Newspaper Page Text
f HE ATHENS DAILY HERALD
THE WEATHER
Fair and cold.
VOL. 2. NO. 149.
ATHENS. GA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1914.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. $5.00 PER TSAR
GREAT BLOW STRUCK
FOR RATE REDUCTION
CALLED MEETING OF THE
CH YMBER OF COMMERCE
HELD AT NOON.
Fl'NI) subscribed
TO COVER COSTS
As a Working Fund $ 100 Was
Raised by Popular Subscrip-
linn in Few Minutes—Com
mittee After Hard Work Re
ports on Plan For Securing
Reduction — Reduction in
Rates Will Mean Great Saving
to City—Matter Will Be Ta
ken Before Commerce Com
mission Provided Consumers
Sign Agreement—Mr. Blanton
Fortson, Just Back From
Washington, Where He Has
Been in Conference With Rate
Adjustment Bureau—Special
Committee Still Working.
FIVE IN ARE DEAD
IN RIVER BOAT FIRE
The first real blow for the re
duction of the local coal rates
struck this morning: when at
a called meeting of the Chamber
of Commerce $400 in voluntary
subscriptions was raised for the
purpose of defraying the actual
cost of making the fight. The
meeting was called by President
Andrew Erwin to hear a report
from the special committee, re
cently appointed to devise ways
and means of bringing about a
reduction in the rates. Promptly
at noon the meeting was called to
order ir. the council room of the
city hall and the report of the
committee calling for $400 with
which to op/ate immediately
read. On motion it was decided
to raise the money at the meet
ing by popular subscription, and
accordingly this was done in a
very few minutes.
!t l<*>ks now as if Athens will se
cure thrf long anticipated reduction.
The special committee of the Cham
ber of Commerce, composed of Mr. W.
II. Shelton, chairman, and Messrs. E.
J. Bondurant, C. B. Griffith and J. H.
I> »zier, have been meeting almost ev
ery day since their appointment and
h; .0 at last formulated a plan by
which it is hoped to bring about the
do ired result. The committee has
been in conference with several rate
e ports and have all the facts and
figures of the discrimination in rat^es
r-adv to be used when needed.
MBlanton Fortson ajid Mr. H.
Amt Nix are the attorneys who are
handling the matter for the Chamber
« f Commerce and who will take the
matter before the Interstate Com-
r. Tee Commission provided that a
H.rJVicnt number of consumers sign
the contracts which arc now being
circulated by members of the com-
mittoe. Mr. Fortson has just return-
«• i from Washington, where he took
»'"• matter up with the rate adjust
(By Associated Press.)
New Orleans, La., February 11.—
At least five persons are believed to
have perished late yesterday when
fire destroyed the packet gem in the
river 40 miles north of here. Few de
tails are available. Reports are that
the flames started in the cargo and
spread rapidly, forcing the crew and
passengers into the water.
The confirmed death list totals five.
The dead:
E. J. Camcaux, son of Captain
Cameaux, of the Gem.
W. E. Barre, a river pilot.
Three negroes.
Captain Cameaux is in a serious
condition from burns.
SCHMIDT EXECUTION SET
FOB WEEK Of MICH 24
New York, February 11.—liana
Schmidt was today sentenced to be
electrocuted for the murder of Anna
Aumuller. The execution is set for
the week of March 23. Counsel for
Schmidt today expressed confide
that their client will not pay the
death penalty. They said he had
made an important statement. Its
import was not announced.
REGIONAL RESERVE ICAPTAIN OF NANTUCKET
AT BIBLE MEETING
National Midwinter Bible Con
ference Association to Hold
Splendid Meeting.
BANKS DISCUSSED
IN NEW ORLEANS
(By Associated Press.)
New Orleans, La.. February 11.
The placing of boundaries of re
gional hank districts, ami not the
selection of bank cities, is the
chief problem before the reserve
bank organization committee.
Secretary Treasury McAdoo, ai
the hearing here today, indicat
ed that the system will work so
smoothly that banks in non-re
serve cities will have advantages
equal to those whqre the reserves
arc located.
ANTI-TRUST MEASURES
ARE UNDER DISCUSSION
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C., February 11.—
President Wilson was today closeted
with the senate interstate commerce
committee discussing administration
anti-trust measures. The republicans
as well as the democrats of the com
mittee were present. The purpose is
to hasten the perfection of the various
bills. It was predicted by the party
leaders today that the measures would
go before congress by March 1.
NATIONAL COMMERCE
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C., February 11.—
The membership of the chamber of
commerce of the United States has al
most doubled in the lapt year, accord
ing to the report of the board of di
rectors at the second annual meeting
of the chamber here today. The mem
bership totals 516 organizations in
forty states. Interest in the present
meeting centers in the discussion of
administration anti-trust legislation.
secured if the matter ever gets be
fore the commission. It is variously
estimated that the rates will be re
duced sufficiently to mean a saving of
from $5,000 to $20,000 a year. It has
also been brought out that the reduc
tion in the coal rates will be as an
opening wedge by which other reduc
tions in staple products can be se
cured.
Committee Works.
At the meeting this* morning it
was decided on motion to have the
same special committee act in secur
ing the agreement of the various coal
dealers to the plan of the chamber of
been agitated here for some Commerce. This committee has ti
ros t, and the great discrimioa-1 ready done great work, sa d Mr.
U'ainst this city has frequently Smith in making his motion, and no
brought out. The rate here is better men could be secured to carry
flagrantly unjust, and there is no I on the matter until final success is
doubt but that the reduction can be assured.” The committee will pro-
ceed at one? to secure signatures to
Great Saving,
matter of reduction of the coal
(Special to The Herald.)
Atlanta, Ga., February 1L—Atlant/
and other Georgia cities as well will
be given an opportunity from March
1 to March 8 to hear 3ome of the most
famouse Bible lecturers and preach
ers of the world, as the result of the
affiliation of the Atlanta Bible Con
ference with the National Midwinter
Bible Conference association.
The Sixteenth annual Atlanta Bible
Conference will take place here in the
Baptist Tabernacle on the dates above
named, and at that time a number of
the most eminent religious speakers
in the world will be brought to Geor
gia. The gathering is absolutely in
terdenominational and every Protest
ant Christian church is taking part, in
cluding Methodists, Baptists, Presby
terians, Episcopalians, Lutherans and
the rest.
The Midwinter Bible Conference As- I
sociation, is an organization which ar
ranges for the appearance of the great |
speakers of the world in the great
cities. Many of the speakers who are
coming to Atlanta are now engaged i
the big conference at Washington,
D. C.
The gathering will be of state-wide
interest to Georgia in two ways. First,
thousands of people from all parts of
the state will come to the conference
in Atlanta; and second, some of the
famous speakers will be sent from day
to day, when their local speaking en
gagements do not conflict, to other
towns and cities of Georgia to speak.
In previous years Dr. Len Brough
ton has presided over the conference,
but this year he has cabled that he
will not be able to come. 'The Confer-
however, has secured the co-op
eration of Rev. Sol C. Dickey, D. D.,
as director of the conference and it is
expected that the gathering will be
the most successful in the organiza
tion’s history. Rev. Richard Orme
Flinn, of Atlanta, is vice president of
the conference and chairman of the
hoard of directors of the Atlanta con
ference.
Now Orleans, February 11.—Secre
tary McAdoo of the treasury, and
Houston, secretary of agriculture, to
day began a two-day regional
serve bank hearing here. Bankers and
commercial representatives of several
southern states are on hand to give
their views where • regional banks
should be located in the south.
Sol Wexler, president of the Whit
ney Central National bank, spoke in
favor of New Orleans for a regional
bank. He proposed that it be the
center of the district including Texas,
Louisiana, Mississippi. Alabama,
Georgia, Florida and western Ten-
fRULES AB8PTED
PLACED ON TRIAL TODAY
(By Associated Press.)
Philadelphia, Pa., February II.
Captain Oswyn Berry was placed
on trial here today on charges of
negligence and the violation of
the rules of the sea when his ship,
the Nantucket, collided with the
Monroe off the Virginia coast.
The United States board of steam
ship examiners constituted the court.
Passengers and members of the crews
of the two vessels testified, describ
ing the details of the accident which
cost forty-one lives.
Captain Berry pleaded not guilty.
The inspectors announced that his
trial would not end the investigation
as to the collision. “Every phase of
the catastrophe will be thoroughly in
vestigated,” they said.
1914 PLAYING SCHEDULE
OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE
MAKE PUSHBALL
IE
Annual Game Between Sopho
mores and Freshmen Played
Thursday Morning—One Hun
dred Men to a Side—New
Rules Adopted Make Game
More Interesting—Holiday Is
Declared.
MONEY IS IN SIGHT FOR
CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS
CORRESPONDENTS ARE
SIMPLY GIVING NEWS
AS IT REALLY OCCURS
(Special to The Herald.)
Atlanta, Ga., February 11.—Gover
nor Slaton this morning signed the
warrants for about $500,000 to pay
about half of the Confederate pensions
in Georgia for this year.
It is announced at the 3ame time
that the payment of the remainder of
the money may be expected between
now and the first of May. The gover
nor has expressed the intention of
paying first this year those who had
to wait longest last year.
* Every reasonable expedition twill be
used, however, to pay all the pension
ers at the earliest possible date.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, February 11.—The 1914
playing schedule of the National
League as announced here tonight,
following the annual meeting of the
schedule committee, calls for the open
ing of the season on Tuesday, April
14, and the final game on October 7.
According to a notice accompanying
the schedule no changes shall be made
that *will conflict with the American
League playing dates, and double-
headers shall not be scheduled for con
flicting dates except by the consent
of President Johnson of the American
League. An exception to this ruling
is made on the final trip of the season,
to be exercised only in the case of ab
solute necessity. There are but four
conflicting dates, however, all of
which occur in Chicago, these being
May 10, 31, July 5 and September 13.
In the distribution of home holiday
and Saturday dates, these schedule
plums are about evenly apportioned,
although the western clubs have
slight advantage over their eastern
rivals. Pittsburgh draws 15 Satur
days and 3 holiday dates; Chicago 14
Sundays, 11 Sathurdays and 2 holi
days; St. Louis secures 11 Sundays, 10
Saturdays and 1 holiday and Cincin
nati has 15 Sundays and 10 Saturdays.
In the east Boston has 13 Saturdays
and 3 holidays dates; Philadelphia 13
Saturdays and 2 holidays; New York
and Brooklyn share alike, each being
allotted 14 Saturdays and 1 holiday.
The road schedule shows that Cin
cinnati has 15 Saturdays, 2 Sundays
and holidays; Chicago 14 Saturdays,
3 Sundays and 2 holidays; St. Louis 16
Saturdays, 6 Sundays and 2 holidays;.
New York 11 Saturdays, 5 Sunday:
and 2 holidays; Brooklyn receives a
similar share; Pittsburgh 10 Sunday:
and 10 Saturdays, and Philadelphia 12
Saturdays, 5 Sundays and 1 holiday.
MASS MEETING
CHAPEL TONIGHT
Wish to impress on student body
the necessity of patronizing tWoso
merchants who advertise in college pe
riodicals. Students organize meeting
to give entire patronige to the adver
tisers in the college papers. Speeches
by members of faculty and students
interested in move.
LADY HERMOINE
SKIING IN ALPS
DB, C, C,
-TO LEAVE ATHENS
Prof. E. C. Branson stated last
night that he had accepted a position
with the University of North Carolina
to take charge of 3ome special depart
ment work there, for the next scholas
tic year. It is understood that the
wock there will be along the lines of
rural research of which Dr. Branson
b - «... jgyrii
a nation wide reputation. He himsel
has said nothing in regard to the de
tails of the arrangement.
Dr. Branson is well known here in
Athens where for a number of years
he has been a leader along educational
lines. He was at one time superintend
ent of the city schools, for several
years president of the State Normal
School, and at the present time oc
cupies the chair of Rural Economics
at the latter institution. His hun
dreds of friends here will all deeply
regret to 3ee him leave.
killed Fingers
Urgently Needed
Skilled dressmakers, seam
stresses and milliners need
never be idle a single day
in the whole year if they
°nly go about getting work
in the efficient, up-to-date,
businesslike method of The
Herald Want Ads.
Whether you go out to
"°rk by the day, or take in
work, you will always get
plenty of orders by telling
the ladies of Athens that you
are in the market for their
patronage.
The most direct, cheapest
a ' d quickest way of telling
'hem, the way that to always
ready ; 0 r your use, is The
Herald Want Ad way. They
are all doing it that way
now, so you’d better get in
line, or you will be left be
hind.
Herald Wants
Sell Service
(Special to The Herald.)
Atlanta, February 11.—In the light
of the accusations which have been
made that Atlanta newspaper corres
pondents are misrepresenting the
crime situation in Atlanta and are
the contracts and then as soon as a sending out dispatches unfair to Chief
| sufficient number of the consumers Beavers, the following top-column
have signed the matter will be taken _ item from the Atlanta Constitution,
J before the Intei. tate Commerce Com- which is regarded by many Georgians
’ miction. A sp-rial hearing will be as the most conservative of the At-
j had before the commission on the lanta dailies, will be of interest:
19th of this month for the purpose of j “Police Kept Busy by Many Rob-
, hearing all complaints in rates com- j beries. Highwaymen and Pickpockets
! i rp from the southeast. Athens’ com- J Operate in All Parts of the City on
plnint must be in by that date as p r id a y and Saturday,
otherwise the matter will probably “Robbery was prevalent throughout
o-o over for several years
Those making subscriptions and the
amounts of each, at the meeting this
follows:
*25.00
. 10.00
10.00
10.00
morning are as
W. H. Shelton
Shockclford Realty Co,
j. H. Dozier
A C Erwin
L. C. Smith
Bludwine Co
M. P- O’Callaphan
Atlantic Ice and Coal Corp.
Hodgson Cotton Co
Athens Gas Co
YV. T. Forbes
E . .1. Bondurant
O. H. Arnold ^
Sou. Refining to •.•••••••
Athens R. R. and Electric Co. .. 20.00
c. D. Flanigan
A. G. Dudley
M. J. Abney
H. F. Hinton
Empire Laundry
Sou. Manufacturing Co.
City of Athens
15.00
15.00
25.00
50.00
50.00
5.00
5.00
20.00
5.00
5.00
20.00
25.00
the business and residential districts
of Atlanta Friday and Saturday, and
as a result the police are investigat
ing a large number of cases, most of
which have thus far been baffling, but
all of which are believed to have been
committed by an organized gang of
robbers.”
The above is quoted verbatim and
complete, without the change of even
a word or a comma. Following it The
Constitution gave a list of eight rob
beries and burglaries which had oc
curred within the previous forty-
eight hours.
The Atlanta ’ correspondents want
the outside world to know that it is
not they who have initiated the un
happily ^orrcct phrases of “Highway
men and Pickpockets in all Parts of
the City,” and “organized gang of
robbers.”
The Atlanta newspapers were ad
mitting ana lamenting the “Carnival
of Crime,” under the present police
15.00 : reg r me Ircfor- a single orreip Kident
'or an out-of-tov.n aksit evw Wok it
1, JOHN E. WHITE IS
TU LECTURE ON LANIER
This is a little lady of the British
nobility on her skis. Dressed like a
boy for freedom and warmth, Lady
Hermione Lytton is having the time
of her young life on the slopes of the
Alps for the purpose of skiing and tn-
biJity are spending the winter in the
Alps fo- the purposs cf kkiink and to-
Dr. John E. White, the prominent
Atlanta divine, will lecture on next
Monday evening at the Y. W. C. A.
auditorium on Sidney Lanier, “the
south’s greatest poet,” whose poems
are rated by a good critic as “the rar
est product of English or American
literature during the last quarter of
a century,” and who in personal char
acter was so pure, refined and chival
rous, and in the pursuit of his ideals
was so noble and devoted, as to be
called “the Sir Galahad among Amer
ican poets.” ,
England considers Lanier “the first
poet of America,” and Miss Mildred
Rutherford says “he belongs to Geor
gia.” He was born in Georgia in
1842.
This is the educational feature of
the Young Women’s Christian asso
ciation’s course of lectures this year
and Dr. White will handle his subject
splendidly and his audience will thor
oughly enjoy his lecture.
TRIAL FOR SUNDER
(By Associated Press.)
Oklahoma City, Okla., February 11.
-—Thomas p. Gore, United States sen
ator, appeared in court here today to
answer a $50,000 slander suit brought
by Mrs. Minnie Bond. The charge
grew out of an alleged attack by Gore
«n the plaintiff in ar Washington £,7
tel. Gore denies the charges anfl
says it is trumped up by political
enemies .
The annual pushball contest * be
tween the freshmen and aophomdrtt
of the University will be played
Thursday on Sanford Field, begin
ning at 10 o’clock. The date has been
regularly established as a holiday and
the entire student body will be on
hand for the occasion.
Coach Cunningham, writing in the
Red and Black, has the following td
say relative to the game tomorrow:
This year s contest promises to be
more exciting than those of previous
years by reason of the adoption of
rules more in accord with the situa
tion here. To play a regular game ot
pushball requires too much practice
besides being too dangerous to be
practicable. Therefore, the following
rules have been adopted:
1. That the total number of par
ticipants of either class shall not ex
ceed 100, nor shall there be less than
5 on either side.
2. That the same system of scor
ing of points be used as required in
regular game.
That there be no out of bounds
except when ball is dangerously near
the branch.
That instead of the rushers be
ing the length of field from ball at
the start, that the restraining line be
only 10 yards.
Whenever a participant of either
tide is forcibly carried from the field
to the sideline and his shoulders put
to the ground, he cannot re-enter thr «
game that quarter. To carry out this,
order the members of football teaitl
are appointed judges and given full
authority to enforce it.
6. The audience will be required, t *
keep their seats in the grandstaiid a:u*
not invade the arena.
7. The only thing not allowed *
slugging and kicking, or what mi?*
in t|ie discretion of referee be t*m\
SENATE TO PUSH
GOOD ROADS BILL
Washington, D. C., February 11.—
The senate leaders today planned tb
push to early enactment the Shack
elford roads bill passed hv the house
yesterday. The bill proftSes that the
federal government appropriate $25,-
000,000 annually for use in improving
post roads. Little opposition to the
measure is expected in the senate.
ATHENS DELEGATION
TO MEET PATHFINDERS
MRS. J, 0, KIMBRO
GETS GAS RANGE
Mrs. J. O. Kimbro, wife of Mr. J.
O. Kimbro, the vulcanizing man of
the E.-S. Sporting Goods company,
living at 177 Becker street, was given
a gas range by the Athena Gas,
Light amt Fuel company today. The
range is valued at *36.
There were a large number of ladies
present when the award was made.
They were entertaind with music and
the time was pleasantly passed.
The road committee of the Cham-
her of Commerce is planning to send
delegation through the country to
Augusta to meet the pathfinding
committee from congress when it
reaches that place some time within
the next week or so. Mr. L. C. Smith,
chairman of the committee from the
Chamber of Commerce, stated at the
called meeting of the chamber this
morning that the matter was now be-
ing worked out and that if possible
some twenty-five automobiles would
8. Old clothes of all kinds,
and brands are. the regulation urn
forma.
9. That the proceeds of said con
test bo devoted to the inner satisfac
tion of the victorious class.
10. Said game to be called prompt
ly at 10 o’clock on Sanford field and
lour quarters of 15 minutes each bs
played, 2 minutes intermission Be-
tween two quarters.
This contest has grown to be in
annual event at the University of
Georgia, taking the place of the dan*
gcrous scraps of former years. Simi
lar in its nature to the pushball con-
test at Pennsylvania. The cane rush
at Princeton and the bowl ruah at
Cornell. The best of spirit has al
ways attended this contest, never has
one been serioualy hurt and from
what I can hear the banquets that
follow have always been great in
speeches and beautiful evidences of
culinary art.
FIRE DESTROYS COTTON
SEED HOUSE IN BIRMINGHAM
Birmingham, Ala., February 11.—
Fire early today destroyed the cotton
seed house, of the Farmers and Din
ners’ Cotton Seed Oil Company. The
toss i- $140,000 dollars.
A Great Problem
Has Been Solved
some twenty-nve amoroouiies wuuiu Th( , most diffi<;u]t thing to do te to
be sent from this city to meet the ||t{|f atomach.
congressional committee . — - - -
The road committee is trying
keep in touch with all the movement!
for road development and realize the
advantage to Athens of having one of
the national highways pass through
the city. The committee is composed
of Mr. L. C. Smith, chairman, and
Messrs. C. M. Strahan and A. G. Dud
ley.
GOSSIP
National Biscuit reports 11.73 per
cent on common stock in the last fis
cal year, against 9.59 per cent in 1912-
Attorney General McReynolds has
declined to postpone the filing, of the
suit against the Southern Pacific at
the request of the California daiega-
tion.
*100.00 t up-
jboggi
an siloing
It’s herd to decide ohether the de- ! Twelve industrial stocks declined
feat of the Jan exclusion amendment ! .08. Twenty active railroad Stocks
was duo to cool heads, or cool feet-. | advanced .04.
■The Holland Cafe, 164ft Clayton I
[street (upstairs), is without any
question of doubt the only up-to-date
Cafe and Restaurant in thia city,
where for the most reasonable prices
possible you can get the oast (his
glorious land produces cooked by maa-
ters in their lines, cleanliness their a
motto, speedy service that will spr- J
prise the busy college or business j
man; a popular price lunch room; also J
private dining room for ladies p.nd jjfl
gentlemen suitabl, for tha most crit- . |
ically inclined. In fact THE piaee-to
eat Everything your little stomqch j
could long'for. Open from 6:30 a. m. ■
to 11 p. m. Complete table d’ba'ite I
dinner, 10 courses, 50c. Excelled',
business men’s lunch, 35c. Finest
coffee anywhere. A specially selected
Sunday dinner, 6 to 8:30 p. m, and r
friendly siniic of Mrs. Bowden, wh
appreciates your patronage.
The Holland Cafe
to Hi Clayton Street (Upstairs.)
. ■ - r — •