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I VOLUME XIII. ATLANTA, GA.,, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1913. NO. 25. "KNOCK" III HOKE SMITH IT FIT THE FACTS Macon Telegraph’s Remark That Senator “Steals Thun der" Isn't Borne Oat ♦ Special Dispatch to The Journal.) j WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—The dispo-| sitlon of the Macon Telegraph to ■ “knock” Senator Hoke Smith whenever opportunity offers leads it into some lu dicrous errors occasionally. A few days ago the sehate committee on agriculture and forestry unanimously ordered a fa vorable report on Senator Smith's bill providing for the extension work of agricultural colleegs and experiment stations. The Associated Press sent out a report on this action,twenty or twenty- five lines, as the measure is regarded as quite important. The Macon Tele graph headed the telegram: “Hoke Steals Thunder. Introduces Bill on Lines Pro posed by Lever. The man who wrote the head had not kept up with the bill and knew nothing of its history. It is known as ^he Smith- Lever bill and has been before congress for nearly two years. Every agricultur al paper in the United States under stands it and hundreds of them have written editorials commending it. Many hundreds of letters have been received by Senator Smith indorsing the bill and it has the backing of practically all the presidents of agricultural colleges of the country. It is intended to make available 'for the man on the farm and his sons who cannot attend agricultural colleges al the scientific facts taught at the colleges and gained at the ex periment stations. There is no doubt that the bill will pass during the present session of congress. It apropriates $10,000 to each outright and then divides $300,000 for the first year among the states on a basis of agricultural population, but re quires the states to provide an equal amount. This appropriation Is Increased by $300,000 each year until by the end of ten years the amount will be $3,000,- 000' and the appropriation is to stand permanently at that figure. When Senator Smith reached the sen ate two years ago he found a vocational bill pending introduced by Senator Page, of Vermont, which covered so much ground that it could not be pass ed. y It got in the way of Senator Smith’s bill, however, as many sena tors had promised to vote for the Page bill who really preferred the Smith bill. On a vote Senator Smith’s bill lacked only one of being substituted for the Page bill and if it had been so substi tuted would undoubtedly have been passed last session. In the senate it is known as the Smith bill and in the house it is known as the Lever bill. It is spoken of gen erally as the Smith-Lever bill, as the Georgia senator and South Carolina con gressmen are pushing it jointly. It was first introduced in the senate by Sena tor Smith on January 16, 1912, as shown by the record, page. 9 fill, sixty-second congress, second session, and the next day was introduced in the house by Congressman Lever as shown on page 1052 of the Record, sixty-second con gress, second session. Huerta Fails To Get Loan From Europe Bankers Who Hold Option Won’t Exercise It—Mexican Finances in Bad Shape PARIS, Dec. 18.-—The efforts of the Mexican government to raise money in Europe in order to meet the interest on its obligations falling due in Jan uary have thus far been futile. The Paris and London banks, wh^ich took $20,000,000 of the loan authorized by the Mexican congress in the spring and on option on the unissued remain der, ..decline to exercise their option, even for a few millions. The Mexican minister of finance, Adolfe de la Lima, now In Europe* brought with him authority from Gen eral Huerta to intimate to the banks here holding the option that they must either exercise it or surrender it. The bankers refuse to do either. A threat has been conveyed to them, cautiously, that their option may be revoked so that the unissued portion of the loan may be placed elsewhere. The bankers have replied resolutely that the contract cannot be revoked summarily as Mexican credit would be In a worse position after such a revo cation than it was before. Rebel Leaders Tell Miners They Can Operate Now HERMOSILLO, Dec. 18.—Mine own ers jji territory under control o£ the Mexican constitutionalist government may resume operation of their prop erties whenever they see fit. It was anounced today by Ignacio Bonillas, secretary of industry in the Carranza cabinet, that if men desiring to work mines located in the states of Sonora, Chihuahua, Sinaloa and Durango, wquld apply to the constitutionalist depart ment of fomento, colonization and in dustry located here they would receive the necessary permits. UAder Mexican laws mining property may not be worked until formal per mission has been issued by the federal government, it w£^ said many mining men holding property had found it im possible to obtain proper authorization from Mexico City and that the indus try in the north was in a state of stag nation. REPUBLICANS CHOP OFF 10 GEORGIA DELEGATES Church Hirqs Dancing Teacher to Instruct Members in New Steps NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—To woo the young men and women away from the tango and turkey trot, the vestry and aid society of Christ church, in Brook lyn, of which Canon William S. Chase is/ rector, has engaged a dancing teach er to instruct classes in the newest dances approved by the vestry. T-he question of dancing came to the •attention of-Canon Chase and the ves try with the opening of the new parish hall in connection with the church. The problem presented to the churchmen was to have the hall utiized for the young men and women for whom it was built and not permit or encourage the tango and other dances to which exception was taken. The engagement of a danc ing teacher was the solution. A list of the newest dances to be taught has not been issued. National Committee Ends La bors, Effects Compromise and Adjourns WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—The repub lican national committee concluded its labor for reform in party procedure, and launched its campaign for a reunion of warring elements, by adopting a resolution providing ror a radical cnange in the basis of representation in nation al conventions which would reduce the quota of southern states from thirty- three to sixteen per cent of the con vention’s total. The action of the committee, criti cised in vigorous terms by several of its members, but made unanimous be fore adjournment, must be indorsed by states entitled to cast a majority of votes in the electoral college before it becomes party law. In order that such action shall be taken as promptly as possible the com mittee appointed a subcommittee of three, consisting of Charles B. Kar- ren, of Michigan; Senator Borah, of Idaho, and Governor Hatfield, of West Virginia, to prepare an address to the of the proposal. This address will be drawn up shortly after the Christmas holidays, and leading members of the committee expressed the hope tonight that it would be met by early action. Approval by the states will insure a call' from the nations lcommittee for the national convention of 1916 along the lines laid down today. The reorganization plan adopted came as a compromise which reflect ed the views of many committeemen that southern Vepresentation should be reduced, but not brought to the vanish ing point. According to figures submitted by the 'subcommittee, the new plan would re duce the total number of delegates from 1,078, as in 1812, to 993. * Under it these states would lose del egates: Alabama, 9; Arkansas. 3: Florida, 4; Georgia, 10; Illinois, 2; Kentucky, 1;. Louisiana, 7; Mississippi, 8; New York 4; North Carolina, 3; Pennsylvania, 1; South Carolina, 7; Tennessee, 3; Texas, 15: Virginia, 9, and Hawaii, 4. The southern states would have 164 delegates in all. Czar's Cousin Defends Self FromAttacks Grand Duke Magazine Boris Declares Charges of Cowardice Are False * COLORADO GOVERNOR AT WAR WITH LABOR UNIONS Public Street Dancing Succeeds Dance Halls In San Francisco, Gal. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 18.—Sponsor- ed b^ the city, the first of a series of public street dances will be held to night in one of the outlying residence districts. The city will furnish music, lights and police, the latter having been instructed to see that proper decorum is observed. The dance program in cludes the tango and the “Boston Dip.” The second public street dance will be held Saturday night in another sec tion of the city and the third of the se ries on New Year’s evening in the' down town district. The series will be tried as an experi ment, the idea being to establish street dancing as a substitute for the public dance halls, which were closed by- the pplice commission three months ago. The board of supervisors originated the plan. JEWELRY STORE ROBBED BY CUTTING OUT WINDOW PITTSBURG, Dec. 18.—One of the most daring robberies known to the Pittsburg police was committed this morning between 6 and 7 o’clock when a thief cut a section out of the show window at the jewelry store of W. W. Wattles & Stone. He then pulled the fabric covering the bottom of,the win dow through the hole, taking with it all the valuables with which the window was decorated. The loss is about $1,000. / SHOOTS 9-DAY BRIDE, THEN WRITES MOTHER Conrad, Mad Because Wife Threatened to Leave Him, Uses His Pistol INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 18.—After he had shot his wife, Katherine, whopi he married only nine days ago, John Con rad went to a desk this morning and described the tragedy in a letter to his mother while he awaited the arrival of the "police: Conrad’s bride, nineteer^ ’__®, years old, was believed to have been fatally shot. She refused to talk to Conrad .when he sought her forgive ness. Conrad, who is thirty-one years old and a salesman, said he shot his wife because stye threatened to leave him, and blamed a sister-in-law for the trou ble. DEERING’S $12,000,000 SPLIT_AM0NG FAMILY CHICAGO, Dec. 18.—The entire es tate of William Deering, the harvester manufacturer, estimated at from $12,- 000,000 to $13,000,000. is left to his im mediate family, according to the terms of the will, which will be offered for probate today. None of the estate was left to charity, Mr. Deering statin? in his will he considered he had done enough for charity during h1s lifetime. LONDON, Dec. 18.—The Grand Duke Boris, a cousin of the emperor of Rus sia, took the witness stand today to rqbut allegations of misconduct and cowardice brought against him in a magazine article. In connection withthis article he brought suit for libel against the Frank a. Munsey company, but the suit was settled out of court on De cember 9. The grand duke, however, wished to clear his character publicly. He swore in court that there was no foundation for the libel, denied that he had been guilty of misconduct and testified that he had been constantly under fire for a fortnight during the operations in the vicinity of Liao-Yang in Manchuria, when Japanese and Rus sian armies fought a desperate battle in August, 1904. He said he had par ticipated as an officer in the fighting in which the army under General Count Keller engaged the Japanese and in which General Keller was killed. He had ultimately been decorated by Gen eral Kuropatkin with the Order of St. Anne for his cofirage and had since been repeatedly honored, the emperor hav ing giver^ him a golden sword of honor inscribed' “for bravery.” Henry E. Duke, counsel for the de fendants, then apologized to the grand duke on behalf of his clients, saying the article had been published without the knowledge of Mr. Munsey. He ad mitted that the words used were ex tremely objectionable and indefensible. The case was closed, the defendants agreeing to pay all the cost. CONVICT ATTACKS GUARD, John M. Harris, a convict sent up for blowing the safe of the Lumpkin County bank at Dahlonega, was shot and seriously wounded Thursday morn ing when he is alleged to have threaten ed Deputy Warden Clyde Thomason, of the Adamsville convict camp. It is claimed by the county authorities that Harris had broken the rules of the camp and had cursed ..some of the guards on Wednesday afternoon. He was held in camp Thursday morning and Deputy Warden Thomason started to apply the lash to him. Harris is alleged to have picked up a big block of wood and jumped at ^homason threateningly, would kill the official "*15©- fore he would take a whipping. Thomason, it is said, retreated, and as he did so drew his pistol and fired. The breast. The wounded man was taken im mediately to the hospital in the main barracks at the Bellwood convict camp, where it is said that he has a good chance to recover. Harris is fifty-eight years old, is six feet inches tall and weighs 220 pounds. He was sent up from Lumpkin county with several other yeggs. While con fined in the Fulton tower during the pendency of his appeal to the supreme court, Harris and other prisoners par ticipated in a mutiny, when the tower officials tried to make them submit to being measured according to the Ber- tillon system. He was received at the tower on Sep tember 22. He is serving a twenty- year sentence. HEAD OF GEORGE JUNIOR REPUBLIC IS CONDEMNED New York Board of Charities Recommends Removal for Immoral Conduct NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—Removal of William R. George from active partici pation in affairs of the George Junior itepublic at Freeville, N. Y. t founded by him more than ten years ago, is recommended by the state board of charities. George's moral conduct is severely condemned. The board also recommends that no more girls be received at the 'republic and that those now there be speedily removed to other institutions. George had not been actively con nected with the requblic for some time. His retirement from the directorate of the' national organization of the repub lics, it is believed, is forecast 6y the report. 1 The George Junior' republic was founded by William R. George as a refuge for bad boys. Its pioneer mem bers were toughs of the old Bowery. The youths who said they “.never had a chance.” These young men were taken to the hills of Freeville, near Ithaca, and un der George’s direction governed them*? selves 'in the republic which he founded. George was a benevolent despot. He was called "Daddy” George by his proteges and his chief aim, he often said, was to bring back to an atmosphere of home life the wayward boys—and girls, aft- terwards admitted—who had strayed. MODEL FOR OTHERS. From the model at Freeville other George Junior republics were fashioned throughout the country. Emory R. Buckner, counsel for George, was indignant today when told of the report. He said the committee liad heard only witnesses hostile to George and none for him; that witnesses could have been called—but were not—who could easily have disproved some of the charges made against him. George is forty-seven years old. He has been in poor health for more than a year./ It was brought out that George had practiced hypnotism to such extent that he could hypnotize himself by standing before a mirror. Some times he did so, it was testified, and had to be awaken ed from the spell by some one else. It was also testified Georg© frequently hypnotized members of the republic. The report of the committee says: “Evidence shows that for many years It has been the custom of Mr. George to exhibit undue familiarity with tne girl citizens. Whatever may have been his motive, his. example In this regard and the influence, of these acts, as was shown by testimony of' many witnesses, had the effect of leading to immoral acts a number of the older girls and boys.” Schmidt Once Offed To Sell Certificates Slayer of Anna Aumuller Tried to Help German Students Fake Exams NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—Testimony of witnesses who appeared before the Ger man high court of Munich when Hans Schmidt was tried for offering to sell forged certificates and diplomas to stu dents, was read today at Schmidt’s trial for the murder of Anna Aumuler. The evidence showed that t!he prisoner sent more than 200 letters to student* in Munich offering assistance as a “mental specialist” in their examina tions. No fee was asked until they had passed their examinations. The letters were signed “Dr. Z. Zantor.” A search of Schmidt’s room in Munich revealed blank diploma forms and fac similes of the seals of the Latin school of Mainz and of the royal secretary of the University of Munich. At the Munich trial Schmidt declared, according to the testimony read today, that he had left the priesthood because his father was a Protestant and he (Schmidt) could not agree with the doc trine of the Catholic church. Gordon County Farmer, Fleeing With His Baby, Loser in 10-Mile Race GERMANY WONT EXHIBIT AT PANAMA EXPOSITION BERLIN, Dec. 18.—Collapse of the German parliamentary movement In fa- bullet struck the convict In the left' vor of official participation in the Pan- GUILTY OF MALIGNING CHARACTER OF GIRL ROME, Ga., Dec. 18.—Horace Isom, a well known young man, was found guilty in a sealed verdict returned to- Floyd city court this morning, of hav ing maligned the character of a young woman. Judge ReeSc has reserved sen tence in the case. BOOTLEGGER KILLED IN CITY HALL FIGHT BONNER SPRINGS, ICan., Dec. 18.— Rolla Harvey, an alleged “bootlegger,” was killed and two other men were wounded here today in a fight that' en sued when a posse surrounded the city hall building, on the second floor of which Harvey was suspected of con ducting a “joint.” More than fifty shots were fired. ama-Paciflc exposition at San Francisco was followed today by dissolution of the committee formed to organize a great nonofficial exhibit. The bureau of information for those desiring to exhib it is to continue in existence, but other wise the scheme for a collective German exhibit is dead. The bill introduced early in Depembqr in connection with an appropriation for the arrangement of an official German exhibit is not to be brought up again for discussion. FARM DEPARTMENT HEADS WANT FRANK PRIVILEGES Agricultural commissioners of the southern states are to petition con gress for a law which will allow a franking privilege to all state depart ments of agriculture. Such a law would permit the depart ments to send out their bulletins and pamphlets to the farmers free of post age and would result in a great saving to the states. J. D. Price, commissioner for Geor gia, is a member of the special commit tee appointed by the Agricultural Com missioners’ association, to draft a franking bill for introduction in con gress. (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) CALHOUN, Ga., Dec. 18.—A lively chase occurred this afternoon between Deputy Sheriff Fossett, of this county, and Joseph Walden, a young farmer, who lives close to Calhoun. Walden, who with his wife and five-months-old baby lived with his wife’s people, is said to have become involved in a domestic difficulty with the latter in which blows were freely exchanged. It was getting too hot for Walden, and snatch ing up his baby he made a break for safety without waiting to get hat or coat or wraps, for the baby. He secured a buggy and while a war rant was being sworn out for the fugi tive he got a good start of the' pur suing .officer. He ferried the Oostanau- la river, going north towards Dalton, but was caught close to Sugar Valley after a ten-mile chase. He was then lodged in the county Jail on a charge of beating his wife and kidnaping his baby, and the latter was sent home to its mother. The accused man later made bond and will be tried tomorrow. Walden claims that it was in self- defense and In protection of the infant that he ran. He denies the charge of wife-beating. CONNECTICUT MEMBER CHALLENGES MR. HOBSON Wants to Debate Alabamian as to Right of Congress man to Rest WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—The long standing feud between Representative Hobson, of Alabama, and Representa tive Donovan, of Connecticut, now threatens to break out on the hustings. Mr. Donovan has challenged Hobson to debate before an Alabama audience, the affirmative ot/ a contention that “ab sence of a representative from congress is honest and justifiable.” Donovan announced his challenge to day with a statement that Mr. Hobson was in his seat seven days of the eight months of the extra session of con gress. CO-OPERATIVE MARKETS PLANNED BY FARMERS KANSAS CITY, Dec. 18.—Co-opera tive markets through which produce would sold direct from the farm to the consumer are planned by the Farm ers’ Equity unioh in session at Kansas City, Kan. Delegates from eight of the middle west states are present. The establishment of a market in .Kansas City was the proposal under considera tion today. So far the union has devo ted most of its efforts >to acquiring elevators and selling the grain of its nAembers direct to the millers. E Postmaster General Declares Telegraph and Telephones Should Be Nationally Owned DENVER, Colo., Dec. 18.—Character izing their demands as ridiculous and their claims as overdrawn, Governor E. M. Ammons late last night refused to dismiss Adjutant General John 1 Chase and other military officers from j service, order the release of military ! prisoners and abolish the military com- ' mission in the zone where coal miners arc on strike. These demands were made upon the governor by a commit- ; tee Srorn the allied trade unions’ con- • ventipn. When the governor’s stand was made known t o the waiting delegates and they heard their committeemen say that the threat of recall petitions with in five days had no effect on the gov ernor. “Mother” Mary Jones prose and # exhorted her j hearers to band them selves by the “righteousness of the cause, march upon the state capitol and fling defiance of the governor in his face.” FIRST PHOTO OF UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT AS NOW CONSTITUTED BRYAN COMING SOUTH; TWO STOPS ON WAY WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Secretary and Mrs. Bryan, with their grandson,! will leave Washington at 5:50 tomorrow afternoon for Miami, Fla. • The secretary has not been able to i visit his new southern home since it j was completed and he will spend a ! couple of days there looking- over his j place. j On the way south the secretary will s ! op at Asheville, N. C., Saturday from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. and will also make a short stofr at Jacksonville. Fla. The party expects , to arrive a,l Mi^mi Sun- da y. WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Postmaster General Burleson’s declaration for the principle of government ownership of telegraphs and telephones as outlined in his annual report Just made publio, undoubtedly will be followed by a Dem ocratic caucus In the house in January which will decide how fax the project is to be made an administration policy. President Wilson has been giving the project careful study and, administra tion supporters say, has not pressed it upon congress at this time be cause of the enormous expense involved. A preliminary move will be congression al authorization to the postmaster gen eral to make a report on the feasibility of acquiring the lines Apr a govern ment monopoly. “ Representative Lewis, who was fore most among the congressional leaders who worked out the parcel post, had prepared a bill on the new subject but will give way to an administration measure backed by Chairman Moon, of the house postoffice committee. SHOULD ACQUIRE WIRES. Concerning the acquisition of tele phone and telegraph lines, Postmaster General Burleson says that the govern ment lias demonstrated Its capacity to conduct public utilities, and, from his.' present Information, he is inclined clear ly to the taking over by the postofflco 1 department of the telegraph lines and possibly, also, of the telephone lines. Discussing that the postmaster general says: ’’A study of the constitutional pur- 1 pcses of the postal establishment leads, to the conviction that the postoffice de partment should have control over all 1 mean^ of the communication of intel ligence. The first telegraph line In this country was maintained and oper- 1 ated as a part of the posta service, and it is to bo regretted that congress saw' fit to relinquish this facility to pri vate enterprise. The monopolistic na ture of the telegraph business makes it of vital Importance to the people that It be conducted by unselfish Interests, and this can' be accomplished only through government ownership. “The act of July 24, 1866, providing for the government .acquisition of the telegraph lines upon payment of an ap praised valuation and the act of 1202 directing the postmaster general ‘to re port to congress the probable cost of connecting a telegraph and telephone system with the postal service by some feasible plan’ are evldencesof the pollny of this government ultimately to ac quire and operate these electrical means of communication as postal facilities, as Is done by all the principal na tions, the United States alone excepted. SUCCESS IS PROVED. “The successful operation of the parcel post has demonstrated the capacity of| the government to conduct the public utilities which fall properly within the postal provision of the constitution. “Every argument in favor of the gov ernment ownership of telegraph lines may be advanced with equal logic and force In favor of the government owner ship of telephone lines. It has been contently decided that a* telephone mes- g»9» and a telegrarn Hire the same within the meaning of the laws govern ing the telegraph service and there fore it Is believed that the statute en abling the government to acquire, upoft the payment of an appraised valuation the telegraph lines of the country will enable the government to acquire tile telephonic network of the country. While It Is true that the telegraph com panies have not 'compiled with the r»- qutrements of section 6267, revised statutes, this can not be held to nulli fy the Intent of the law, since the non use on the part of the government, of any of Its constitutional privileges In no wise surrenders the right to exer cise these privileges whenever the best Interests of the nation demand." RURAL DELIVERY. It is the announced purpose of Ms. Burleson not to enoourage the extension of free delivery of malls in village^ because of the inferiority of the service and the Impossibility to sjeure econom ical administration of It. It Is his ln- tention v therefore, wherever practicable to utilize the services of rural carriers for the delivery of malls In small towns. On that phase of the servtqe, the re-. 1 port says: ’ “As rural routes emanate from prao-4 tlcally all of the places where this vll-« lage delivery service would be desired, the carriers should be used to make suota deliveries as may be desireable and feas- able for the service indicated their compensation of rural carriers, how ever, at this time is based on the length of their routes and to make them avail able for the service Indicated tehir salaries should be based upon an eight- * hour day. With this change these car- Tiers could be used not only, to supple ment the general- delivery service as in dicated, but in many instances In the de livery of parcel post matter as well, thus obviating -the necessity for addi-, tional horse hire for the delivery of the larger packages. The compensation of. rural carriers should therefore be! changed from a mileage to an eight- hour basis, and these carriers should be 1 permitted to deliver mail'regardless of the distance from the postoffice or the 1 corporate limits of the city or town.” Child of Three Kills One-Year-Old Brother With ‘Unloaded’ Rifle (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) JACKSON, Ga.. Dec. 18.—The one- year-old son of Will Folds, living: near Jackson, died this morning from a rifle wound inflicted by his three-year-old brother yesterday. The child snapped a supposedly unloaded gun at his baby brother. ZELAYA GIVEN A HINT TO BEAT IT ABROAD WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Secretary Bfyan thinks the reasonable- time • al lowed to former President Zelaya, of Nicaragua, to leave the United States --is he agreed to do when the proceedings for his extradition on murder charges were dropped; .has .expired, and today, upon the instance of Solictor Folk, who handled the case, Zelaya’s Washington attornej-s-wired-the. former dictator in New York asking when he planned to sal for ’Barcelona- Standing (Prom Left to Sitting (From Left to Joseph It. Lamar, Charles E. Hughes, Wlllla van Levanter, ana Mahlon Pitney. William R. Lay, Joseph McKenna, Chief Justice Edward Douglas White, Oliver W. Holmes, and Horace -H. Lnrton. PRESIDENT TO BE HOST AT DINNER TO CABINET WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.— President Wilson will give his first cabinet din ner tonight at the Wh£e House. A few invited guests outside' the cabinet will be present, among them John Purroy Mitchel, mayor-elect of New xork. It will be the first state function of the season and will be followed with dinners by cabinet members to the pres ident and the usual official receptions. There will be no New Year’s reception i this year because the president goes raway for the Christmas holidays. There I is a possibility that the diplomatic re- I oeption scheduled for January 6 may be delayed a few days to give the presi dent a longer rest in * southern cli- mat*