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FAANK PERJURY
WAt GITED N
SEAMON
Dr. Ogden Stirs Congregation on
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Truth'—Other Atlanta Pastors
Deliver Powerful Addresses.
The echoes of sermons of power
and surpas&ing timeliness delivered
by Atlanta clergymen were ringing
Monday. One which attracted coa
siderable attention was by Dr. Dunbar
Ogden, pastor of the Central Presby
terian Church, who based his sermcn
on the numerous perjury charges and
conflicting affidavits growing out of
the Frank case. He touched in no
way upon the values of the case it
self, but dwelt altogether on tke
theme, “The Sanctity of Truth.”
“Lawful and earnest men can not
help being impressed with the sanc
tity of truth in looking upon the rev
elations of recent days in connection
with this great case. The real issae
{s not the number of oaths, but the
truth. The oath is used merely tu
make men consider and be careful 1n
the statements they make.
“One of the greatest evils of to
day is social sophistry. The veneer
and varnish of some circles of moi
ern society, the absolute lack of sin
cerity, is a wretched and deplorable
condition. In so far as truth is con
cerned, modern sophistry places us
upon darngerous quicksands.”
The Rev. A. (. Shuler, pastor of the
Fast Side Tabernacle, preachzd Sun
day night on “The Signs of Christ,”
and declared that the s.gns point to
the early return of Carist in person
to “dispense justice and render judg
ment upon all who shall not be pre
pared for His appearance.”
“So long,” he said, “as we behold
the avarice, greed and selfishness,
fruits of sin, manifested motwith
standing twentieth century clviliza<
tion, we are reminded that it requir~s
something better than civilization to
reach the needs of the human race.”
Dates Announced for
Civil Service Tests
B. B Hare, secretary of the Fifth
Civil Service District, has announced
civil service examinations for Govern
:nent positions in June and July as fol-
OWS !
Immigfant inspector, male, June 17
aid, coast and geodetic survey, male,
June 17 and 18; plant pathologist in po
tato investigations, male, June 29;
chemists’ aid, July 8; senlor highway
engineer and highway engineer, male,
June 29; structural engineer and drafts
man, male, June 8 and 9; record exain
iner, male, July 21; lJaw assistant, male,
July 22 and 23; timber scaler, male,
July 8; expert farmer, male, June 17;
mining draftsman, male, June 17 and
18; mechanical draftsman, male, June
17 and 18.
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$l,OOO Fine Raised by
Public Subscription
üblic Subsecrip
MACON, May 30.—The $l,OOO fine
of W. F. Holmes, former City Mar
shal, who pleaded guilty to emblez
gling $11,500 from the city treasury,
was raised by public supseriptions,
more than 100 men contributing to it.
It is declared that the needs of an
invalid wife and a wayward son were
causes of the theft, and that Holmes
did not spend a dollar of the money
for his own personal ends. This
aroused a great deal of sympathy in
his behalf.
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Bar Score Cards in
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Providence Saloons
PROVIDENCE, May ¢o.—"“No more
baseball score cards in saloons,” said
Superintendent of Police John A
Mutray, and the contention was rati
fied by the Board of Police Commis
sioners.
“Since there is no law to prevent a
minor from entering saloons, the base
ball scores are the attraction, and
they must therefore be remov ed,” the
Commissioners decided
Wagner Opera House
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Is Gift to Germans
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian,
BAYREUTH, GERMANY, May 30.
The Wagner Opera House here is (o
be made a gift to the German people,
according to Siegfried Wagner, son of
the composer.
The gift will include Wagner's
home, “Wahnfried,” inclusive of the
manusecripte and other memorials of
the composer.
TAX DELINQUENT FINED.
MACON, May 30.—The city of Ma
con has proceeded to the courts to
enforce the collection of the sireet
tax of $2. J. P. Blasingame, a mer
chant, is the first citizen to be fined
for non-payvment of this tax, the Re
corder aseessing $5 in addition to the
tax.
FISHERMEN % foar Yeape Free. Acie.
wtd. Walton Supply Co., Box 4. St. Louis, Mo.
THE GEORGIAN’S NEWS BRIEFS.
Atlanta Girl Here in Vaudeville
She Sings Soprano and Baritone
Voice Has Full 3-Octave Range
Miss Claire Rochester, of Atlanta, who will be seen by ‘‘home
folks’’ this week at the Forsyth Theater.
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Specialists Say Vocal Cords Are
Extremely Short, Just Like
Great Caruso’s.
When Miss Claire Rochester, an At
lanta girl, comes “home” this week to
the Forsyth Theater, her appearance
in vaudeville will be an event of un
usual interest. For Miss Rochester,
the 20-year-old daughter of J. B.
Rochester, not only is an Atlanta girl,
but also is possessed, the expertssay,
of the only true combination of a so
prano with a baritone voice in exist
ence,
This dual voice is not the usual con
tralto with a “faked” falsetto to give
it a higher register. It is a fine, nal
ural, full soprano, with a real bari
tone, deep and resonant and of mas
culine power and quality, giving the
singer a range of three full octaves,
with a note or two to spare at either
end. Moreover, the two registers
“overlap,” five notes being sung
equally well in either voice.
Miss Rochester has sung soprano
since childhood. Her first lessons
were taken from Professor Gerard-
Thiers in Atlanta. 1t was while she
was studying at the Boston Conserva
tory that her instructors discovered
her remarkable faculty of singing bar
itone with the same breathing and
diaphragmatie action as she used In
the soprano voice. -
Miss Rochester's throat has been
examined by some eminent special
ists, among them Dr. Clarence S.
Rice, who found that her vocal cords,
as in Caruso's throat, were extremely
short, but discovered no other abnor
mality.
North Carolinan Gets
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House Clerkship Plum
WASHINGTON, June I.—With the
nomination of J. J. Speight, of Eu
faula, Ala., to serve out the present
term of Representative Clayton from
the Third Alabama District, Repre
sentative Webb, chairman of the
House Judiciary Committee, has
named A. L. Quickel, of Lincolnton,
N. C., to succeed Mr. Speight as clerk
of the Judiciary Committee.
This is the choice plum among the
House clerkships,
Rich 90-Year-Old
Athens Man Dead
ATHENS, June I,—B. (. Upson, Sr.,
aged 90, died at his home here to-day,
after a lingering illness. He was
born in Oglethorpe County. Barly in
life he moved to New York City,
where he became very wealthy, after
which he moved back to Athens. Dur
ing the last 30 years he had been
downtown but twice, He owned
property on Broadway and in the
wharf district of New York at the
time of his death.
Mr. Upson is survived by his wife
and six childrea, E. S, 8. C. and F. L.
and Misses Emily, Esther and Seney
Upson. The burial will take place
here to-morrow.
Noted British Church
Burned by Militants
HENLEY-ON-THAMES, ENG
LLAND, June I.—-The War Grave par
ish church, regarded as a national
monument because of ite historic as
sociations, was burned by the suf
fragette arson squad early to-day.
Attached to grave stones in the little
cemetery adjacent to the church were
slips of paper reading:
“Stop the persecution of women.”
President’s Daughter
Held Up for Speeding
WASHINGTON, June I.—Miss
Margaret Wilson, daughter of the
President, accompanied by two other
women, one of whom is said to have
been Mrs. Francis B. Sayre, were held
up for speeding while riding in a
White House automobile in Hyatts
ville, Md.
Soul's Weight Is 3-4
Ounce, Says Doctor
BOSTON, June I.—The weight of
the soul is three-quarters of an ounce.
Dr. Duncan McDougal, of Haverhill,
claims, who says the weight was as
certained as a tuberculosis patient
died.
DROUTH REGORD
BROKEN IN
CEORGIA
Mercury Climbs in Atlanta, and
There Is No Immediate
Prospect of Moisture.
It may be some slight degree of
comfort to Atlanta people to know
they really have a just grievance
when they hurl profanities at the
weather. The long drouth which has
fallen over Georgia, to the great dis
may of farmers and fruit growers, is
the longest late-spring drouth on red
ord.
Already the dry spell has lasted
twenty days, having begun May 7.
In 1879 _there was a May drouth last
ing twenty days, from May 19 to
June 7, but Director Von Herrmann
Thursday made the somber announce
ment that this time there seems (0
be no rain in sight for a day or two
at least, so that the record of twen'y
days for a dry spell will be broken.
According to the State's experts, ev=
ery day of continued dry weather
costs the State thousands of dollars,
There was hope for rain Wednes
day. A sufficient amount of moisture
was detected to warrant a consider
able shower with all the accessorics
of thunder and lightning and glower
ing clouds, and the weather station
was so bold as to promise, with a
good many qualifications, a little rain,
Still Moisture in Air,
But it was soon apparent that the
barometric pressure would remain
high Thursday, and probably Kriday
and Saturday, and evervbody must
know that high pressure is fatal to
chances of rain.
. There, is stjll enough moisture in
‘the air to produce rain, but too much
iatmaspheric pressure for its precipi
%tation. Which is a rather technical
‘announcement that may be simmered
‘down to the bald fact that Atlanta
and (eorgia must go parched and
‘dry for some time yet.
~ In 1889 there was a long drouth in
;March and early April, lasting more
Ithan 30 days, bul it was not nearly
'so. disastrous as this late-spring
‘drouth is proving, as it came before
i(he crops had reached the stage cf
fdevelopmem when rain is needed and
needed badly.
Farmers throughout the State pour
their complaints daily into the office
of C. ¥. Von Herrmann, station di
rector of the We ther Bureau, almost
as if they think he really has ihe
making of the weather in hand. At
any rate, the many grumbling letters
have given him, he says, a rather
gloomy outlook concerning the results
of the dry spell.
I “Can't Last Always."”
*~ “Bad ) usiness,” he commented
Thursday, shaking his head soberly
over the figures.
But there is nothing to do but wait,
he added patiently. Certainly, a
weather forecaster is another Job for
patience, and Mr. Von Herrmann is
particularly ifted in this line, so that
he could put a great deal of convic
tion in his.optimistic promise:
“Jt can't last alway<®.” .
Together with the continued dry
spell, Atlanta had to stand up under
a considerable bit of heat Thursday.
The temperature at noon was 88 de
grees, and a little later mounted to
near 90, This was not the highest
temperature of the month, but it was
more nearly unbearable than any
other of the hot days because of the
total lack of breeze. The record tem
’perature for May in Atlanta is 94
degrees.
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Postmaster to Fight
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h-Year Prison Term
TAMPA, FLLA, May 30.—Five years
in the Federal prisun at Atlanta is
the sentence Judge Call gave Richard
Pitts, postmaster at Trilby, charged
with misappropriating about $2,000
in money order funds.
On the stand Pitts intimated that
his brother might have taken the
funds, as the two had equal access
to them. He will appeal for a new
trial on the ground that the Gov
ernment did not prove who took the
funds, though he does not charge di=
rectly that his brother did.
Lone Populist in
County Is Woman
ASHLAND, ORE., May 28.--Jackson
County figures at the close of regis
tration May 2 are as follows: Republic
an, 4,112; Democrat, 2,139, Prohibition,
476; Independent, 431; Socialist, 296;
Progressive, 276; unclassified, 57; Popu
list, 1. Total, 7,808, of which 4,898 are
men and 2,90 women.
Only in the Prohibition and Inde
pendent registrations do the women outs
number the men. The lone Populist
registration was by & womarn
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