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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17
The Grand uryHas Clinched the
Argument in Favor of Reform
in GeOrgia's Convict System.

The Fulton County Grand Jury due the thanks of all
hthinng people, locally and throughout the entire State
astonishgy frank and vigorous manner in which II sets
sweeping disapprova and condemnation OF convict
conditions in the county Immediately concerned
Grand Jury, with Alfred Newell as foreman, went
about its investigation of the convict situation in Fulton without
prejudice or previous conviction seeking the truth OF
the matter avemenust that and nothing more In
deed may safely assumed think that the Grand Jury
actually preferred finding that reported wretched
and nhuman conditions had been exaggerated and that moth
ing conditions not dploraby bad that they might
not be
FROM TOP TO BOTTOM THE GRAND JURY FOUND
THE SITUATION IN FULTON COUNTY RoTTEN-THoR-
oUGHLY ROTTEN!
Brutality practced immortality pointed unsantary
conditions prevail.
The Grand Jury ncompetency and ignorance
characezng convict control in the high places and cone
quent Generalization all down the line
Barbarous punishment has been made pastme in the Full
ton County camps and brutality has riot Contrast
ing with this enlightened American community the
Siberia be envied by Geoga wetched ris
findings the solemn conclusions and prOmul
cations DELIVERED UNDER OATH, of the Grand Jury of
CountyFuon County the largest and the wealths
of all the great counties of the Empire State of the South
They not be brushed lightly aside as statements
emanag from overzealous enthusiasm cranky mind
The Grand Jury highest nqustoal body known to
aws speaks with authority and with the voice of
IN THE LIGHT OF THE THINGS THE FULTON coUN-
TY GRAND JURY SAYS THERE REMAINS NO LONGER
CHARGES OF BRUTALITY AND UNsPEAKABLE INHU-
MANITY IN THE MATTER OF HANDLING CONvICTS IN
SOME OF THE GEORGIA CANTPS-AND PROBABLY IN ALL
OF THEM!
therefore the duty of Georgia to call through its
Legislature for complete and horoughgong reform of its
tire convict system?
Convc not be treated like brues in Georgia Bru-
tally yet made of anybody They should not be
unuly Inundated in of shaces and stripes
working the and together By every pecept of hu
mainly decency they entitled sanitary living
quarters and healthy and wholesome food and surroundings
They should have placed them firm trustworthy
guards and bosses If bosses be necesary-but
browed brutes and slave drivers!
Convict camps necessarily will not be made-nor should
they made-paces of and recreation they should
NOT be made-as they HAVE BEEN made-hells on EARTH
The Fulton County Grand Jury has cnched the argument
favor of reforming the convict system in Georgia
An enlightened public sentiment surely force the con-
summation of that
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17

TIME trial of Warren Hast
ings which began 126 years
ago, will probably ever re-
main the most memorable in the
annals of British Jurisprudence.
The speech of Sheridan, the
most electrical in it's effect, per-
haps, of any that was ever deliV-
cred by man: Burke's almost SUI
perhrman grafton. closing with
the never to- be- forgotten words;
Therefore hath it with all conf
dence been ordered by the Com
mons of Great Britain that l inn
peach Warren Hastings of high
crimes and misdemeanors; the
atmosphere of solemnity pervad-
ing the place. which was intensl-
fed rather than weakened by the
deep murmurs of the various
emotions of the assembly, and in
the midst of it all Hastings him
self. calm as the Sphinx, with the
look of confidence which seemed
TO say. Come one, come all. this
rock shall fly from its firm base
as soon as l." furnished picture
the like of which it is impossible
10 duplicate in all history.
os course, the spectacular 9Th
Of February could not be repeat
ed every day, but the trial that
day begun lasted until April, 1875.
when the illustrlous defendant
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17
The Mystery Of Flying Suns
By EDGAR LUCIEN LARKIN.

more waves enter the eye than
if the body is going away on a
straight line.
Now the exceedingly refined
measuring instrument, the spec
troscope, when attached to a
huge telescope, is able to meas
ure this excess and dimnution of
waves of light. The good folks
in Arabian times never imagined
any fantastic thing comparable
with this scientific reality. For
waves measured range from
lengths in between $4,000 to 6S,-
600 to the inch that are visible;
while the foto- telecamera, in con-
junction with the spectrosc0pe,
deals with waves still shorter, so
short that no eye can see them,
but still visible to molecules of
chemicals on very sensitive and
rapid films and plates.
The degree of accuracy is far
greater than that of a carpenter
measuring the length of board.
And these suns are all in motion
OTuiHdIlIg III D6IMSSh 1lliAllS VI I
to so miles per second. But a few
suns, in a select class all by
themselves, move from 125 to 200
miles during each second of time.
The paths of suns when flying
singly and alone in interminable
space are not called orbits. for
the paths of bees in a swarm
would not be called orbits. But
where binaries and ternaries are
in revolution around their COM
mon Eravitation center. By twos
and threes, then the paths are
regular comic sections and are
expressed by the word ornttS
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17

ha
orinfav orofh he
mngup the aim oft in
comprising the Southeastern
build industrial and commercial basis Tor
the that provides elasticity decent
a time
the Southeast include agriculture horticulture
S
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be located a
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17

mula adopted by youths at Gov
eminent window, you amt sworn
to this"
THAT is what I'm here for"
reply, preparing humbly to re-
move my hat and elevate my
right for the solemn, if perfume
tory, oath.
I'VE don't take affidavits here"
says Authority fatty, and being
further questioned recommends a
clerk in a neighboring drug store
as a notary, though he's prob
ably out at lunch now, you might
come back in an hour"
Having come three miles already
to beseech the privilege of pay
ing my income tax, I'm discour-
aged, and further learn that to Sc
cure the privilege 1 must pay a
favored clerk in the drug store
or some other notary a fee. At
the moment / recall with a sense
of injustice that when a. multi
millionaire in New York wants TO
swear off few hundred thousand
or million dollars worth Of as
sessments a notary is provided
for him and ali possible effort
made to make as easy as possible
the laudable endeavor to ESCAPE,
four-fifths of his honest share OF
taxation.
The United States Government
is made of sterner stuff. If YOU
want to pay your taxes you must
pay the notary too. The Gov
eminent, however, does not
charge for the blanks.
The absence of the lunchinR
notary annoys me. I ask the COL
lector's clerk, II can send in thIs
form by mail. after getting II
sworn to, can't 70"
"Of course" says the clerk them
darkly, but you'd better send il
by registered MALL"
The last piece of advice dazes
me. Has Uncle Sans Treasury
so little confidence in Uncle Sam's
Postoffice that it advises against
the use of the mails except with
special precautions? Or is it that
to the notary's fee and the car.
fare already expended--to say
nothing of the time-a registry
fee is also desirable as a further
incentive to the cheerfulness of
the taxpayer? I don't know. Bur
! wonder, whether Mr. Cordell
Hull and his aocomplices in the
creation of this particular income
tax law will not consider whether
by getting rid OF the little trivial
injustices and annoyances in
f1icted by IL, and which will be
demonstrated i'll this years col.
lections, they can not still a good
deal of the clamor against the law
as a whole. A good law can be
made cdinus by the method Of jtH
enforcemenfs
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17
\ -"HOJV is the orbitGl
speed of the sun deter
- mined, aud aoitb qohdt

NV 20 t"0 "
speed of the sun deter
~ mined, aud aoitb aohGt
probable degree of GccurdcyF"
A-Specific speeds of suns in
space, flying in every possible di-
rection, are found by means of
telescope observation and meas
urement of their proper motions.
First, find their distances from
the earth, and then, with preci-
sion, measure how many seconds
of arc they move per year. Then
their velocity can be computed
in miles.
But suppose that a flying sun
is coming on an exact line to-
ward the earth or receding on a
true straight line. Then the tele-
scope alone can not see any mo-
ton at all. But one of the chief
discoveries of all ages is the tele-
spectroscope. To even think of
the power of this delicate inStru-
ment makes one wish to write the
oft-repeated words: The powers
now so nearly latent in the phase
of Mind called human are illimit-
able.
The telespectroscope actually
measures the velocity of approach
and recession of giant suns in the
line Of sight. Thirty years ago.
one would have said, This is be-
yond the power of man." But it
is common now to measure these
direct motions.
The principle is, that when a
body emitting light is coming on
a straight line toward the eye,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17
The Trial of Warren Hastings
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY

was triumphantly acquitted of the
high crimes and misdemeanors'
of which, seven years before,
Burke had. in such dramatic
fashion, accused him in the au-
gust name of the Commons of
England.
Long ago as all this was, its
moral is still fresh and pertinent.
Warren Hastings was the very
accomplished and most capable
tool of n system of exploitation
that is still by no means extinct
among men. Hastings was at one
and the same time innocent and
guilty. He was, in a word. just
as innocent and just as guilty as
the Government that put him on
trial.
If that Government had the
moral right to be in India, then
Hastings was entitled to claim
that he was innocent of any
charge of crime, since he was
simply the Governments agent in
carrying out its Indian program.
The worst that can be said of
Hastings is that in a most mas
terly way he played the great
game according to the rules of the
Gay-and it would have been a
piece of rank injustice to have
punished him for doing the very
things he was ordered and ex-
pected to do.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17
Stars and Stripes

The man who wanted 10 put
statue of himself in the National
Capitol was not insane. He wac
merely more frank that the aver
age Congressman.
Jersey factory has a mule which
can be shod only when chloro-
formed. Might be a hint in this
for the Ohio officials who are try
ing to get taxes out of John d.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17

Receiver Named to Care for
Chickens" Good job for a South
ern Republican.
Note that Huerta is again tot
tering." He must be making a
hobby OF II.
White list of plays il pro-
posed. Probably a struggle to
keep off IL.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17
rno Slaton Points Out Necessity Regional Bank Atlanta

Boston San Fanc
Arizona republican., 1914-09-23
NOT MOMENTS RESPITE GIVEN GERMAN FORCES
 BY THE ALLIED ARMIES

and thirteenth by their artillery en- abled them to develop their resi3
 tance and reinforce their line to an extent not originally contemplated, is not yet to be said.
 50 far as we are concerned, the action still being contested is the battle of the Aisne, and there is fighting just across that river and
 along the whole of our front to the
 east and west. The struggle is not confined to the valley of that river,
 though it probably will bear it's
 name''
 Although official reports do not go beyond saying Germans have been forced to give ground before the
 French attacks and speak of Noyon and the district around that city as the center of operations, some cor respondents describe the allies left as extending from just west of Noyon as far as Lecatete, from which point or Peronne, the new army, of which there has been so many reports but no confirmation, is supposed to be operating to threaten the German right wing.
 If this is true the German right is
 in very dangerous position for it can not extend much further north or west of St. Quentin and it's posi- tion runs thence by way of Chauny south of Laon to the north of Rheims In the center between Rheims and ha iol early in the week, there has been more desperate fighting, the Germans
 taking the offensive according to
 French reports, and being repulsed Germany also made some attacks in the Woevre district without success
 but they succeeded in again crossing the Lorraine frontier. and occupying Donestre, to the south of Blamont The French captured additional pri- soners and supply trains The Ser vians can now proceed with the in vasion of Bosnia and troops at Vishe- grad were ordered to march on Sara Jevo, which town is the birthplace of the present war, for there occur red the assassination of the Austrian
 Helr apparent, Arcnduke FrdnclS Fer dinand. Servians and Montenegrins are within ten miles of Sarajevo and the Anstrians made one sortie from the town, according to a Rome dis
 patch, but quickly turned back in the
 face of opposing forces
 There is rumor, too, that Essad
 Pasha, former Albanian minister of
 war, as result of an agreement with the Servian government lead the AL
 banian army into Herzegovina by way of Cattaro
Arizona republican., 1914-09-23
Policemen Arouse Sleeping Lodgers When the Blaze Breaks Out in Rosenstein Clothing Store on Wash ington Street
HURRIED CASCADE
 MEN AND EFFECTS
Nobody is Hurt - Though Fire Does Not Penetrate Upper Floor, Smoke Does Harm-Rosenstein Stock Destroyed

Uncorking the loads of their six shooters in a perfect fusillade of shots, five policemen of the city of Phoenix last night warned the room CTS in the lodging house above the burning Rosenstein clothing store at 240 East Washington. and had the upper floors cleared of human occu- pants in plenty of time to save their lives. Although the fire, which burned slowly but persistently. did not reach the upper floors, a choking smoke from the burning clothes swiftly pervaded the rooms, fit to strangle a body.
 The first intimation of the fire brought Officers Valenzuela, Cox, Bradley, Hunt and Lopez. Bradley. of the merchants patrol, happened to be nearby and gave the alarm. Then, realizing that there were over a score of people above the burning store, and that the rooming house over the Pettid bakery next door also held many persons who might be in dan ger, the officers cut loose and aided their cries of "Fire." with the good healthy sound of the Colt
 Nothing like the cascade of hu- manity and personal effects has been seen in a long time, and before :he echoes of the shots had died out, all were safely out of the smoke-laden rooms.
 The battle, in addition to raising the sleeping lodgers, brought a rec ord crowd, who wildly inquired about raids and uprisings. while taking in the big show
 Getting the fire subdued proved 6 short but troublesome task. The clothing and bolts of cloth, the closely packed goods offered good hiding places for the smouldering fires Then, too, the flames had invaded the screen sleeping porch which runs all the way across the front of the several build ings.
 Smoke from the comparatively iso- lated fire, invaded all the rooms in all three lodging houses, pouring from the upper rooms of the Pettid build ing in such a manner as to give q highly exaggerated idea of the extent of the fire. Considerable damage re- suited from the smoke alone.
 The building, it is said is owned by Mrs L. Gardiner, who leases it to the several firms doing business therein. A lunch counter and barber shop com bined. directly east of the Rosenstein store suffered perhaps more than any of the other concerns.
 Thrilling Escape touch of comedy was added to the scene of excitement when thoroughly frightened roomer hurled a mattress from an east window and prepared to follow it to the sidewalk. An officer below brandished an empty gun and shouted, Stay there, you idiot, you'll kill yourself"
 I'd rather break my neck than be burned to death,' responded the room- 1 CT, and leaped.
 | He landed safely, but shaken.
Arizona republican., 1914-09-23
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATCH1

BATTLE FRONT, (via Paris), Sept 22.-Nct a moments respite was given last night to the German forces en- trenched along ninetymile front running along the rivers of Aisne and Disc, and extending into the Woevre district. The batteries of the allied forces never entirely ceased firing all night, although their activity was di- unfinished somewhat after sundown Germans. occupying the trenches were kept constantly on the alert, but until two o'clock in the morning no aggres sive move started from the allies lines facing them. Then all the allied bat teries seemed to open fire together, and every point along the front be- came very active.
 At the western endi of the line the allied infantry gathered in trenches, and simultaneously at various points crept out, and advanced cautiously in wide open lines toward the German positions. The French and British on several occasions succeeded in sur prising and driving back the occu- pants of the trenches, but only after most stubborn fighting. and after heavy losses on both sides.
 In every instance the allied troops retained the ground captured, and im- medately dug themselves in. Further east the Germans themselves devel- oped strong attack, and though beat en back with bayonet, returned again and again. Finally they were driven off to their original position. The allied commanders were able to give the troops who had been occupying the advance firing line a welcome rest, pushing to the front fresh brigades Of batteries hitherto held in reserve, which were only too anxious to come into actual contact.
 Military experts estimate that nearly two million or more men are now In the zone where the battle has been Tn progress for ten days.
Arizona republican., 1914-09-23
French Describe Operations

LONDON, Sept. 22.-The following descriptive account from Field Mar shal Sir John Frenchs headquarters of the British army's operations up to September IS was issued tonight:
 GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, September IS:
 "At the date of the last narrative, September IA, the Germans Were making determined resistance along the river Aisne Opposition which at first it was thought might possibly he of a rear guard nature, and not entailing material delay of our prog ress, it developed, proved to be more serious than was anticipated.
 'sThe action now being fought by the Germans along their line may, it is true, have been undertaken in or der to gain time for some strategic operation or move, and may not be their main stand. But if this is so, the fighting naturally is on a scale which as to extent of ground covered and duration of resistance. makes it indistinguishable in it's progress froia what is known as a pitched battle,' though the enemy certainly shove signs of considerable disorganization during the earlier days of their re- tirement phase.
 Whether it was originally intend- ed by them to defend the position they took up as st-enuously as they have done, or whether the delay gained for them during the twelfth
Arizona republican., 1914-09-23
ASSOCIATED PRESS p1sPArcH1

NEW YORK, Sept. 22.-The clos ing of the New York City $100,000. 900 loan with large over subscription, increased firmness in foreign ex- rates. and drastic cut in the divi- dend of the Anaconda Copper Mining company, were the chief features of financial interest. In respect to fun damental conditions the domestic situation continued to show signs of improvement, and it is evident the gold pool, with its broad scope. is certain to assist the easing of the international money market.
 Harder tendency of money is as cribed to the withdrawal from the
Arizona republican., 1914-09-23
Brino In Survivors
Object To Re-embloymemt
 Of The Striking Mlme'a

with the president at Washington tomorrow.
 At the convention at Trinidad last accepted the truce plan without amendment and notified the president they were willing to return to work, and call off the strike as soon as the proposal was accepted by the mine owners. Wellborn's letter was his company's individual reply.
 Other operators in the state will unite in a separate reply. Wellborn maintained the company's first Obli- gation is to the present employees, many of whom would be discharged If all the strikers not convicted of |crime were to be re-employed.
Arizona republican., 1914-09-23
COLONEL URGES
 NEbRASKANS ID
 RE MAIN LOYAL
Announces His Mission to State is to Appeal to the Voters to Support Pro- gressive Candidates and Party Principles
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATcH1

LINCOLN, Nebr., Sept. 22.-Speak- ing before large crowd representing all political affiliations, Colonel Theo- dore Roosevelt announced his mission to Nebraska was to urge upon the voters of the state the support of the progressive candidates and principles.
 In view of his close relations with R. D. Howell, republican candidate for governor there was interest in the position Colonel Roosevelt would take Turning to H. E. Sackett who heads the progressive party state ticket, Col onel Roosevelt mentioned. him by name, and called upon all progressives, and others endorsing the principles of the party to vote for him and for the entire ticket.
 Roosevelt's train was more than two hours late and another meeting ar ranged for prior to speaking, which was largely attended, was minus it's chief guest
 At the Auditorium to which Roose- welt was taken almost directly from the train, he plunged directly into a discussion of progressive principles.
Arizona republican., 1914-09-23
New York Financial
 Condition Is Imby0viMg

local field of some interior and Ca
 madam banks, which are believed to
 be using their money at home. Some
 three-day call loans were made at 71a per cent.
 The reduction of the Anaconda Copper quarterly dividend from i5 cents to 25 cents naturally excited speculation regarding the action of the Amalgamated Copper directors
 one month hence, inasmuch as the Anaconda is controlled by the Anal gamated It also drew attention to the fact that copper was offered at F cents a pound, the lowest price in some years. Bankers said the heavy i marketing of Canadian wheat is ex ercising a beneficial effect on the ex- ] change
Arizona republican., 1914-09-23
THREE OR FOUR DAYS MORE

BORDEAUX, Sept. 22.-"The battle between the Disc and Mouse will prob ably last three or four days longer says the Temps in it's military re- view. "But reports indicate that the resistance of the enemy is weaken ing. Another effort and the French territory will be free of them. It will be hard, however, for we shall have many victims. Our advance between Rheims and Argonne seems to show that the greater part of the German army is in retreat by the way of Bel gium and west of the Mouse, and they are already making extensive defen- sive works on the Sambre.'
Arizona republican., 1914-09-23
WAR REVENUE BILL
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIspATcH]

WASHINGTON, Sept 22--An early disposition of the war revenue bill to raise $105000,000 was forecaste1 when Majority Leader Underwood the measure would he brought up Thursday under rule The republican members attack of the measure is along the lines sug- gested in the minority report pro . testing there is no occasion for a panic, or nasty O. headlong action to heap heavier burdens upon the people,
 The democrats are charged with