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VOL. IX
NORWAY LISTENS
TO ROOSEVELT Hi
HIS PEACE DICTUM
Most Distinguished Audience
of Royalty. Political. Educa
tional Commercial and So
cial Leaders Hear Address
JOHN LUND PRAISES
HIM AND AMERICANS
CHRISTIANIA. Norway. May 3.-For
mer President Roos<-.elt today* discussed
the subject of "International Peace" be
fore the Nobel prise committee, members I
of royalty and other personages distin
gu.shed in the political, educational, com
mercial and social life of Norway. -
The Nobel prize committee, the mem
bers of which are elected by the Norwe
gian storthing, in 186. conferred upon the
the president of the i'nited States its
medal and money awarded in recognition
of his services in bringing to a conclu
sion the Russian-Japanese war.
The occasion was the feature of Mr.
Roosevelt's visit to Norway and one
of the most notable of his European tour.
Copies of the address had been distribut
ed in advance among the press and this
afternoon and tomorrow morning the news
of the former president will be published
in every country of Europe.
A SOLEMN AFFAIR.
Mr. Roosevelt's discourse was made with
something like the solemnity of a relig
ious service in the largest auditorium of
Christiania the National theatre, and in
the presence of King Haakon. Queen
Maud, members of the cabient and of j
parliament, and hundreds of the most |
progressive and influential persons In the '
kingdom.
The address was received cordially and
at its conclusion John Lund, vice presi- I
dent of the Nobel prize committee, paid a j
tribute to the speaker.
"It to not Norway, but the entire civ-|
fltoed world." said Mr. Lund, "which has
reason to be grateful to the United States. '
Millions upon millions from Europe, poor,
and often downtrodden. but capable. .
have found in the new world that hap-|
riness and prosperity which the old:
world was unable to afford them. In
many ways the United States has reach-1
ed the goal for which Europe is still
striving. There all principles, all races |
and all religions can unite peacefully
In mutual inquiry under a common flag.'
Many ideals for which Europe has strlv-J
en for more than a thousand years have,
been grasped by the youngest continent
tn the course of two, or three hundred
years."
PRAISES AMERICAN LIFE.
Mr. Lund praised many features of,
American life, citing its industry, agri-;
cultural development and school sys
tem; and he dwelt upon the position of
the American women and the popular i
respect for the worker. Addressing Mr. i
Rooeweit be said:-
"Tour journey through the old world.'
Mr Roosevelt, has been a triumphal pro
cession Everywhere fathers have tak-j
en pleasure and pride in bidding welcome
to so worthy a representative of their
eons yonder in the west."
The speaker reviewed Mr. Roosevelt’s
activities In behalf of peace, referring
especially to hto share in the conclu-,
cion of peace between Russia and Japan,
and added:
"I have no doubt that the future will
still afford you opportunity for adding
to your splendid achievements. Long
live Theodore Roosevelt."
The Roosevelts spent a quiet morning
indoors, as a cold rain fell during the
forenoon.
The streets of Christiania are brightly
decorated and almost every one to wear
ing an American flag in honor of Colonel |
Roosevelt's presence.
A Roosevelt march. Roosevelt photo- ,
graphs and compilatlonn of Roosevelt's .
sayings are being sold in the shops and
on the highways.
Last evening the king and queen gave
a dinner at the palace In honor of their
American guests. More than too of the
most eminent personages in Norway'
were present. Including the premier and
cabinet members. Four street chairs
were placed at the principal tables and
after all the other company were stand
ing at their places the king approach
ed with Mrs. Roosevelt on his arm. Col
onel Roosevelt following with the
queen.
When the dinner had advanced to the
fourth course, the king arose, and all
the guests stood.
THE KING SPEAKS.
"It is with great pleasure," said the
king, "that I welcome you, Mr. and Mrs.
Roosevelt, here, in the name of the
queen and myaelf. and extend you our -
hospitality. I do not speak in my own .
name alone, but am convinced that it is
in the name of all Norwegians. The re
ception given you today will convince
you of the truth of my word.
"As you know, we are al! grateful
that although your time is so limited
you have been able to come to Nor- ■
way. Many Norwegians live In Ameri- I
ca and although American subjects they
are Norwegians at heart. Therefore, we
feel particularly pleased to have the op
portunity of offering our hospitality to
some eminent American.
"I hope that you will get the im
pression during your stay in Christia
nia that reel feelings of true friend
ship and relationship between the Unit
ed States and Norway exist here, and
I hope that these feelings will con
tinue for all time. I drink a toast to
the United States and I drink a toast
to the health of Mr. and Mrs.-Roose
velt."
The company remained standing while
the ex-president responded.
ROOSEVELT RESPONDS.
"It la a particular pleasure for me
to be in Norway." he said, "and I have
been deeply impressed with my generous
reception Norwegians have made such
good citizens in the United States that
I once remarked to a group of traveling
Norwegians that I rather grudged It
that they had leit anybody in Norway.
"As your majesty has said, the Nor
wegians in America love the land of
their birth and they love the country of
their adoption. A man can love his wife
all the better if he Igves his mother a
great deal.'
Roosevelt touched on Norse
literature and spoke of his pleasure
when, as president. n» was able to cable
his good wishes to a new Norwegian
king bearing the old name of Haakon
"And.” ne continued. "It is a fin
thing for the country that Haakon and
Olaf should be the names borne by the
ruler of today and t.ie ruler of tomor
row."
.e turned directly to the king and
queen and said:
"I hope that ■ vour majesties. who
«eem to do all things well, will see to it
that the small Olaf knows the Heims-
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J. G. Loveland, chairman of Nobel Peac • committee, who will welcome former
president to Norway.
CHRISTIANIA. May s—Before the na
tions of the world Theodore Roosevelt to
day held up the constitution of the
United States and the supreme court as
models which might well be followed m
forming a federation of the world's civi
lized nations to preserve international
peace and Justice.
He spoke before the Nobel prize com
mittee on the theme, “International
Peace." He said:
It was with peculiar pleasure I
stand here today to express the deep ap
preciation I feel of the high honor con
ferred upon me 'by the presentation of
the Nobel peace prize. The gold medal
which formed part of the prize I shall
always keep, and 1 shall hand it on to
my children as a precious heirloom. The
sum of money provided as part of the
prize by the wise generosity of the illus
trious founder of this world-famous prize
system, I did not, under the peculiar cir
ct instances of the case, feel at liberty to
keep. I think it eminently just and prop
er that in most cases the recipient of the
prize should keep for his own use the
prize tn its entirety. But in this case,
while I did not act officially as president
of the United States. It was nevertheless
only because I was president that I was
enabled to act at sdli. and I felt that the
money must be considered as having been |
given me in trust for the United States.
1 therefore used it as a nucleus for a
foundation to forward the cause of in
dustrial peace, as being well within the
general purpose of your committee; for
In our complex industrial civilization of
today the peace of righteousness and jus
tice. the only kind of peace worth hav
ing, 1s at least as necessary in the in
dustrial world as it is among nations.
There is at least as much need to curb
the cruel greed and arrogance of part of
the world of capital, to curb the cruel
greed and violence of part of the world
of labor, as to check a cruel and un
healthy militarism In international rela
tionships.
We must ever bear in mind that the
great end in view to righteousness, jus
tice as between man and man, nation and
nation, the chance to lead our lives on a
somewhat higher level, with a” broader
spirit of brotherly good will one for an
other. Peace to generally good in itself,
but It to never the highest good unless it
comes as the handmaid of righteousness,
and it becomes a very evil thing if it
serves merely as a mask for coward
ice and sloth, or as an instrument to fur
ther the ends of despotism or anarchy.
We despise an® abhorXthe bully, tha
brawler, the oppressor, whether in pri
vate or public life but we despise no less
the coward and the voluptuary. No man
to worth calling a man who will not fight
rather than submit to infamy or see those
that are dear to him suffer wrong. No na
tion deserves to exist if it permits Itself
to lose the stern and virile virtues; and
this without regard to whether the loss is
due to the growth of a hearties* and all
absorbing commercialism, to prolonged
indulgence in luxury and aoft effortless
ease, or to the deification of a warped
and twisted sentimentality.
MUST HAVE ACTIO.,'.
Moreover, and above all, let us re
member that words count only when
they give expression to deeds or are to
be translated into them. The leaders of
the Reu ierror prattled of peace while
they steeped their hand* in the blood of
the Innocent; and many a tyrant has call
ed it peace when he has scourged honest
protest into silence. Our words must
Judged by our deeds; and in striving
for a lofty ideal we must use practical
methods; and if we cannot a,i*in all at
one leap, we must advance towards it
step by step, reasonably content so long
as we do actually make some progress
in the right direction.
Now, having freely admitted the limit
ations to our work, and the qualifica
tions to be borne in mind. I feel that I
have the right to have my words taken
seriously when I point out where, in my
judgment, great advance can be made
in the cause of international peace. 1
■peak as a practical man, and whatever
I now advocate I actually tried to Jo
when I was for the time being the nead
of a great nation, and keenly of
its honor and interest. I ask other na
tions to do only what I should be gwJ
to see my own nation do.
TREATIES OF ARBITRATION.
The advance can be made along sev
eral lines. First of all there can be
treaties of arbitration. There are, of
course, states so backward that a civil
ized community ought not to enter into
an arbitration treaty with them, at least
until we have gone much further than at
present in securing some kind of interna
tional police action. But all really civil
ized communities should have effective
arbitration treaties among themselves.
I believe that these treaties can cover
almost all questions liable to arise be-
I tween such nations, if they are drawn
with the explicit agreement that each
contracting party will respect the oth
ers territory and its absolute sover
eignty within that territory, and the
equally explicit agreement that faside
from the very rare cases where the na
tion's honor is vitally concerned) all
Other possible subjects of controversy
will be submitted to arbitration. Buch
a treaty would insure peace unless one
party aeliberately violated it. Os
course, as yet there is no adequate safe
guard against such deliberate violation.
but the establishment of a sufficient
number of these treaties would go a
long way towards creating a world opin
ion which would finally find expression
in the provision of methods to forbid or
punish any such violation.
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT.
Secondly, there is the further develop
ment of The Hague tribunal, of the work
of the conferences and courts at The
Hague. It has been well said that the
first Hague conference framed a Magna
Charta for the nations; it set before us
an ideal which has already to some ex
tent been realized, and towards the full
realization of which we can all steadily
strive. The second conference made
further progress; the third should do yet
more. Meanwhile the American govern
ment lias more than once tentatively sug
gested methods for completing the court
of arbitral justice, constituted at the
second Hague conference, and for render
ing it effective. It is earnestly to be
hoped that the various governments of
Europe, working with those of America
and of Asia, shall set themselves serious
ly to the task of devising some method
which shall accomplish this result. If I
may venture the suggestion, it would be
well for the statesmen of*the world, in
planning for the erection of this world
court-, to study what has been done In the
United States by the supreme court. I
cannot help thinking that the constitu
tion of the United States, notably In the
establishment of the supreme court and
in the methods adopted for securing
peace and good relations among and be
tween the different states, offers certain
valuable analogies to what should be
striven for in order to secure, through
The Hague courts and conferences, a
species of world federation for interna
tional peace and justice. There are, of
course, fundamental differences between
what the United States constitution does
and what we should even attempt at this
time to secure at The Hague; but the
methods adopted in the American consti
tution to prevent hostilities between the
states, and to secure the supremacy of
the federal court In certain classes of
cases, are welt worth the study of those
who seek at The Hague to obtain the
same results on a world scale.
CHECK NAVAL GROWTH.
In the third place, something should he
done as soon as possible to check the
growth of armaments, especially naval
armaments, by international agreement.
No one power could or should act by it
self; for It is eminently undesirable, from
the standpoint of the peace of righteous
ness. that a power which really does be
lieve in peace should place itself at the
mercy of some rival which may at bot
tom have no such belief and no intention
of acting on ft. But. granted sincerity
of purpose, the great powers of the
world should find no insurmountable diffi
culty in reaching an agreement which
would put an end to the present costly
and growing extravagance of expendi
ture on naval armaments. An agree
ment merely to limit the size of ships
would have been very useful a few
years ago. and would still be of use; but
the agreement should go much further.
Finally, it would be a master stroke if
those great powers honestly bent on
peace would form a league of peace,
not. only to keep the peace among them
selves, but to prevent, by force If neces
sary, its being broken by others. T!te
supreme difficulty tn .connection with de
veloping the peace work of The Hague
arises from the lack of any executive
power, of any police power to enforce
the decrees of the court. In any com
munity of any size the authority of tfie
courts rests upon actual or potential
force; on the existence of a police, or on
the knowledge that the able-bodied men
of the country are both ready and win
ing to see that the decrees of Judicial and
legislative bodies are put into effect. In
new and wild communities where there 1*
violence, an honest man must protect
himself; and until other means of secur
ing his safety are devised, it is both
foolish and wicked to persuade him to
surrender his arms while the men who
are dangerous to the community retain
theirs. He fhotild not renounce the right
to protect himself by his own efforts un
til the community is so organized that y
can effectively relieve the individual of
the duty of putting down violence. So
It is with nations. Each nation must
keep well prepared to defend itself until
the establishment of some form of inter
national police power, competent and
willing to prevent violence as between
nations. As things are now. such power
to command peace throughout the world
could best be assured by some combina
tion between those great nations which
sincerely desire peace and have no
thought themselves of committing ag
gressions. The combination might at
first be only to secure peace within cer
tain definite limits and certain definite
conditions; but th* ruler or statesman
■ who should bring about such a eombina
i tion would have earned his place in his
! tory for all time and his title to tho
gratitude of all mankind.
Mathusic Denied Writ
LONDON. May 5. An application on
behalf of Frank Mathusic, alias Bates,
who escaped from custody while under
sentence (or forgery in Missouri, for writ
I of habeas corpus, was refused today by
| the king's bench, which confirmed the
lower court s order of extradition.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA. FRIDAY. MAY 6, 1910
! “Peace by Force, ” Says Z
T. R. to Peace Men. t
♦ It would be a master stroke If ♦
♦ those great powers, honestly bent
♦ on peace, wouid form a League of ♦
♦ Peace, not only to keep peace ♦
♦ among themselves, but to prevent, ♦
♦ BY FORCE, IF NECESSARY, its ♦
♦ being broken by others. The com- ♦
♦ bination might at first be only to ♦
♦- secure peace within certain definite
♦ limits and certain definite condi- -a
♦ tions; but the ruler or statesman ♦
♦ who should bring about such a ♦
♦ combination would have earned his
♦ place in history for all time and ♦
-• his title to the gratitude of all ♦
♦ mankind. ♦
♦ -THEODORE ROOSEVELT. s-
SAVANNAH WOMAN SHOOTS
SELF IN NEWYORK HOTEL
Registered as Mrs. John W.
Snow. Savannah, Ga.
Will Recover
NEW YORK. May 5.—A woman w'ho
registered at the Knickerbocker ho'el
yesterday a* Mrs. John W. Snow, of
Savannah, Ga., shot and serlouslv injured
herself in her room today. A bullet en
tered her left side and lodged in the
body. She was taken to a hospital,
where it was reported she would prob
ably recover.
The injured woman was conscious when
the hotel physicians, hastily summoned,
entered her room. She would not make
any statement other than to say that
she had written three letters to her
brother, who was in business down town
in this city, asking him to come to the
hotel.
Dr. L. L. Hill, the physician, found
Mrs. Snow bleeding from a wound in the
left side. He extracted the bullet, which
v.as found lodged under the fifth rib.
The woman had fired anotiier shot, but
the bullet had gone wide and buried
Itself in the wall.
Dr.-Hill said the injured woman appear
ed to be angry because her brother fail
ed to appear m answer to her letter*.
Not Known in Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga., May 5.-Efforts to
identify Mrs. J. W. Snow, or Mrs. Marion
Snow, in Savannah, failed. Nothing is
known here of the woman's identity and
the name is not in the city directory.
WOMAN GETS DIVORCE
THEN WEDS IN COURT
Mrs. Susie R. Haralson Has
Judge Who Heard Case
to Perform Ceremony
COLUMBUS. Ga., May s.—Mr*. Susie
R. Haralson obtained a divorce from her
husband. Samuel Haralson, in Muscogee
superior court yesterday afternoon aftei
a spirited legal fight, and on receiving
the same, requested the presiding judge
to re-marry her to Joseph Debrabant, a
well known citizen, who was called from
the audience in open court.
Judge Gilbert complied with the re
quest for the first time in the history of
the court.
FORECLOSURE PENDING '
AGAINST MORSE HOME
NEW YORK, May 5. —Foreclosure pro-«
reedings are pending against the Charles
W. Morse residence in Fifth avenue,
which is still occupied by Mrs. Morse.
The property was sold last year under
a second mortgage, and title has been
held since then by a corporation which
was declared to have been acting for
Mr. Morse.
The corporation mortgaged the proper
ty for $350,000 and it is on this mortgage
that foreclosure proceedings have been
begun. The complaint states that inter
est of $8,200 and taxes of $5,400 are un
paid.
><?. LEE SPEAKS TO
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS
ATHENS. Ga., May s.—The address of
Dr. J. W. Lee. of Atlanta, was a feature
of the convention of the county com
missioners of education in session here.
Dr. Ix»e spoke on "The Needs of ttiq
Common School Education" and made a
splendid plea for state-wide recognition
and assistance of this great work in
Georgia. He stressed the necessity of it
for every child and showed th* benefits
of a rounded common school education.
G. 0. P. LIE UP IN
SENATE FOR BIUEB
FIGHT OF FACTIONS
Forty-Five Regulars Join To
gether for New Legislative
Program—Taft May Use
Big Stick
CLASSIFY THOSE THEY
CAN AND CAN’T WIN
(By Associated Press'
WASHINGTON, May s.—Forty-five
senators, al) from the conservative or
"fegular" wing of the membership, are
said to have Joined in the movement to
formulate a. new administration legisla
tive program. Two more are claimed, but
the regular Republican leaders say they
do not care to subject these men to em
barrassment by disclosing their names at
this time.
In the effort to maintain control of the
senate majority, much depends on the
success of President Taft in harmonizing
differences that may arise.
He will be back in Washington tomor
row. If he is willing to swing "the big
stick," as the regular Republicans say he
is, the claims of the regular organization
appear to be justified. The work of the
organization in lining up senate mem
bers proceeded today with the under
standing that the senate would adjourn
until Monday.
WHO CONSERVATIVES ARE
The 45 Republican conservatives who
have undertaken to stand together are:
Aldrich, Bradley, Brandege, Briggs.
Bulkeley, Burnsham. Burrows. Burton,
Carter, Clark of Wyoming; Crane, Cul
lom, Curtis. Depew, Dick, Dillingham,
Dupont, Elkins, Flint. Frye, Gallinger,
Guggenheim, Hale. Heyburn, Jones, Kean,
Lodge, Lorimer, McCumber, Nixon, Ol
iver. Page. Penrose. Perkins, Piles, Rich
ardson. Root. Scott, Smith, of Michigan;
Smoot, Stephenson, Sutherland. Warner,
Warren and Wetmore.
As utterly impossible for the conserv
atives to reach, the regulars have classed
Beveridge. Bristow, Clapp, Cummins,
Deliver and LaFollette.
The men on whom the regular Repub
licans are still working and who will
receive the attention of President Taft
include:
THOSE NOT CATALOGUED.
Borah, Bourne. Brown. Burkett. Craw
ford, Dixon, Gamble and Nelson. They
have refused to be called insurgents,
-though voting wtth them some times.
It was reported today, although no con
fit matior. could be obtained, that Sena
tor Dixon would vote with the regulars
ar soon as the long and short haul amend
ment to the railroad bill was disposed of.
Senator Borah, it was stated, would join
in the Taft program if assured of sup
port for his bill for the issuance of $30,-
000,000 in certificates of Indebtedness to
prot ide money to complete reclamation
projects. Senators Bourne and Nelson
likewise are said to wish cognizance tak
en of certain measures they favor.
The regular Republicans want to get a
majority of the senate so that the charge
cannot be made that they formed a coal
ition with the DemocrWr, to put through
party measures. However, they claim
they can count on working Democratic
votes when needed.
Taft May Use Roosevelt
Methods on Congressmen
CINCINNATI, May 4.—President Taft
passed through here this afternoon. He
is due in the capital early tomorrow morn
ing. and already has indicated his pur
pose of devoting Friday and Saturday to
important conferences regarding the rail
road bill.
The president is said to feel that he ha*
been patient quite long enough in listen
ing to promises of insurgent support in
the senate. Mr. Taft is contemplating a
speech at Passiac, N. J., next Monday
evening, if he finds the situation in Wash
ington wflftt he thihks it to be. that will
disclose several facts and Incidents which
the chief executive has heretofore Icept
to himself.
The president has repeatedly said he wag
willing to stand criticism for apparent in
action and iack qf vigorous methods in
dealing with congress so long as he felt
his policy would accomplish some good in
the end. So if he finds there is still a
prospect of securing some legislation on
the railroad bill he may not adopt the
weapon of publicity so effectively used by
Mr. Roosevelt.
There was more than a smile behind
the president s reference yesterday to
"Democrats, Republicans and Insur
gents."
House Adopts Amendment
on Railroad-Water Rates
WASHINGTON. May s.—The house
adopted by 106 to 77 an amendment to
the railroad bill providing that when a
railroad in competition with a water
route lowers its rates such rates cannot
be increased without a showing on ths
part of the railroad of a new reason for
such increase.
An amendment by Mr. Hardy, of Tex
as, empowering the interstate com
merce commission to fix railroad rates,
was defeated by a vote of 62 to 88.
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DESERTED BY HUSBAND
Mitchell Payne Leaves Note
Telling Wife He Preferred
Death to Marriage
ROME. Ga.. May 5.-Mitchell Payne, a
young man who came from Atlanta to;
Lindale last month, this morning desert-”
ed his young wife, who was Miss Annie'
Clay, of Atlanta, leaving a note which
said he had rather die than live with her
longer, and that he had gone to Tennes-I
see. I
The couple came here in April and |
registered at the Lindale boarding house;
ar man and wife. The girl's rhother camel
from Atlanta three days later and swore
out a warrant against Pyne, who, to I
avoid prosecution, mrried the girl. The!
e'eserted bride says she will return to At-I
Ir.ntA.
in PEOPLE PAY
518.068.86 TO HEAR
TENORCARUSOSING
Most Brilliant Audience Ever
Assembled to Helfr Grand
Opera Enthralled by Rendi
tion of “Aida” Wednesday
GADSKI, HOMER, CARUSO
SANG AS NEVER BEFORE
Caruso, in "Aida," sang to the largest
audience Wednesday night that has ever
attended a single performance in the
United States of grand opera except ai
popular prices.
There were more than 7.0C0 people at
the auditorium, and the sale of seats
amounted to $18,868.82.
"It is wonderful." says Oscar Weil,
business manager of the Metropolitan
Grand Opera company. "We were abso
lutely amazed by it. Such an attendance
at grand opera, at the usual prices, has
never before been known anywhere in
the United States.
"The Metropolitan opera house in New
York, where the Metropolitan company
gives its presentations of opera, wouldn’t
begin to contain the audience we had
last night. The attendance at Chicago.
St. Paul, St. Louis and the other places
we have visited on our tour were insig
nificant compared to it. It is really the
most wonderful thing 1 ever knew of.
IT MEANS PERMANENCY.
"I believe it marks a new phase In the
musical history of the south. I believe
it means the permanent establishment of
grand opera here.”
Caruso, the greatest tenor in the world
and the grand opera singer who draws
the greatest crowds, never before sang
to such an audience at the prices
charged here. It was the night of
his greatest triumph, though he has sung
in all the capltols of Europe and has
received the greatest ovations of any
singer in grand opera.
After he had responded to his last en
core he was in an ecstacy of delight.
Even he had never been given such a re
ception.
"WONDERFUL!” CRIED CARUSO.
In enthusiastic exclamations in his
Italian tongue he repeated over and over
again that it was: “Woncjgrful, wonder
ful, wonderful!”
Atlanta proved that grand opera here,
which was considered by New York man
agers as a doubtful experiment, is pop
ularly desired and will without doubt be
profitable.
Nowhere on its six weeks' tour, which
is now ending, has the Metropolitan Op
era company had such large receipts as
here.
The week of grand opera in Atlanta will
be more profitable than the five weeks
spent in Chicago, or the weeks spent in
St. Paul, St. Louis, oh Pittsburg?
At St. Louis, which is a city with a
population of a million, the reception to
the company was enthusiastic, but it will
not compare with the reception accorded
to the company here.
OH! YOU ST. IZiUIS!
When Caruso sang in St. Louis it was
thought that he had sung to the largest
audiences of his career. The receipts for
that night amounted to $13,000. The
coliseum, where he sang, was crowded,
and its capacity was 7,500. But one-third
of the seating space had to be cut off
to prepare for the orchestra, so that in
reality the seating capacity was much
less than 7,500; and the actual attendance
■probably fell below 6.000.
This was then the greatest audience
that had ever attended grand opera in
the United States. But Wednesday night,
Atlanta, a‘city hardly one-tenth the size
of St. Louis, furnished an audience to
hear Caruso, which surpassed this at
tendance in point of size by 1,000 people
and in point of receipts by $5,368.82.
By 6 o'clock Wednesday evening a long
line had formed before the box office at
the auditorium to get standing room
tickets. Some time befare the last seat
had been sold. This line steadily in
creased. though admission tickets were
being sold as rapidly as possible, ano at
7:45 o’clock, when the performance be
gan. it was still increasing in length.
TURNED PEOPLE AWAY.
Even after the performance had begun
and the doors had closed the sale of ad
mission tickets continued. When the sale
tfas at last through and the complete
audience was inside, the auditorium was
crowded to the doors. Every inch of
spate was taken, and probably the
largest audience was the greatest ever
gathered together in the south.
Eighty ushers, 20 firemen and eight po
licemen were on duty.
Four policemen were stationed inside
the auditorium and four outside. The
firemen were on duty at the exits, behind
the stage and distributed throughout the
audience. ‘They had hand extinguishers
ready, and in the alley from Courtland
avenue, forming an entrance to the stage,
vas a chemical engine from No. 8 fire en
gine house.
So great was the crowd that Chief
Henry Jennings was himself in charge of
the police and Chief Cummings of the
firemen.
’ But despite the size of the crowd
there was no confusion. This was due
largely »o two things: The way in which
the carriages and automobiles were han
dled. and the several entrances at which
the crowd was admitted.
There were several hundred carriages
and automobiles. At the direction of
Chief Jennings these were not allowed
to form on Courtland street in front
of the auditorium and partly block the
way. They were required to be lined
up on Gilmer street. Piedmont avenue,
and across the Washington street vi
aduct.
TO STAMP OUT
DRUG HABITS
New York Institution Urges
Co-operation on Part of
Addicts
i
NEW YORK. May s.—Because of the
frightful ravages made by the habitual
■ use of the various forms of drugs, such
'as opium, morphine, etc., the Waterman
I Institute. 122 East 22d street. Branch IGS,
i New Nork, has let it be known that a free
i supply of the remarkable remedy used by
I the physicians of the institute in the
[ treatment of these insidious and danger
[ ous habits will be sent to all who wish
Ito rid themselves of drug slavery. The
I fullest publicity should be given to this
'announcement by press and public.
METHODIST LEM
SMS SOUTH WILL
KEEP PROHIBITION
Change of “Temperance”
Committee to Committee
“On Moral and Social Ques
tions” Cause Bitter Protest
CONFERENCE FINALLY
RESTORES FORMER NAME
(By A»»oci«ted Prei«.)
ASHEVILLE. N. C., May s.—With the
usual devotional exercises, consisting r»f
prayers, hymns and exhaltations, tue
quadrennial conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church opened its second day *
session this morning. The delegates wer®
late in assemblying and the exercise*
were continued until the hall filled up,
which was nearly 10 o'clock. A large
amount of routine matters were trans
acted, greetings from fraternal organiza
tions to the church were received and
the official roll of committee member®
was called. *
Two gavels were presented to the con
ference, one by Bishop Hoss on behalf of
Judge and Mrs. D. B. Bell, of the su
preme court of Tennessee. It is made
from cedar from the home of B shop
Seale, of NashvlHe. The other was held
by Captain Weaver, of Asheville on bo
half of the local Methodists. Bishop Hen
drix. of Kansas City, who was presiding,
accepting both gavels, held them up with
the one he had been using and asid, "Tw»
is company, three is a crowd.”
ADDRESS IS REFERRER.
The episcopal address was referred to
the various standing committee and the.;®
committees reported their organization
and officials. The committee on rulps
prepresented an order of business, which
uas adopted.
Dr. E. G. B. Mann, of Kentucky, took
up the question of the naming of the
committee on temperance, which yester
day was renamed the committee on moral
and social questions. Mann said the Meth
odist Church. South, could not afford to
go on record as striking a temperance
committee from its list. He secured a
suspension of the rules and moved that
the word temperance be restored and
that the committee be called the commit
tee on temperartce and other moral and
social questions.
“I am from Kentucky,” he said, "and
I feel I have a right to speak on this.
When we get rid of our present governor,
you of Tennessee can have your Patter
sons and we can keep our Watterson, but
"I am asking this change to test
some of the Episcopal ministers—not the
Episcopal church itself. It should not be
said we had backed off from our fight
against the whisky evil.” An attempt to
substitute the word "prohibition” for
the word “temperance” was defeated and
Dr. Mann's motion was carried.
WOMEN PROTEST RIGHTS.
Petitions from several women's ancle
ties in different parts of the south, Ala
bama. Georgia, South Carolina and other
states, were presented, urging against the
gi anting of conference representation of
women. «
The petition asking for these laymen's
rights from the Woman's Home Mis
sion society followed the protest and. like
it was referred to the committee on re
visals. It is practically certain that it
will be adversely reported, and it is like
ly that the report will be adopted by
the conference.
A memorial asking that the use of
tobacco be prohibited was referred to
the committee on itinerancy, causing x
laugh.
The rest of the session was devoted t®
the reception of petitions and memorials.
These, under the rules, were referred
without debate to the proper standing
committee without debate. It was agreed
to meet each morning at 9 and to adjourn
a* 1 p. m. to give committees time to meet
each afternoon. * . ' L
A short address by Rev. J. W. Tar
box, a missionary from Brazil, excited
some enthusiasm. The conference for
the day adjourned at 1 p. m.
WOMEN'S PLEA OPPOSED.
Bishop Hendrix in his episcopal ad
dress Wednesday flatly opposed the
demands of the women of the
church for laymen's rights and
representations in conference. H®.
said the demands were not “in harmony
with the church's ideal of what was wo
man s place in the church, in tW home
and in society.”
The veto power in the bishops' hands
and their election for life were strongly
supported and any attempt to destroy
their power or limit their duties was
deprecated as a dangerous innovation.
FOREIGN WORK URGED.
Greater energy in foreign fields was
recommended and Africa was declared
the battleground of the twentieth cen
tury. It was declared essential tha? th®
field be entered by Methodists. A de
cided stand was taken against innova
tions in worship such as intonation and
chanting of the Lord's prayer.
The movement to remove the four
year time limit on preachers' service in
a church was not approved. It would
destroy the Intinerant system* upon
which the church is based, according to
the bishop’s address.
NO CHANGE IN NAME.
Co-operation and division of territory
with the Northern Methodist church
was indorsed. A change in name was
not recommended, but greater efforts in
Sunday school work were urged.
The question of the control of Van
derbilt university at Nashville by the
church or the trustees was left with the
conference without recommendation.
Five additional bishops were recom
mended and the address closed with a
tribute to the dead.
It had required over two hours to read
it and at its conclusion the conference
adjourned for the day after referring
the address to the standing committees.
Hosts of Methodists
Convene in Asheville
ASHEVILLE, N. C., May 4.—With a
crowded program of three weeks of busy
sessions, the l«th qqadrennial general
conference of the Southern Methodist
church was convened here this morning
at 9 o'clock with one of the larges”, at
tendances on record.
The opening session called for the or
ganization of the conference and the read
ing of reports. The feature of the initial
program was the address of the bishops
w hich was read by Bishop Hendrix. The
conference then immediately began the
consideration and discussion of the most
important church legislation that has
been brought before the denomination in
years.
While the conference has been called
for one week it is not believed that all
of the important work will b- finished un
der three weeks. Among the most l»-
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