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1 ■ Y 4~. VOLUME XIII. ATLANTA, GA.,, Tuesday, December 23, 1913. NO. 26. 1 BIG MEXICAN BANK CLOSES ITS REBELS!! Carranza's Sisters Forced by Federals to Ride on Army Train, So Rebels Cannot Fire on Troops MEXICO CITY, Dec. 22.—The Bank of London and Mexico closed its doors today. The bank was unable to secure cur rency with which to pay depositors and, therefore, was forced to suspend. Bank ers here generally agree in the opinion that the institution is solvent and the closing may be only temporary. The bank is believe^ to have excel lent collateral. Today's suspension was not due to lack of assets, but to the scarcity of currency. Communications by rail and wire have been partially restored throughout northwestern Mexico, according to an announcement made by Ignacio Bonial- las, secretary of communications in General Caranza’s provisional cabinet, at Hermosilla. This is assisting mater ially the constittuionalist campaign by putting the insurgent leaders in close touch with the general headquarters here. General Carranza received from his home at Saltillo, Cohuila, news that his three sisters, Ursula, Hermelda and Mariana de Carranza, had been forced to ride on a federal troop train. This followed previous reports that federals had compelled the wives of constitution- alist officers to ride on patrol trains to prevent attacks by insurgents in that vicinity. Friends of the constitutionalist com- . nianaer confirmed the report that his Saltillo residence had been sacked by ihe federals, who carried away furniture and carpets and either destroyed or ap propriated a library of 5,000 volumes. Chihuahua, Deserted, is Now Held by Gen, Villa (By Associated Press.; CHIHUAHUA, Mexico, Dec. 22.—Reb el control of telegraph and railroad com munication south and west of Chihua hua had today reached a point where General Villa believed he would be im pervious to an attack by the few fed eral troops remaining in the north. As the cities in the rebel territory are opened to communication General Villa believes that soon the states of Sinaloa, Durango and Chihuahua will be free of -federal control. Although 4,000 federals at Ojinaga on the border were reported to be pre paring for action, General* Villa be lieved they would be unable to do more than destroy the railroad. General Villa said Chihuahua was too well fortified to fear an attack. The report that General Mercado had lied across the border was regarded here as the beginning of the breaking up to the federal troops. CHIHUAHUA DESOLATED. Chihuahua, next to Monterey the most important center in the north, is a scene of desolation, occasioned by its long siege and its subsequent sacking by the invading rebels. The stores now sealed up against fur ther looting are almost empty. The lit ter in the streets betrays the haste with which the federals took what they could carry before they fled and also the eagerness with which the rebels entered the shops to obtain what was left of food and clothing. The Spanish cathedral * and the churches are empty since the priests and nuns were expelled. The streets have been plastered with notices that crimes ordinarily consid ered trivial will be punished with ex ecution. General Villa, who can neither read nor write, exercises from the state cap ital all the functions of government. Women Guard Street To Prevent Spitting; Arrest All Offenders PITTSBURG. Dec. 22.—Two hundred women, members of the Woman’s Health league, were today' stationed in the principal streets of Pittsburg, with the aim of enforcing the anti-spitting ordi nance. Mrs. J. B. Stoner and Miss Ma thilda Orr Hays, leading club women, caused the arrest of the first offenders. The anti-spitting ordinance was passed several y'ears ago and in spite of signs on every block in the city, has never been observed. Harry Latham Freed By Federal Grand Jury (Special Disnatch to The Journal.) NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec. 22.— Har- -y E. Latham, former court bailiff of At- anta, was released Saturday. The fed eral grand jury refused to indict him ciere. He was held in the Parish prison oy the federal authorities pending in vestigation of a charge of white slav ery. !! ! THREE ITALIANS ARRESTED FOR THEFT OF MONA LISA (By Associated Prees.) PARIS, Dec. 22.—At the moment the •Mona Lisa" was officially restored to France, Magistrate Drioux, who has had the case under his charge since the painting disappeared from the Louvre here, ordered the arrest of Vincente Lan celots, Michele Lancelotti and Mme. Clagagand, friends and neighbors in Paris of Vincenzo Perugia, on informa tion telegraphed from Florence by the French police official, Vignol. The Lancelotti brothers were de nounced several days ago by' another Italian as having been implicated with Perugia, and they are now charged with receiving and concealing the master piece. COB'S WIDOW IS HELD FOR LONDON * DILL ||| CURRENT BOTTLE: American Embassy Gains Bail for Mrs, Read, Who Ex pects Remittance . LONDON, Dec. 22.—Mrs. Sheridan Gordon Watson Pit Read, who says she is the widow of a former American consul at Tien Tsin, China, was charged today at Bow street police court with obtaining credit from a London hotel on false pretenses. The amount in volved was $40. The testimony showed that Mrs. Read went to the hotel last week with four Children and brought with her two valises. When asked to pay her cur rent bill she left, ostensibly to cash a draft. Later in the day she sent a man for the two valises, saying she wished to have her initials put on them. She was arrested on Saturday’ and today ap pealed* to the American embassy for assistance. J. Arthur Barratt, an American law yer practicing in London, appeared on behalf of the embassy 7 and explained to the magistrate that Mrs. Read said she was expecting a remittance from America. The magistrate thereupon or dered the defendant remanded for a week and admitted her to bail on a surety of $250. The woman gave her name first as Mrs. Hannah Gordon Watson, an as sumed name. It developed that she was the widow of the late Sheridan Pitt Read, of New York, who was formerly American consul at Tien Tsin and who died of heart disease in London on Oc tober 31, 1913. It was said that other similar charges are pending against the defendant. Discovers Nematode Living in Felt Beer Mats of Germans (By Associated Press.; WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—A remark able discovery has just been reported to the department of agriculture by Dr. J. G. DeMan, of Ierseke, Holland, cu rator of the National Museum there. The scientist has devoted much of his life to the study of nematodes, the smallest form of animal life known. These little animals inhabit practically everything, being so tiny they are in visible to the naked eye. Dr. DeMan reports he has discovered and, classi fied the peculiar nematodes which in habit the felt beer mats on which the Germans set their steins. It has been suggested here that Dr. DeMan should name his new variety the “trink nema tode.” EIGHTY MILLION GIVEN IN CHARITY THIS YEAR NEW YORK Dec. 22.—Charitable gifts i nthe United States during the last twelve months amount to $80,136,- 47G, or at the rate of $2.91 for every tick of the clock, according to a compil ation published here today. The bequest of Benjamin Altman, val ued at $15,430,000, to the Metropolitan Museum of New York heads the list and the gift of $10,000,000 by John D. Rock efeller, Jr., to put an end to “white slavery” is second. Colonel O. H. Payne’s gift of $4,350,000 to Cornell comes next in size and is followed t>y Ferris S. Thompson’s gift of $3,655,- 000 to Princeton university. Andrev.- Carnegie’s fifteen donations aggregated $3,633,000 and the next largest gift is $3,000,000, the sum given Washington and Lee university by Robert P. Dore- mus. After that the list shows that the do nations dropped in size to a mere million or two. Atlanta Practically Certain to Have Regional Bank, With New Orleans Sharing in the Honors (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—The cur rency bill will be a law tomorrow in all probability. It will be approved by both houses today and signed by the president before midnight, if possible. It was 2 o’clock before unanimous consent was secured for the house to take up the conference report. At that hour the report had not been presented and the leaders expected at least two or three hours’ debate when it did come in. As the house must first dispose of it, its appearance in the senate was not expected before late in the day. Democratic conferees sitting on the measure last night were unable to agree until nearly 4 o’clock this morn ing. Then the president was called up and consulted and agreement speedily followed. • k The final struggle was over the issue whether the comptroller of the currency should be a member of the federal re serve board ex-officio. The president was insistent that he should be, and finally won. The senate had stood out against the proposal for two reasons. There was a general objection to giving the president such control over the new system through the appointment of four of the six appointive members in a single ad ministration, and the further power to control through having two treasury ex- officio members. The organization committee composed of the secretary of the treasury secre tary of agriculture and comptroller of the currency will get to work within ninety days on the Retails of the new plan. They will select the new regional districts and the cities that are to be the center of them. It is believed there will be twelve regional banks. The following cities are likely to have re gional banks. GOVERNOR MAY DECLARE A “BOLL WEEVIL” DAY MACON. Gsbj. Dec. 22.—With $3,500 cash in sight PMeld Manager C. B. Caldwell, of the state chamber of com merce, tomorrow will begin to carry out the plans of the organization in the education of the people of south and middle Georgia to prepare for the ar rival of the boll weevil. Mr. Caldwell announced tonight that on one day in January in every school and college in the state, the subject of diversification of crops will be dis cussed. Literature was to be furnished the teachers by the state chamber. Governor Slaton probably will be asked to make it an official “boll wee vil day.” On one Sunday in the same month, it is proposed to have every preacher in the state discuss the subject from the pulpit. ONE GOVERNMENT JOB IS GOING A-BEGGING Chew 3 Battleships; Drink up 200 Cruisers, Each Year, Says Maxim NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—The jaws of the American nation chew away every year in gum the price of three dread- naughts, according to Hudson, Maxim, in an address delivered yesterday at a theater here where Dr. Madison C. Peters conducted his weekly service on “Peace.” From the profits of “John Barley- "ffi'vtentdr said ' two hundred cruisers a year could be built, while tobacco would contribute almost as heavily to the national armament. The speaker said he was a peace man, but that he believed in being prepared. Modern weappns contributed to peace, he declared. Thirteen Babies Plead For Shoplifters, and Four Secure Freedom MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 22.—When thir teen children—the eldest one seven years old—joined in a plea for the release of their five mothers who were arrested by the police Saturday night, charged with being members of an or ganization of shop lifters, four of the women were allowed to go. The fifth one was held. All of the women are from well-to-do Minneapolis families. The police claim to have recovered from 1 the women’s homes more than $800 worth of goods stolen from stores. The women promised to appear in court today. Christmas Rush About To Swamp Mails; May Be Delay in Delivery WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—The parcel post system of the first Christmas has brought such an enormous burden to the mails that the facilities of the^ postoffice department are being taxed to the utmost. If the crush should become so acute next week that deliveries are affected, Postmaster General Burleson will have cards of notification sent to all consignees of delayed packages. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—Uncle Sam has one job that apparently is going a- begging. The place calls for an expert needlewoman to mend tattered and his- toric flags at West Point Military acad emy. Thus far no one seems to have cared for the position. The civil service commission recently sent broadcast application blanks for examinations for the vacancy from which it was hoped a large number of applicants might be secured. Although the position carries a salary of $3 a day, not a single person has applied for the place. The commission has about reached the conclusion that there is either a scarcity of needlewomen or the pay is not sufficiently attractive. BARTH0LDT GROWS TIRED OF BEING CONGRESSMAN WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—Representa tive Richard Bartholdt, of St. Louis, who has represented the Tenth Missouri district in the house for twenty-two years, has issued a stateemnt saying tie will not be a candidate for re-election when his term expires in 1915. Only two other members of the house, Represen tatives Payne, of New York, and Jones, of Virginia, have longer records of service. He expects to work for uni versal peace. FIND WOMAN A SUICIDE AND HUSBAND IS RELEASED KINGSTON. Ga.. Dec. 22.—Mrs. Gor don Tucker committed suicide Saturday at her home near here by shooting her self. Her husband was arrested, on sus picion of having killed her, but was re leased following ah inquest. PASSENGER TRAIN HITS FREIGHT NEAR BILOXI BILOXI, Miss., Dec. 22.—Passengers of northbound Louisville and Nashville train, No. 2. were given a severe shaking up when the heavy train drawn by two locomotives crashed head-on into a freight train near here early today. The freight train was going on to a side track and an except the locomotive was out of the path of the bassen^er train when the collision' occurred. Several of the passenger cars were derailed. Bag- gagemaster J. A. Watts was the only person hurt. ANOTHER NEEDLE CASE —BY WEBSTER lF="f : ;^ YOU U- HAVE To HUSTLE, HA, ER. HE'LL BE HEPE 'RlRE YOU GET THOSE STOCJO-h'S 'DOME TWO BIO ENGINES FROM TRESTLE TO BURLESON WOULD KEEP CIVIL SERVICE IN FORCE WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—Postmaster General Burleson has taken a stand against the proposal to take assistant postmasters from the protection of civil service, which is embodied in the annual appropriation bill now in the hands of the house postoffice committee. Mr. Burleson today in a letter to Chairman Moon characterized such a plan as detrimental to the public service. MAN OF 70 BRIDEGROOM AFTER DAY’S COURTSHIP (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) DALTONi Ga., Dec. 22.—Following a one-day coiirtship, Mr. Joe Harris, an aged Conf/derate veteran of Murray county, wfcn as his bride Miss Seney Ledford, /who resides in the western part of tMe city. Mr. Harris, who is up wards om seventy years of hge. is receiv. ing the/congratulations of his friends. His new wife is many years his junior. The ceremony was performed by Judge H. J/i Wood, ordinary. 7 (By Associated Press.) AUGUSTA, Ga., Dec. 22.—Two South ern railway passenger engines and four freight cars are in the middle of the Savannah river, due to the two en gines, which were being towed over from the Hamburg yards, running into about twenty freight cars which were standing on the trestle at 4:55 this morning. An entire span fell and the engines, freight cars and a portion of the trestle are in one twisted and brok en mass of wreckage in the water. One engine was not completely submerged, due to falling on a jetty. Hostler C. C. Forbes, who was on engine 1109, and was pulling engine 955, was badly bruised as was Jim mie Bryant, call boy. Fert Corbett, a negro helper on 955, was also bruised. According to Forbes, there were no lights on the cars which had been left on the trestle and the night was dark. Forbes and Bryant, by presence of mind in holding their breath under the ■water, climbed out on to some wreck age and called for assistance. Corbett did not get into the 'water. All three men were rescued by a boat. No official statement has been made by the Southern officials as. yet. Dance Censor Attends Dance and Outdances All of Her Charges (By Associated Press.) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 22.—The matron whose duties it is to preside at all dances, made her first appearance in Indianapolis last night at a dance given by society folk at a local hotel. She was just as popular as any other woman present and danced all the latest steps without censuring the way any of the guests danced, criticising the mu sic or the dress of those present. ^11 of these things are included in her du ties, according to the law recently pass ed by the city council making the presence of a matron at dances in In dianapolis necessary before the affairs may be started. The matron appointed for the society dan^e was a member of the prominent society set and in accordance with the law the dance did not start until she arrived!. The matron, however, refused to p.ccept the fee of $2 which she is allowed by the law. VOTES FOR WOMEN HID Youth Ends His Life In Trying to Escape Capture as Pickpocket NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—Pursued by a hundred passengers through seven cars of a subway train in Brooklyn last night, a youth suspected of being a pickpocket, leaped from the front plat form of the last car when he was about to be seized, and was crushed to death against a pillar of the tunnel. The victim was identified through his finger prints at police headquarters, according to detectives. as Solomon Furst, nineteen years old, who recently- served a brief term in the city re formatory for a petty crime. Congressman Dead CLINTON, la., Dec. 22.—■Congressman I. S. Pepper, of the Second Iowa dis trict, died here today. He had been ill for' several months. NEW YORK, Dee. 22.—Dr. Anna How ard Shaw, the suffrage leader, declares that the year 1913, ip spite of Its un lucky number, has been the greatest and luckiest year In the history of the movement for votes for women. During the 'year, she says, woman's suffrage had been taken out of the academic stage and Is now in the realm of prac tical politics. Drr. Shaw told the triumph in Illinois and the increase o. favorable sentiment, the way that men are “coming over to a belief that wom en ought to vote and the marked at tention that politicians are giving us.” Besides winning in Illinois and Alas ka, this year, she cited the appoint ment of the senate committee on suf frage as one of the geratest victories ever won for the cause. She sought to encourage suffrage workers, because of the action of President Wilson, in rec ommending a house committee on suf frage as one of the greatest victoreis out campaigns in Nevada North Dako ta, South Dakota and Montana, where the legislatures have passed suffrage amendments to the state constitutions that will be submitted to the voters for approval. “There is just as much work to be done in New York, New Jersey, Penn sylvania, Iowa, Wisconsin and Michi gan,” Dr. Shaw said. “The legislature of these states have passed suffrage bills. The Wisconsin bill was vetoed by Governor McGovern who afterward offered to reconsider. Wisconsin must be ready for the next governor and is a campaign state. The Michigan bill was defeated by the voters. The New Jersey bill will have to be introduced over again because, it was not properly published. In New York, Pennsylvania and Iowa, the legislatures will have to ratify the action of 191. before the amendments can go to the voters—and we mean they shall.- Dr. Shaw admitted that she did wish 1913 could have seen the enfranchise ment of women discussed in the con gress and in the president’s message. ’ Chicago Makes Great. Fuss Over Its First City Christmas Tree (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Dec. 22.—Squadrons of mounted police and twelve uniformed buglers of the First Illinois cavalry today headed a procession in which Chi cago’s first municipal Christmas tree was transported on the biggest truck in the city to Grant park, on the water front. Six big black horses drew the tree. Mayor Harrison will push the button which w{ll illuminate the tree on Christ mas eve, while five grand opera stars sing from the balcony of the Art insti tute, facing the lake. TT ilson Presented Cane Andrew Jackson Once Gave to Kansas Man WIRE COMPANIES’ DIVORCE ’T REQUIRE L (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—When the American Telephone and Telegraph company and Western Union reach the parting of ways, as provided for under the agreement reached with Attorney General McReynolds, there will not be the slightest need for the realignment of the organization of either concern, according to a statement made oy Pres ident Theodore N. Vail, of the Ameri can Telephone and Telegraph company. “We built up the mutual interests of the American Telephone and Telegraph company and the Western Union in such a way,” Mr. Vail said, “that we did not encumber ourselves with an organization that would have to be broken up in case the companies should withdraw fyom the arrangement! In other words the organization of each concern was rigidly maintained and preserved, and when they draw apart each will carry with it as perfect an organization as when the two entered into mutual relations.” The officers of the Western Union company are Theodore N. Vail, presi dent; Newcomb Carlton, vice president; William H. Baker, secretary, and A. R. Brewer, treasurer. With the excep tion of Mr. Vail, none of these men is an officer of the American Telephone and Telegraph company. Department of justice officials declare representatives of business concerns arc calling daily to learn what they can or cannot do under the law. While officials stated prosecutions would not be dis continued where they were warranted, co-operation would be used wherever possible to secure observance of the law. The department is at work on plans submitted by other corporations for friendly settlements. 7,000 Quarts of Booze Seized in One Week in Macon Prohi Campaign (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) MACON, Ga., Dec. 22.—A total, of thirty-nine barrels of whisky was seized Friday afternoon in a raid made by the police on the saloon and clubroom of George Jackson, a negro. The goods were all confiscated. Charges of vio lating the city blind tiger act and state prohibition law were made aaginst the negro. Out of a series of raids made by Po lice Chief Riley the raid yesterday was the largest. Not less than 7,CT00 quarts of whisky and wines is now held a. police station, all of which have been seized this week. CORPODOTIONS GIVEN PROMISE OF I IN HE0H9IINJI6 PUNS President Wilson Says Gov ernment Will Co-operate With Those Wishing to Obey Sherman A|nti -Trust Law WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—President Wilson let it be known today that othe'r corporations besides the American Tel ephone and Telegraph company had shown disposition to take the initiative in reorganizations to conform with the Sherman anti trust law. Mr. Wilson made it clear that it would be the policy of his administra tion to co-operate in every way it legiti mately could to bring about satisfac tory understanding of the law by the business men of the country, and that the executive departments did not want to raise barriers against those who wanted to obey the law. The president pointed out that the attorney general would co-operate and heartily desired and welcomed the impulse on the part of business to take the initiative. COURSE IS INDICATED. The president indicated in his manner of discussion that he hoped the govern ment haa shown by example in the American Telephone and Telegraph set tlement what might be expected as the future course of his administration. When the president signs the curren cy bill he probably will accompany his signature with some sort of statement on the trust question. A note of confidence that the business men of the country will co-operate with the government in securing a compli ance with the Sherman law is expected to be sounded in the president’s re marks. He will indicate the manner in which the administration will approach the subject, express his realization of the delicacy of the task and the necessity for cautious and careful treatment of it because of its intimate relation to busi ness conditions of the country. Common Marriage Law Knocks Out Eugenics, Says Western Lawyer MILWAUKEE, Wls., Dec. 22. The Wisconsin eugenic marriage law, which will go into effect January 1, and which has created a statewide discussion for several weeks, was pronounced useless by Horace B. Walmsley, a leading member of the bar, in a statement made public today. “All that is required in this state is' that two persons, who are not married at the time, agree to accept each other as mates,” Mr. Walmsley said. “No service is necessary and the physical examination required by the late law cannot be enforced.” The contention of Mr. Walmsley is based on a decision of the state su preme court which says that any man or woman not married at the time may make a legal and valid contract of mar riage without any license, medical ex amination, priest, clergyman or magis trate, All that is required is that two persons agree to take each other as man and wife and begin to live to gether in that relation. Stephen Foster's Home A Gift to Pittsburg; To Be His Memorial PITTSBURG, Dec. 22.—The birthplace of Stephen Collins Foster, author of many famous songs, will be given to the city of Pittsburg as a Christmas gift. ^ Today the formal offer of the old Foster home in Penn avenue, was made to Mayor Magee by James II. Park. It is expected council will accept the gift at tomorrow’s meeting. Subscriptions raised by lovers of Foster’s melodies here and in the south will be used to fit up the old homestead as a memorial museum, in which relics of Foster’s will be kept. The grounds surrounding the house will be improved and mads into a small park. “Old Black Joe," “Suwanee River” and “My Old Kentucky Home" are among the best known of Foster’s composi tions. Santa Will Come To New York Town In an Aeroplane CORNING, N. Y. t Dec. 22.—Santa Claus will come to * Corning by aero plane tomorrow. The Corning Business Men’s association has hired an aviator from Bath to fly to Corning dresseri as Santa and distribute gifts to chil dren of the city from his aeroplane as he flies over the trees. WICHITA, Kan., Dec. 22.—A hickory walking stick carried by Andrew Jack- son when he was elected president was sent by parcel post today to President Wilson as a Christmas present from Levi W. Ludlum, of this city. Andrew •Jackson gave the stick to Barney Fox. Later. Fox gave it to Ludlum with the understanding that when Ludlum got too old to go out much he should give it to a Democratic president. Mother vs. Step-father In Battle Over Baby; Couple Are Separated The unique spectacle of a mother fighting for her own child against its etep-fatlier was presented in the supe rior court P'riday by the filing of the habeas corpus suit of Mrs. Rosa D. Knight for the possession of her daugh ter, Thelma McClain, who is now in the custody of D. W. Knight, a machinist. The petition filed by Attorney A. W. White, recites that the child, who is ten years old. was adopted by Knight through the conirts, ancl that r^ow that he has separated from Lis \Vife, he does not recognize her rights. The case has been set for a heariife before Judge John T. Pendleton next week. ASKS FOR ALL RECORDS IN HARRY THAW’S CASE (By Associated Press.) CONCORD, N. H., Dec. 22.—Certified copies of all records relating to Harry Is. Thaw since his commitment to Matteawan have been requested in the legal battle to secure Thaw’s return to the New York jurisdiction. The request was made today by the commission appointed by the federal court to determine whether Thaw’s mental condition would make his re lease on bail a menace to public safety. WASHINGTON. Dec. 22.—Although Postmaster General Burleson in his an nual report favored the principle of gov ernment ownership of telephone and tel egraph lines, President Wilson has not made up his mind upon the question. The postmaster general had a long conference with the president today and it was understood that the subject was discussed. It is not believed the ad ministration will take any definite posi tion now.