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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. 3 POLICYHOLDERS DEFEATED IN FIGHT FOR THE CONTROL New York Life and the Mutual Life Are Winners. 800.000 BALLOTS CAST FOR TRUSTEES Samuel Untermever, Repre senting ' Policyholders Committee, Charged with Mistakes. New York. Dec. 19.—The election for trustees of the largest mutual Insur ance companies In American, the New York Life and the Mutual Life, Is over snd the Indications are that the ad ministrations have been victorious over those of the Policyholders' Association. Probably never before has there been anything to compare with the election. In number of ballots cast and In the expenditure of time and money, the election appeared like one of the states of the Union. The total vote cast In both companies will approximate 800,000,of which about 500,000 will be In the New York Life, In which the contest has been more vigorously and more bitterly waged. It will be some weeks yet before the votes are actually counted. The election was to determine wheth er the present management of the UP AGIST IT! T WANTEI>—8MALL SUPPLY OF IIUMPTY Dumpty wrestler*. Apply to J. C. Lognn, secretary Associated Charities. Another tumble In the Iluuipty Dumpty line has blocked the well laid plans of Secretary J. C. Logan, of the Associated Charities. Not that. Ilutupty Dumpty has taken another fall out of himself, but the stock of Ilunipty Dumpty wrestlers has tumbled to nothing—has been sold out. So other plans will have to he devised to help A. A. Hall, a one-legged cripple, who wants to got out of Atlanta. Hall, who formerly ran a “baby rack" with a street fair outfit, but who went broke with the show. Is in Atlanta with n wife and one little child, trying. to ‘make mogey enough to get out of. town. He ap plied to Secretary Logan for assistance, and aid that If he* bad" a stock of goods to Christinas Ice by the enactment of the, reform Insurance laws following the Armstrong committee's revelations mild remain In power, or whether the the streets during the Cl week he could make enough to take him self and family to Pittsburg, Pa., where he wants to go. •Secretary Logan wired to a fakirs* sup ply house Jn New York for a stock of “Huinpty Dumpty wrestlers*' for Hall to sell, but lie recelvwl word Wednesday morning that the stock had t»een exhausted. These wrestler* are a contrivance worked by an Invisible string, and, ns the- fakirs will tell you, are Just tho thing to take * and amuse the children. stock of tops, collar buttons or other kind of stuff for Hnll to sell Ids way out of town with. men In charge of their own funds, amounting In the two companies to 1970,000,000. Samuel Untermeyer, a prominent at torney of this city, led the fight against the administration of the two compa nies. He organised the forces of the International Policy Holders' Associa tion. Even friends of Nntermeyer de clare he made some serious mistakes In the conduct of the policy holders* fight. Several of the directors named on th * po'lcy holders' ticket, It developed, were men who had no financial Interest In either company, not even being Insur ed In them. The administration forces Proftator W. R. B. C. Farr. The funeral aervlcea of Professor W. R. H. r. Farr were conducted at his late residence on Peachtree road Wed nesday morning. The Interment was In Oakland cemetery. Oliver J. Barrett. The funeral services of Oliver J. Bar rett, the young son of Mr# and Mrs. T. W. Barrett, who died nt the family residence, were conducted In the pri vate chapel of Harry O. Poole A Co. Wednesday afternoon. The Interment was in Ac worth, Qa. TWO IRE ARRESTED FOR ATTACKING GIRL 00000000000000000000000000 o o O BLAMES DRE8S SUITS O O FOR CAR SHORTAGE. O 0 0 O Washington, Dec. 19.—"There 0 0 are too many big railroad officials 0 0 strutting around the hotels in 0 0 dress suits. That's one of the O 0 reasons we are suffering from a O 0 car shortage In the Northwest," O O said Senator Hansbrough, of 0 0 North Dakota, after a conference 0 O with the president. O 0 "Give the Interstate commerce O 0 commission power to investigate O 0 conditions In regard to thesfipply O 0 of cars," said the senator. "Give 0 0 the commission power to order O 0 cars from the South to the North 0 or the North-to the South, when, ,3 0 In Its Judgment. cmdltlons require O 0 such action, and penalize the con- 0 O slgnees for every day they hold 0 0 loaded (jars, and you will have a 0 0 different state of things In this 0 O country.” * 0 O O 00000000000000000000000000. NEVER TOO LATEi El THE 20TH CENTURY THE JEWS (Continu.d from 1«t Pag., 2d Section.) Sphere nor the Christian centuries, but quietly follow, hi. genealogical chart until' It lahd. him ut the door of the ark upon,Ararat. Howav.fr It Is not antiquity alone which makes the househdo u! the Jew ,Illustrious. .The'heroes of Biblical atory have all sprung from the rood of Abra ham: and, heading the long list which Includes Moses and Elijah and David and Solomon and Exeklel and Isaiah and Paul and Stephen, Is the man of Galilee, whom Christendom ranks above all the rest: the Prince nt the House •)( David and the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. . The battlefield of Hastings laid the foundations and traced the patents of the British nobility In rubrics which were commonplace and palling com pared with‘the blood of the hierarchy of Israel. ' Nor have the life-currents whlqh ‘ancestry has done so much to ennoble been contaminated by foreign admixtures. Senator Vance, of North Carolina, has not Inaptly likened the Jews to the gulf stream which Journeys around the entire globe, but never min gles with the ocean through which It moves. The average American Is a conglomerate whose ancestors are dis tributed over the whole face of the earthXand moet of the European, are tinctured with foreign infusion*. But the Jew I. still'the Jew. Racially he has undergone no change whatever, and the blood which ripples the veins of the modern Hebrew In Amerla t. sub stantially the blood of the ancient He brew In Israel. The candidate for so clal honors who Is knocking at the door of the four hundred Is sure to be admitted If he can show one single red corpuscle which has come from Wil liam the Conqueror: but the Jew, with out using the microscope, requires only a needle to open u. vein and out leaps the. same blood which was bound to the altar on Mouht Moriah. The cynic who Is still Inclined to sneer at the Hebrew race w ill do well to recall the famous retort which Die raell made In the house of commons to the member who taunted him with being a Jew. ''Sir,'' replied he. with the calm poise which truth only can give to resentment, "when your ances tors were tending swine on the plains of Srnndlnavla and drinking blood from the skulle of savage victims slain by savage victors, mine were priests and princes .In Israel, worshipping Go.1 In thtj temple.” Rusi The antLSemltlsm of France ami ilh Is by,'no'Ineans an expression .la of ttfe sentiment of Christendom to ward-the Jews. On the contrary It represents the death struggle of an old enmity which Is slowly passing under tho benign Influence of twentieth cen tury, brotherhood Into the fossil re mains of mediaeval barbarism. The recognition of Oscar‘Straus by Presi dent Roosevelt Indicates much more rlenrly tho present drift of the great world currents. In this connection It Is of some Interest to observe that, while the ’h ‘ — ppolntment of Mr, Straus to the portfolio bf.coinm.nre and labor marks Into the president', coun- Washington, the .vent-was anticipated under .the, Confederate government by, the appoimmentfbf Judah P. Benjamin, nrst as attorney general and after Knilurkutlnn on the n1ntrln10iil.1l l.oat nt the age of fit Is the record of T. P. Camp hell, a well -Iresleil man, who appenrtsl al the office of ('h-rk to tin- Ordinary mail ings Wednesday morning to get a license. Mr. mailings tvns surprised, hat ns rump- hell luaUtfil he wanted tit get married, trip la Mrs. Nettle Smith, aged 47. Chicago, Dec. It.—Michael Atphonsu and Louis Calesuldle, both young men, are under arrest here on a telegraphic request from Chief of Police Hopkins, "f Jersey City, N. J. The men are al leged to have assaulted Annte Yarrla and left her unconscious In a vacant I 't near the outskirts of Jersey City. While on their way to the police sta- tlen In the patrol wagon both men fought the police, but were overpow- *ic,|. Veteran Teacher Die.. 8p,. rial to The Georgian. Covington, Ga.. Dec. 19.—Hurdey Treadwell, who lived near Oxford, died Sunday from the .Ifect. of a stroke "f parlysls. Mr. Treadwell was 65 years Old. He was graduated at Emory Col lege before the civil war and taught school for many years. He leaves three children. Messrs. Will and Forrest Treadwell, of Columbus, Ga., and Miss Treadwell, a missionary to Bra- til PENSACOLA TROUBLE WAS NOT 0EP0RTE0 Army officers gulf Iu‘at1qiinrt(>ri leg" a trolley car at IVnanroIa by nobler* Fort llarranca*. ami Uu*y don't i*x|MN-t to h*»nr anything for novornl dny*. They nr)* Iik'IIdimI to think tho report of the affair tclographi'il from IVimncola Is exaggorattsl. If, however, the official report which \vf ‘ the department of th< not yet heard any nle by the nom commander ther to the department, warrants It u court martial will Ik* ordered to offender*. W. E. Green. The funeral services of W. E. Green, who died nt hi* residence, 330 Ponce DeLeon avenue, Tuesday morning, were conducted at the Ponce DeLeon Baptist church Wednesday afternoon nt 2:30 o’clock. Mr. Green had been In bad health for some time and hajl been confined to his bed for several weeks. He was 39 yea fa old and had been connected with Dr. J. R. Hopkins for over twenty years. He Is survived by wards ns Secretary of state In the cabi net of President Davis. ' ~ Following the war. My. Benjamin took up his real . ... — • **- became the dence In England. Wbfcro he queen’s counsellor. Except As foreign ambassadors. It seldom happens that men can lay double .claim to distinction but such woi the dual accomplishment of Judah P. Benjamin. It Is significant of the popular feeling In America toward,, the Hebrew race Washington at the present lirp four congressmen and one unimi States senator of Jewish blood, nor Is thliCfecogpltlon undeserved. The his tory of the country from the earliest Ills wife and three children. have been Important factors In'Amer ican affairs, on the military as well as on the civil side. Though normally men of peace and Inclined by Instinct to trade rather than to arms, the mus ter roll of all the great conflicts will show that the Jews have been at the front whenever there was fighting to be done: and the men who have stood shoulder to shoulder with them on the fields of the Confederacy will attest that the descendants of Abraham es poused the cause of constitutional lib erty with as little thought of surrender as if battling for the very ark of the covenant. But while the appointment of Mr. Struus is-pleasing to the country at large ns an act of recognition Justified by Individual as well as by racial merit, it Is specially gratifying to the people of Georgia. Years ago when the Htraus family first emigrated to Amer ica It was toward this state that the pioneer movements of the household band were directed. Perhaps In the library of the old home In Rhemlsh Bavaria there were books on the shelves which told of how the Jews had prospered In the colony of Ogle thorpe. oome of therd having landed on the bluffs of the Savannah as early as 1733. In looking over the long list »f distinguished Hebrews the eyes of the elder Straus must have rested upon Sale of Feather Boas First Floor, Ladies’ Neckwear Counter. Coque Feathar Boas in white and delicate colors and a few dark colors Conue Feather Boas, full, fluffy and extra nue lengths; white, pink, light bine, gray 4.50 Boas at . .3.50 Pink and light blue 6.50 and 8.00 Boas at .. 4.25 Light blue 2.50 Boas at 1.75 In sets feather boa and stole; reduced from 12.00 to ..... 7.50 Sets in gray with muff and stole, reduced from 13.50 to 5.00 Sets in white, muff and stole, 20.00 set at 10.00 Brown Maribeau stole reduced from 16.00 to 7.00 Brown Maribeau stole reduced from 25.00 to 12.50 Some Dainty Pink and Blue Lined Dresser Scarafs Reduced 1.00 Scarfs : 75c 1.25 Scarfs .1 00 1.75 Scarfs 1.49 3.00 Scarfs .2.49 4.50 Scarfs 3.00 2.25 Scarfs at 1.75 2.75 Scarfs at 2.00 75c Scarfs at .59c Mens’ T ies Four in Hand in new colorings and weaves. Ties distinctly for Xmas 50c. 1.00 gifts. 25c Chamberlin-Joknson-DuBos? th* Mord^cals and the Hhoftalls, and It may be that prophecy even suggest ed Moses and Levy and Hlrsch and Elsas and Schleslnger and Eiseinan and Jacobs. The philanthropic spirit was one of the strongly marked char acteristics of the Straus family and the humane enterprise In which tho colony of Georgia originated could easily have supplied the emigrating Impulse. At any rate, the elder Straus gathered up his household effects and with Isidore, Nathan and Oscar ho started to Georgia. BARNESVILLE, 6E0R6IA. ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS, JANUARY 3,4,5. THE GREAT PREPARATORY SCHOOL OF THE SOUTH FOR BOYS AND GIRLS Patabllahed In 1*2. Enrollment now exceeds 800. Erery Honthem -state represented ntnong the students. Msgnlfleeut whool plant, perfectly lighted, ventilated and steam bested. Spacious halls, commodious study and recitation moms. DELIGHTFUL CLIMATE-IDEAL ENVIRONMENT. The character and management of Gordon appeal to parent* who de*lre to vend their ion* and daughters to a school where every faeulty—meutnl. mornl and physical —will t»e derelope.1 In the right war and to the highest degree. It Is non-sectarian. Init Christian In it* fiiffueuce*. The dlecipllue la firm, hut not rigid, the cordial relation* Iietween teacher* and students being particularly noticeable. Military de iinrtuieuf under direction of V. K. army officer. The faculty la a* strong as thnl of any tvdlege and the curriculum I* as high n§ that of any female college. A high dearee of attainment Is deninnded of every student. Three course*— full elasalc.i; course Including Latin and Greek; English course; business coarm*. Including book keeping, .shorthand and typewriting. Cstlloguo flivss detailed information of the advantages which havs far r. half century enabled Gordon's graduates to excel in college, professional anc business lives. Writs for it. Harncsvllle. a dry of nearly 5,«W0 Inhabitants, f.GM feet afore sea level. All advantages without the dangers of a large dty. B. F. Pickett, President. This was In 187)4. Locating at Tnl- botton he straightway began to pros- R er. The two eldest boys ns soon as ley wore old enough entered Collins- worth Institute: but Oscar appears to have been too young to have enjoyed the benefits of this excellent school ut least for any length of time. He was only four years old when he left Bn- varla and before he was twelve the family moved to Ofilumbu*. where they lived from 1882 to 1885. The war en tailed heavy disasters u|>on Lazarus Straus, and. dismayed by the pronpect which the state presented after Gen eral 8herman’s energetic torch Jmd ceased flaring from Chattanooga to Savannah, he decided to start In busi ness In New York, and thereupon he moved to Gotham. Organizing the firm of Lazarus. Straus A H«.ns. tb« cs f nbll*Mnien* - n became one of tfie largest concerns Importing china*are ...... States, and the foundations of tin- family fortune were laid. In 1887 Isi dore and Nathan bought an Interest In the great department house of It. H. Macy A Co., which eventually became the Joint property of the two brothers, whose able financiering has made it one of the largest mercantile establish ments on the globe. Soon after the family moved to New York Oscar entered Columbia College, from which institution he graduated with the highest honor?*. Ill health pre vented him from enjoying the cureet which he had mapped out for himself at tho bur. and he entered his father’s firm, where his legnl acquirements proved of Immense advantage. But he was not prevented by his business en gagements from taking an uctlve part In politics for public service to such an extent that President Cleveland appointed him ns minister to Turkey. Although a Democrat, he was subse quently honored by President McKin ley with the same appointment. Besides winning the approvu) of the home government, he also gained the friendship of the Turkish sultan, who wished to decorate him. but this com pliment he felt constrained to decline. However, Mrs. Htraus wo.i made the recipient of the royal favor to the ex tent of receiving the highest mark of respect ever paid by the Turkish sov ereign to the gentler sex. It Is by no means the leust of the diplomatic distinctions achieved by Mr. Htraus that through the Turkish sultan he was mnlnir Instrumental In keeping the Mohammedans In the Philippines from Joining Agulnaldo. He also ren dered effective service to the cause of American missions. An accomplished literary schojar, Mr. Straus has written numerous essays on political and economic subjects for the magazines and periodicals, and notably for the Westminster Review, published in London. He has received the de gree of L. L D, In recognition of his ripe scholarship and wise diplomacy; and now his selection. Independent Democrat though he Is, for portfolio honors In the cabinet of President Roosevelt Is an appropriate sequel to the academic compliment. selves Christians, but of all who pro fess to l»o well-informed. Zangwetl was not wide of the mark In declar ing that "since the time of the exodus freedom has spoken with the Hebrew accent;" and so thoroughly I* the phi losophy of Israel ingrained in the structure of the world's thought, ris ing from Its roots and mingling with Its sap, that the man who Is ndlned to decry the chosen people of God cannot repudiate the debt which he owes to the Jews by rejecting the Biblical theory of the universe. And going the full length of I ho skep. Ileal tether, he may scorn the law, re vile the prophets and condemn the gos pels. but the obligation still attaches to the civilization which he enjoys and which Is all the Wiser for the prov erbs of Solomon, all the sweeter for the anthems of David and all the holler for the beatitudes of Jesus. He may be an avowed enemy to oxygen; but tho despised element keeps him alive In the water which quenches his thirst —aye. In the breath which fills his nos trils. And If, perchance, the very name he bears in the ranks of unbelief Is not enriched with the associations of the temple, it still remains that the very air he breathes on the streets of Babylon Is fragrant with the blooms of Galilee. Los Angeles, Cal. In Bankruptcy. Through their attorney, Paul E. John son, an Involuntary petition in bank ruptcy was filed In the bankruptcy di vision of the United States court on Wednesday by A. L. Werner A Co., New York, and others against Edward Glaser. Athens. Ga. The two other creditors In the petition were Shulman Bros., Philadelphia, and L. B. Flatoor, Athens, Ga. The petitioners claim an Indebtedness of $312.00. CONTEMPT TRIAL OF LARGE FIRM Contempt proceeding. Instituted agntnxt A. B. Tumlln A Company, al leged bankrupt, and a prominent Arm having .tores at Cedartown and Talla poosa, are being heard by tho referee In the grand Jui-y room of the custom house. " , The bankruptcy proceeding, were week. ago. The creditor, of the company and several wltne.se. are present at the hearing and It Is likely that It wilt continue through Thursday. The Arm I. represented by Mnyson A Hill, of Atlantu. SPECIAL SESSION OF COURT CALLED FOR MURDE RTRIALS \ TERMINAL BLOCKED RAILROADS REFUSE TO ACCEPT FREIGHT Mpcrlul to The Georgian. Savannah, Ga.. Dec. 19.—The central i way hits IkniumI a circular to line* at Savaunnh declining to accept except live Mtnek and ‘perishable of the blocked condition of f ha* i Central railway, i BOMBS ARE THROWN AT RUSSIAN CHIEF Special-to The Georgian. Deenltir, Ain., Dec. !9.-rThc evidence la nil In nud tho attorneys, urn arguing the case this morning In the {preliminary trial of Cliff May, riuirged with the murder of Policeman J. Lent Jone*'on the night of November 2t. A verdict will probably lie reached late today. Waymond Moore, charged Jointly with m iiiuiiii .'I'sui', i imiii-ii jimmy hum Wny in the commission of the crime, bn* wa_lved examination and bis cam* will go Judge D. Speak of the circuit court bn* culled a special *cmn|oii of hi* court nud also a special grand Jury to come In . **-i dim * Wny and Moore each accuse* the other of Raward for Murdorar. The governor has authorized ward of $100 for tfie arrest of tfie un- { murdering Policeman Jones, known person who, on December 8, in Turner county, killed Tillman Bivins, colored. St. Petersburg, Dec. 19.—While i Ing through one of the principal ■treats of Lodx. Russian Poland, Chief of Po lice Chrixaiiswkl, escaped death m‘ terrorists threw two bombs at hla < rlage. '*' . The driver of his carriage was kll I and several soldiers of his escort were wounded. The would-be assassins es caped. Overman Suit Postponed. Special to Tho Georgian. , Salisbury, N. C.,'Dec. 19.—The of the Lnnler heirs ngalnat Unit.-I States Senator Leo 8. Overman •Mr. Overman’s suit against them, » solldAted by agreement of counsel, lias been postponed. Senator Overman will return to to Washington, the date of the he not having been definitely settled. ' Taken Off Probation. An order was Issued by the adjutant general Wednesday morning taking the Columbus Light Guards, Company O, Fourth Infantry, off probation. The company was placed on probation last spring during the regular Inspection and Monday Colonel Obenr again in spected the company. He found them so much Improved that he recommend ed that they be taken off probation. Going to New York. Hta’c Entomologist R. I. Smith will leave Tuesday for New York, where he goes to a meeting of entomologists from nil sections of the country. ONE ASPHYXIATED ‘ BY ESCAPING GAS The typical Jew of the mediacvul times was not the Shylocit of HiuAc— speare, but the Isaac of Ivahho**; and the typical Jew of the modern world la not the money lender of Mortgage Lane, but the sagacious and fur-sight- •d man of affairs, who will presently sit at President Roosevelt's cabinet board. Skillful, energetic, practical and patriotic, quick to detect points of ad vantage, ' prompt to seize opportune moments, faithful In performing ex- exuctlvc trusts and modest in bearings well-earned distinctions. ✓America has set an example which France and Russia must follow. The Jew Is entitled to the considerate re- rhlcogo. Deo. 19.—One man waa asphyxiated by coal gas and three others were overcome and one made seriously 111 early today In one of the boarding houses for the Dolese A Shepard Company employees at Thir ty-third street and Forty-eighth ave- nue. The gas escaped from a defective heater. FOREST FIRES IN GEORGIA DO GREAT DAMAGE. gard, not only of all who call them- rain. H peels I to The Georgian. Brunswick. Ga.. Deo. 19.—From all section* of tho country tributary to Brunswick, come reports of extensive forest fires. These tire* are attributable mainly to the spell of dry weather which has ntlnued over this section of south tleorgia for the past three months, and the reports are that u great deal of damage has resulted to fences, build ings and particularly to the Umber In the woods. The glare from several such fires was distinctly visible from the streets of Brunswick at nights during the early part of the present week. Yesterday there waa a steady fall of Cut Class at 25 Reduction. Fancy China Big special table of Fancy China includes Vases, Bowls, Cracker Jars and dozens of other pieces es pecially selected for Xmas gifts; values $1.00 up to $2; at ... Japanese Wares Ijtirge Japanese Plates ini new and pret- ,25c ty effects Thin Japanese .Cups and Saucers in blue 75c Decorations Tomorrow we begin a special sale of fine Cut Glass. Every article in the stock will be reduced 25 i per cent from regular price; and regular prices I were low. * The line includes large and small bowls, vases, j celery trays, pitchers, nuppics, compotes, etc., etc.. cuttings. Nothing is more appropriate or pleasing for i cut glo Christmas gifts than cut gl ass. — All Sizes Roosevelt Bears—While and Brown. McClure's Bazaar. 97'Peachtree Street.