is despised by the bettors.
Harlem Tommy is not a man given
to worry and neither is his manager,
Jim Buckley.
"Odds don't count" says Buckley.
TN fact, they lie. The people of this
city made Burns a 10 to shot over
my boy, here last New Years day
and my boy made a chopping block
out of Burns l know he won't beat
Ritchie so easily, but he will beat him
all the same. 1 tell you he can't
miss"
Buckley is shrewd Judge of fight
ers and form. He picked Murphy up
when nobody else seemed to want him
and since that time Murphy has
jumped from an obscure performer to
a challenger for the lightweight title
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-09
NJ 'FARLAND WINS
| FROM JACK
! BRIT TON

MILWAUKEE, Dec. s.-Packey Nc
Chicago, gave a tame 10 round box
ing exhibition here last night, which
brought cat calls and jeers from the
crowd. The contest went the stipu-
lated 10 rounds and Mcfarland had
pecked Britton oftener than Britton
pecked him. It was agreed that
Packey had the edge on boxing.
It was apparent that neither fighter
intended to do any serious damage.
In the seventh round Britton tabbed
Packey in the mouth and brought
blood, and Mcfarland retaliated by
doing the same to Jack.
Mcfarland boxed throughout the
10 rounds with his hands open. The
fans were thoroughly disgusted with
his tactics and it will be some time
before he is put on here again.
During the afternoon it looked as
though the fight would be called off,
Mcfarland refused to strip before the
members OF the boxing commission
He finally consented to weigh in be-
fore Chairman Liginger OF the boxing
commission alone. The latter re-
ported that McFarland's weight was
o. K The Wisconsin law provides
that If there is a difference of 10
pounds In weight between two boxers
they can not perform in the state OF
wisconsin.