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I \ mm VOLUME XII. ATLANTA. GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1913. NO. 36. pin chios FOlllS THE Fill OF TURK EMPIRE Public Demonstration Against Ceding to Wishes of Europe Forces the Ottoman Cabinet to Resign (By -Associated Press.) CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 23.—The Turkish-cabinet resigned today in con sequence of public demonstrations and protests against its action in acceding to the wishes of the European powers over the Balkan settlement. Ma'noud Sh'efket Pasha, foreign min ister, has been appointed grand vizier in place of Kiamil Pasha. , Talaat Bey has been appointed min ister of the interior, a position he held in a previous cabinet. In a statement after his appointment he said: “The change in the cabinet means that we are going to save the national honor or perish in the attempt. “We do npt want a continuation of the war, but we are determined to keep Adrianopje at all costs. "That is an indispensable condition of peace.” Fears of Resumption of War Dispelled (By Associated Press.) t LONDON, Jan. 23.—The immediate consequence of the decision of the Turk ish grand council to conclude peace with the Balkan allies will be the cessation of hostilities between Greece and Tur key and the surrender of the Turkish fortresses of Adrianople, Janina and Scutari. At each fortress the Turkish garrisons will withdraw with the hon ors of war. Difficulties may arise concerning the fate of Scutari as no one knows to whom it is to be surrendered, whether to the Montenegrins, to a provisional Al- ^ banian government or to representatives of the powers. King Nicholas, of Monenegro, insists that he must enter Scutari at the head of hie troops. Otherwise he says the reign of his family in Montenegro is doomed, because he, contrary to the ad vice of his generals, refused to try to take Scutari by storm a*, the beginning of the war, in order to avoid the certain heavy losses which his small army' would have suffered. He preferred the temporizing policy of laying siege to th* fortress, and should Scutari for this reason be lost to the Montenegrins he alone will be considered responsible. Members of the Turkish peace delega tion in London show signs of depres- . sion but they are determined that the era of concessions must now be regard ed as finally closed. They say they are convinced that the powers will support them in rejecting demands of the allies for a war indemnity. All ’fears of a resumption of the war having been removed, the allies are how planning tlie early withdrawal of large bodies of troops. The delegates In London, however, think' that a month may pass before the final signatures are put to the peace treaty as the set tlement of exact frontiers, the ques tions of indemnity and the guarantees in regard to the mosques and sacred places of Adrianople still have to be arranged. Austro-Hungarian Troops Demobilize at Once (By Associated Press.) BUDAPEST, Hungary, Jan. 23.—De mobilization of. the Austro-Hungarian troops called at the colors in connetcion with the Balkan crises began today. • SOUTHERN COTTON MILLS FAVOR REDUCED TARIFF Northern Manufacturers Op pose Any Reduction on Cotton Schedule (By Associated Press."* WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—Proposed re duction of the cotton tariff was again under fire at the hearing today before the house committee on ways and means. There were a number of witnesses left over from yesterday’s program and a short list of supplemental witnesses. Southern and northern manufacturers do not agree on £he extent the commit tee should go in cutting the cotton tariff. It has been indicated that the com mittee might drop the minimum ad va lorem rate on cotton cloths to 10 per cent, 6 per cent below the present Uo- derwood schedule. While the southern men are disposed t<^ concede compro mise reductions, the northern men are fighting for retention of the tariff at approximately the present figures. Tariff on the '"commoner grades of tapestry and other jacquard figured goods weighing over six pounds a square yard, now dutiable at 60 per cent ad valorem may be cut. Chairman Under wood, of the committee, indicated that at the outset of today’s hearing when Theodore F. Miller, of Philadelphia, rep resenting upholstery interests, urged re taining of the present rates. Charles M. Howard, of North Adams. Mass., representing the cotton print goods manufacturing industries, wanted the print cloths rate retained. Chairman Underwood reiterated that the committee was proceding with the primary purpose of raising revenue, that protection was only incidental and that; the committee could not allow any rate so high as to prohibit importation. A permanent non-partisan tariff com mission was advocated by both Mr. Howard and by Arthur H. \ Lowe, of Fitchburg, Mass., Mr. Lowe wanted the present tariff on ginghams and other fabrics retained. The English now have absolute con trol of the market for the higher grades of bed spreads and the American man ufacturers supply the cheaper goods, according to George A. Tenney, of Claremont, N. H., who advocated a gradual reduction of the duty on lower grade bed spreads and increasing duty on the better ones. “All we ask,” he said, “is to be put on the same basis of tabor as the Eng lish, to enable us to compete with them." COREY ADMITS THAT STEEL POOL EXISTED Former President of U. S. Steel Corporation Tells of Inter national Agreement (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Jan. 23.—The United States Steel corporation and the Beth lehem Steel company participated for four years in an international pool in armor plate which divided up the busi ness of “neutral markets.” William E. Corey, former president of the steel cor poration, so testified today at hearings in the government’s suit to dissolve the corporation. It was the first direct testimony the government has been able to obtain as to the existence of such a pool. Mr. Corey, who resigned as president of the steel ^corporation in 1910, was un able to recall today that the armor plate pool had existed until his mem ory had been refreshed by the reading of minutes of the Carnegie Steel com pany, quoting him as advising against joining with the “armor commission” in the erection of an armor plate plant in Japan. This was in 1902, shortly after the organization of 1 the steel corpora tion. The witness then testified that a com mission of armor pilate manufacturers in England, Germany and France had existed as late as “1904 or 1905.” The Carnegie Steel company and the Bethlehem Steel company were the, American members of the combination, he said. “What was the agreement of those ir. the pool?” asked Judge Jacob M. Dickinson, attorney for the government. “I was not familiar with the detals,” said Mr. Corey, adding that Colonel Millard Hunsicker, representative of the Carnegie company abroad, conducted the negotiations. This "High-cost-of-liviaj^ TROT “ IS GLORIOUS, isn't it? The RAGGED- Time - Played DAVANT MAY NAME GAMBLE SECRETARY (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) SAVANNAH, Ga., Jan. 23.—Mr. Thom as Gamble, Jr., former editor of the Americu-s Times-Recorder, it is expected will be named as secretary to Mayor R. J. Davant. Woman Admits Using Another’s Name to Enter White House SOUTH CAROLINA WOULD R, G. Ulmer, Prominent Plant er, Found Dead Near Savan nah-Negro Suspected (By Associated Press.) SAVANNAH, Ga., Jan. 23.—Lying face downward in a little road about 100 yards from the Ogeechee road, four miles from Savannah, R. C. Ulmer, a prominent planter, was found murdered this morning and his faithful dog was lying by his side. The shot was heard last night about 8 o’clock. Mr. Ulmer went coon hunt ing with Joseph Drayton, a negro boy, last night, and was walking ahead car rying the lantern. The fatal shot was fired at close range, almost blowing off one side of Mr. Ulmer’s head. After the killing, Drayton, it is al leged, went to the house .stole a pair of shoes, and hitching up Mr. Ulmer’s horse and buggy, drove 4 to the limits of Savannah and left it. \ Legislature Asks Congress to Repeal Fifteenth Amendment . of U. Si Constitution (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) CfOLUMBIA, S. C., Jan. 23.—A con- ! current resolution asfting congress to I fepeal the fifteenth amendment to the ! lonstitution of the United States, which ; Save the negroes the vote of suffrage j passed the house of representatives of \ {he South Carolina general asembly this | fnorning. . The resolution encountered some op- • position but went through 70 to 46. The resolution asks the representatives from !his state and the senators in congress horn this state to work for the repeal >f this amendment. The resolution was framed by the toouse committee on federal relations Ind introduced by its chairman. Repre- lentative Fred Williams. The resolution will likely pass the I lenate without opposition and‘be for warded to congress, and the memorial Kill likely be placed before that body | In a few days. Governor Blease is a f/arm advocate of the repeal of the fif teenth amendment, as is United States Senator Tillman. In Golden Chariots Suffragettes Will- Enter Washington (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—Riding tri umphantly in six goldeh chariots, es corted by marching sisters troups of “petticoat cavalry;” the suffragette leaders of Baltimore will enter Wash ington to take, part in the suffragette pageant March 3, according to an an nouncement today from national suffra gist headquarters. The chariots are to be drawn by white steeds. “And in chains behind our chariots,” said one of the leaders, “we may pa rade some of our unfair male critics.” The suffragists faced a double dilem ma today, their funds were running low, the undertaking being more expen sive than they thought, and the thou sands of women sympathizers in the government’s employ were beginning to fear that their participation in the celebration might be considered under the civil service laws as “pernicious political activity.” The leaders were confident that a so lution for both problems would be found. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—When Sec retary Charles D. Hilles opened the White House mail today he gasped with astonishment on reading a frank and free confession from a Washington woman that she had ’’broken into” the White House receptions for years un- '■'olOT’R. Mr. Hiles would hot disclose the Iden tity of the writer whose ingenuousness he acknowledged, commanded his ad miration. The letter read: “I have been attending the White House recep tions for years but I am tired of using someone’s else ticket. Wilt you please send -me one for the next reception in my own name?” The coveted cards admitting guests to the White House on the ocasion of the four big affairs of the winter are much sought after and especially so this season since President-elect Wil son, has intimated that tne receptions would be abandoned during his ad ministration. Today’s appeal, however, was the most unique that has yet passed under Secretary Hilles’s notice. No informa tion was forthcoming as to whether it would be successful. 3. A. MERRITT NAMED ORDINARY OF GREENE (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) GREENSBORO, Ga., Jan. 23.—George A. Merritt was elected ordinary of Greene county in a special election held Wednesday to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James H. McWhorter. Mr. Merritt represented Green county tn the last legislature. HOTEL FIRES WAITERS ON EVE OF STRIKE (By Associated Press.' NEW YORK, Jan. 23.—Waiters agi tating a strike found their plans an ticipated today when the Hotel Knick erbocker management discharged every one* of the 250 waiters and ’bus boys in its employ. When James B. Regan, the proprietor, called all of the men into the main dining room, they believed he was to announce the concession of their de mands, but instead he declared he had been harassed beyond all endurance by their dissatisfaction and reiterated de mands. Captains ar.d all were forced to walk out. ENGLAND MAY GIVE $15,000,000 FOR COTTON (By Associatod Press.) LONDON, Jan. 23.—Introduction in to parliament of a bill guaranteeing a $15,000,000 loan for the development of cotton growing in the Sudan was prom ised by Premier Asquith this morning in an address to the British Cotton Growing association. unPy Looking Clerks Have Stronger Grip Than Brawny Laborers (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—The gov ernment clerks whose physical culture exercises consist mainly in driving a pin or pounding a typewriting machine, have more powerful grips than the brawny workers in stone quarries, ac cording to a series of tests made by Gordon Law, physical director of the Y. M. C. A., the results of which were made public today. Mr. Law found that the average la boring man’s grip was 99.9 pounds, while the average clerk’s white and well kept hand gripped 111.3 pounds. The physical director offered no ex planation of the difference between the two classes of men. The most power ful of the quarrymen set a high mark for his fellow-workers with a record 1 of 135 poupnds, but a clerk outgripped him by fiv e pounds. PACIFIC ROADS ARE IN A TRIANGULAR TANGLE Union and Southern Make “Some Progress” in Dissolving (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Jan. 23.—“Some prog ress” toward selecting the differences i between the Union Pacific and Southern I Pacific interests, respecting the Central 1 Pacific railroad, was made at a con- j ference here today. Robert S. Lovett, | chairman of the Union Pacific board of directors, made this statement after the meeting, but added that there was no assurance that a final satisfactory agreement would be reached. Judge Lovett said the discussion had now become a triangular one with the federal government one of the princi pals. The only information obtainable re garding the recent conference between Judge Lovett, Frank A. Vanderlip and M. L. Shift and Attorney General Wick- ersham, in Washington, was that the federal officials were offering some as sistance in the plan of dissolution. <3EEi WONDER' IF HE'LL CARRY IT ANY further ! 'L. . ,//<• W' THE NEXT DANCE TO'GO UNDER THE BAN BROUSSARD ASKS PROBE OF FEDERAL SUGAR GO. Louisiana Congressman Says Company Is Working Under a Disguise (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—Representa tive Broussard, of Louisiana, charge^ in the house today that the Federal Sugar refining company, through Frank C. Lowry, head of its sales/ department, was conducting a fight /or free sugar under the disguise of a “wholesale gro cers’ committee.” And introduced reso lution for its investigation. LAST INAUGURATION CAMPAIGN COUPONS WILL APPEAR TODAY In Friday’s issue of The Journal the last coupons for the Inauguration Trip Campaign will be published. Under the rules governing the campaign all cou pons clipped from the paper must be de posited at The Journal office within ten days after their publication. The cam paign closes at midnight of February 1, just ten days from Friday, therefore, no more coupons will be published after that date. | During the remaining ten days of the j campaign the boys who are working for ! one of the 125 free Washington trips I Offered by The Journal, can boost their j standing by securing paid-in-advance I subscriptions to this paper. A liberal j number of certificates, or coupons, is (tallowed on every paid-in-advance sub scription to either The Daily Journal, Daily and Sunday Journal, Sunday Jour nal, or Semi-Weekly Journal. Op Friday The Journal will announce the names of the boys in the various classes of the campaign who are to be awarded watches for the work done by them during the period between Jan uary 9 and 18. These watches will go to the boys who obtained the greatest number of coupons on paid-in-advance subscriptions during the period named. Owing to the amount of labor in volved in checking up the boys, two or three days will be required to definitely determine the watch winners. Sucli a brief period now remains be fore tne close of the inauguration cam paign that every one of the boys entered should redouble their efforts to obtain a place in The Journal’s inauguration party. JURY ACQUITS EPTING Was Charged With Aiding Sneed to Slay Al, G, • Boyce, Jr, (By Associated Press.) MEMPHIS, Tex., Jan. 23.—Beach B. Epting, charged with complicity in the killing of Al G. Boyce, Jr., who was shot to death by John B. Sneed, was found “not guity” by a jury here to day. Sneed killed Boyce in Amarilla, Sep tember 14, 1012. Epting was charged with having assisted Sneed in his al leged plans for the shooting. In the trial Epting testified that he went to Amarillo with Sneed as his servant and that Sneed “had misled him.” Sneed will he tried soon for the kill ing of Boyce. He has already been ac quitted of a charge of murdering A. G. Boyce, Sr., whom he snot at Forth Worth, January 13, 1912. Both shoot ings were the outgrowth of the eldpe- ment of Mrs. J. B. Sneed with Al Boyce. Jr. WILSON NOT ANXIOUS FOR MAN AND WIFE TO SUE SHERIFF FOR ARRESTS Says TH0MASVILLE FARMERS BUSY WITH SPRING CROPS (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) THOMASVILLE, Ga., Jan. 23.—Anybody having business with a Thomas county farmer now will probably find it neces sary to climb over fences and walk through plowed fields before he can reach him, as from early dawn »untn dark every farmer in the county is as bus;) as the proverbial bee getting his land ready iov planting the spring crops. The weather for the past week or two has been ideal for the work, and prep arations • for the crops have gone ror- ward with a rush. Owing to the unsual- ly large sugar cane crop and the longer time taken in grinding it some of tne farmers were behindhand with their work, but they have been making up for lost time and on every side in riding through the country plows are seen go ing. and the fields ar e looking, many of them, in fine shape. Much new land Is being broken, too, and indications point to some large orops being planted fhls season. With the black eye to cotton last year, it is thought that the acreage will be smaller this season, it is rather early as yet to say definitely, as the south Georgia farmer is a proposition that cannot be counted upon when it comes to planting cotton, and the exact acreage that he will put in the fleecy staple can never be known until it Is actually planted. However, That He V\ Be Content With Commit tee’s Arrangement (By Associated Press.) TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 23.—President elect Wilson indicated today he was not esepcially anxious that a reception or any other substitute be provided for the inaugural ball, which he opposed. He was told that some doubt had been expressed by rqembers of the congres sional inauguration committee as to whether a reception in the rotunda of the capitol could be arranged,, as the governor recommended. “I shall be perfectly content with any arrangement the committee may make,” said Mr. Wilson. “Suppose they are unable to arrange a reception, either?” he was asked. “I shall be perfectly content.” The governor was urged again tod^y to visit the Panama canal before it is filled with water and indicated that he would try to go. “It all depends on how long the extra- | ordinary session of congress lasts,” said I the governor. National Committeeman Josephus | Daniels, of North Carolina, came to j Trenton today with a delegation to of- , fer the president-elect a summer home at Asheville. Macon Couple Allege Rough Treatment at Hands of Bibb Deputy Sheriffs (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) MACON, Ga., Jan. 23.—A damage suit will be filed against; the sheriff’s office here and the Macon Railway and Light company* by Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Carver for illegal arrest and rough treatment at the hands of the deputy sheriffs. Carver was arrested at his home on Walnut street several days ago after a considerable scrimmage between the of ficers, himself and wife. She claims that the officers threw her to the ground and placed his knee against her body to prevent her from assisting her hus band. Since Carver’s arrest she has been confined to her bed. Carver is one of the striking elec tricians and is charged with inciting a riot. He is still in jail and unable to give bond. The members of the local union, however, are working to have him released under bond, which has been assessed at $2,000. While members of the Central Labor union here are in sympathy with the strikers, they have not yet taken a hind in the strike. Police Are Aroused by Daring Taxicab Robbery-Six High waymen Spring From. Ma chine and Hold Ujp Cashier (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Jan. 23.—The police are aroused again by so-called taxicab robberies. A particularly bold one was carried out last night when six high* waymen leaped fpom a taxicab that had drawn up in front of a wholesale provision house on Thirty-sixth street and with revolvers in hand held up four men employed in the place. While some of the men covered the employes with their pistols one of the bandits climbed a wire fence and got to the cashier’s cage. He emptied the drawer of $800 in cash. Then he and his fellows escaped in the cab. They overlooked $5,01)0 which was in an open safe. , . ; JOHN K. SHIEEOS GETS THE TENNESSEE TOGA Chief Justice of Supreme Court Named to Long Term in U, S, Senate Three Daily Eggs Laid by This Duck ROCKEFELLER RETURNS TO JEKYL ISLAND HOME (Ay Associated Tress.) FERNANDINA, Fla., Jan. 23.—Wil liam Rockefeller and party, who fled to Nassau some weeks ago, today board- (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) } Billings yacht here to return to DALTON, Ga., Jan. 23.—Three eggsj Jekyl island, where the oil magnate has per day is the high record set by an! tvinter home. Indian Runner duck owned by J. A. j par * y arrived in a special car Crawford, the local postmaster, and Mr. I £ ron \ Balm Beach, and immediately Crawford is willing to vouch for the! hoarded the yacht, (By Associated Press.) NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. J3.—Th« Tennessee legislature today elected Chief Justice John K. Shields, of the state su preme court, United States senator tot the term beginning March 4. John Knight Shields is a native oI Grainger county, Tenn., and fifty-five years old. He was admitted to the bat In 1879, being assisted In practice wltn his father, the partnership continuing until 1898, When the father retired and the son became associated with R. E. L. Mountcastle, now Democratic national committeeman from Tennessee. H e served as chancellor In 1892-94- wa» elected assistant Justice of the state su preme court in 1902, and re-elected In 1910, the last contest being one of nota ble campaigns of the state. At that time Judge Shields led the ticket known as the “Independemt Judiciary", ticket, against the so-called “regular Demo cratic” ticket. Sungeguently he wa, elected chief-Justice. — Judge Shields was married December 7 last In New York to Mrs. Jeannette Cowan. He is a Democrat. The election of Judge Shields occa sioned little surprise. During the morning his friends were confidently claiming that he would get seventy-one votes when balloting hour came. He received slxty-nlne votes, to a choice, sixty-six. It was a Knoxville field day in the 1 deadlock. In hope of changing the as pect of the contest, the fuslonlsts en tered Attorney General Charles T. Cates, Jr., like Judge Shields, a Knox ville man, In the race, and for years one of Judge Shields’ closest friends In the assembly. When the Joint convention began the galleries were packed and the excite ment was intense. Many women were present. Judge Shields' vote was made up of fifty-pne Democrats, nine independent Democrats and eight Republicans and one Shelby countlan. General Cates received sixty-one votes. The election of Judge Shields as sen ator will create a vacancy in the state supreme court, which Governor Hooper will fill by appointment. The court will choose the chief Jus tice. The vote today on the short-term senatorship: M. T. Brown, Democrat, fifty-four; W. R. Webb, Independent Democrat, thirty-two; J. H. Underwood, Republican, thirty. Rest scattering. Necessary to elect, sixty-six. Necessary NAVAL AVIATORS IN STRENUOUS PRACTICE WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—-Lieutenant J. S. Tower, U. S. N., commanding: the navy aviation camp at Guantanamo, Cuba, has reported to the navy depart* ment that already a strenuous program of winter practice was being carried out. He reported also that the officers of the Atlantic fleet In winter training off Guantanamo were co-operating with the aviators, many of them already having requested Admiral Badger, commanding, to allow them to take a course in avia tion in addition to their regular du ties. So far as possible this instruc tion will be given. and which set sail at truth of the duck’s wonderful feat. I once. This wonderful duck is the only one possessed by him, and he knows there FATHER AMD LITTLE GIRL is no mistake in the record made. "Wed nesday morning the duck laid an egg at 7:30 o’clock, the egg being found in the nest at the regular hour it is visited. At noon several members of the family saw the second egg laid by the duck on the lawn, the same ones seeing the duck lay the third and last egg a short time afterwards. This testimony of eye-witnesses can’t be doubted, especially when the above- mentioned witnesses are absolutely re liable. Boat Abandoned MOBILE, Ala., Jan. 23.—The British bark Alexander Black, from Mobile Jan uary 8 for Cienfuegos, has been aban doned in the Gulf of Mexico in a water logged condition. Captain Cogswell and all members of the crew landed last night at Progresso, Mexico. PERISH IN FLAMES (By Associated Press.) CANFIELD, Ohio, Jan. 23.—Flames that destroyed a farm house near here today caused the death of Curtis Shafer and his daughter Effie, and fatally burn ed Mrs. Shafer and another daughter. A son ten years old escaped. He was unable to explain the cause of the fire. FLOOD DRIVES MANY TO T0PS 0F HOUSES HENDERSON, Ky., Jan. 23.—Relief parties in this section daily are discov ering new instances of destitution among sufferers from the Ohio river flood. Yesterday thirty persons—men, women and children—were found hud dled in one room in a house located on the crest of a knob surrounded for ^miles around by water. There was, no food in the house and the only material available for building a fire was wet driftwood. Similar con ditions were found in a room at Smith Mills, a small town, near here, complete ly surrounded by water. Still another relief party yesterday found many persons living in the sec ond story of thheir homes, with no food and exposed to wind and rain/ storms which have beset them during the past several days. About five miles below here, in Walnut Bottoms, it is reported 200 persons are destitute. Faces “House Famine” (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) COLUMBUS, Ga., Jan. 23.—For the first time in the history of the city, Columbus today faces a “house fam ine,” which has become a decided bar rier to the steady increase in popula tion, and it is an unmistakable indi cation of the rapid growth of the com munity during the past year. COST OF GOING DOWN IS GOING UP RIGHT NOW PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 23.-r-The cost of being buried is going up. Members of the State Retail Monuments asso- slation, in convention here today, are discussing the .advisability of advanc ing the prices on tombstones. Grave diggers in all the cemeteries in this part of the state are planning to or ganize a union preparatory to demand ing an Increase In pay.