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The Atlanta Georgian
"Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN'
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“Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN”
VOL. IX. NO. 97.
HOME(4th) EDITION Atlanta:ga„ Thursday, November 24,1910. HOME(4TH) EDITION
PRICE* On Train*. FIVE CENTS
• i n Atlanta. TWO CENTS
BY PHim GENERAL HITCHCOCK;
Superintendent L. M. Terrell of Railway Mail Service Is Re
duced Because of Failure to Stop the Irregu
larities—Two Clerks Dismissed..'
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS MATTER IN HAND;
FURTHER STEPS WILL BE TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT
A poatal «hake-up In Atlanta, be
lieved to be the forerunner of others In
various parte of tho country and the
unearthing of gigantic postal irregular
ities by which the government has been
mulcted out of a vast amount in the
past, Is announced (n dispatches from
Washington.
According to the advices from Wash
Ington, E. P. Blodgett, former post
master and now superintendent of the
West End station, Is removed from the
sendee, together with James 'Norton
and S. P, F. Giles, clerks In the Atlanta
postoffice. In addition to these re
movals. It Is announced that L. M. Ter
rell, superintendent of the railway mall
service, has been reduced to n minor
position, being succeeded by G. W. Pep.
per, superintendent with headquarters
now at Cleveland, Ohio.
One of the most significant features
REPUBLICOF BRAZIL
Three Vessels of the Navy Are
Captured After a Terrific
Battle.
FORCE A SURRENDER
WITH SHIPS’ GUNS
Desperate Fighting on Board
the Minas Geraes-^Officers
Are Taken by Surprise.
Scores Killed.
. Rio DeJsneiro, Nov. 24.—Mutineers
have seized the entire Brazilian navy.
The city has been In terror for twelve
hours. Bombardment Is expected soon
end President Fonsees Is reported to
hsvs fled. Tho army Is still loysl,
London, Nov. 24, 4 p. m.—The entire
Brazilian navy Is In revolt and Is bom
barding Rio Janeiro, according to a die-
patch juat received here. Tne mutiny
spread to all the warahips this morning
whan negotiations between the mutl
atari of the Minas Geraez and the gov
•rnment wore broken off. It Is report
td that President Fonseca has fled into
the interior. Among the dead It Cap
lain Bgptiata Novel.
Washington, Nov. 24.—The state do
partment today received a dispatch
from Deputy Consul General Slechte,
•t Rio Janeiro, Brazil, saying that all
the Brazilian warships in tne harbor
*re In the hinds of mutinous sailors.
He furnished no details.
. London, Nov. 24.—The Brazilian min-
ittsr this afternoon received a cable
dispatch confirming the mutiny at Rio
Janeiro. It slated that three officers
on board the Mlnaa Geraee had been
killed.
Buenoe Ayres, Nov, 24.—All dis
kettes from Rio Janeiro today were
cennnred, but enough waa gleaned from
thi ni to Indicate that three vessels of
Ih- Brazilian, navy have been captured
- ?>' t he revolutionists after a terrlflc
bain., in which scores were killed.
Tlie Minas Geraes and the Sao Paulo,
brand new battleehlpe, are In the hands
•u the mutineers, and It la reported
jhiu they have begun to ehell the city,
th° the government censor has blue
[f Hi lled the dispatches to Indicate that
’ra government will shortly be In com-
Pkti- control. The third veasel cap
tured Is not named, but It understood
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of the dispatch Is that the evidence ob
tained during the Investigation In At
lanta has been referred to the depart
ment of justice tor the purpose of de
termining whether or not prosecution
shall be commenced.
Hitchcoek Takas Aotion,
The following, la the dispatch from
Washington:
Washington, Nov. 24.—Striking at an
evil which has cost the United States
government thousands of dollars, Post,
master General Hitchcock has started
a far-reaching Investigation to uncover
Irregularities in the weighing of mall
matter for the railroads, and aa a result
of discoveries already made, has or
dered a shake-up of the service In the
South.
The Investigation Is being conducted
In various parts of the country, but Is
being directed from Washington by Mr.
Hitchcock himself. As a result of the
Investigation In Atlanta he has ordered
the removal from the aervlce of Edwin
P. Blodgett, superintendent of stations,
and of Jnmes F. Norton and S. P, P.
Giles, clerks In the Atlanta city post-
oltlce. The announcement of the de
partment says that the 'Irregularities
detected cover a aeries of years and
have resulted In the loss of many thou
sands of dollars to the department.
Because of Inefficiency In the dis
charge of hla duty, the superintendent
of the railway mall service at Atlanta.
L. M. Terrell, who failed to take the
precautionary measures required by the
postal regulations to prevent .certain
of the (regularities, was transferred by
the postmaster general to a minor place
In the service. Superintendent G. W.
Pepper, - of the railway malt division,
has been assigned to his plnee.
To Change the System,
These changes are the forerunners
of others that will alter the whole sys
tem of weighing mall for shipment on
the railroads. The discoveries that
have been made so far are the direct
result of an Investigation that Mr.
Hitchcock has undertaken In order to
find out whether the railroads are
charging the government excessive
rates tor handling the mall.
There was no Idea that frauds would
be uncovered when the Investigation
was started. It was supposed merely
that the system was wrong. Now, In
connection with the effort to find out
how much It costs the railroads to han
die the mall, a general Investigation
wilt be made regarding the methods of
weighing second-class matter.
The evidence obtained In the Investi
gation .at Atlanta has been submitted
by the postmaster general to the de
partment of Justice for the purpose of
determining whether or not prosecu
tions shall be begun.
QUIETS THE REVOLT
AGAINSTHIS POWER
General Francesco Madero, the
. Rebel Leader, Prisoner In
Hands of Federals. ’
REVOLUTIONISTS FLEE
TO THE MOUNTAINS
THESE MEN HAVE GUIDED TECH TEAM
If Tech gets away with Ctemson Thursday these men will feel that they have not lived absolutely in vain.
Uneasiness As To Situation In
Southern Mexico Dispelled
When Reports of Tran
quillity Are Received.
El Pa.o, Texas, Nov. 24.—General
Madero escaped today from a cordon
of Mexican troops that surrounded his
force last night and is reported to be
leading his men to Chihuahua to en*
gage the federal troops, The revolu-
tioniete cut themselves out of a trtop
with heavy loss of life on both aides.
It has been known that an Investi
gation by government agents has been
going on in Atlanta, but Just what had
been ascertained as aresult of this In
vestigation could not be learned until
now, when It comes thru ihe regulation
government channels.
One sensation resulting from this In
vestlgatton was when W. H. Wynne,
former postal employee detailed at the
office of The Constitution as a weigher
of newspaper mall, waa dismissed from
the eervlce and later Indicted by the
Federal grand Jury, charged with be
lng Interested In a contract to cany
the malls to the depots.
This created a sensation and those
who were following the Investigation
closely Intimated that other sensations
were to follow.
The full significance of the dispatch
from Washington can not be under
stood by the general public without an
understanding of the enormous busi
ness the government does with news
papers and periodicals over the coum
try In earylng such matter thru the
malls.
How “Second Class” Is Handled.
This mall matter la known as "secJ
ond class'' and Is supposed to be paid
for by newspaper publishers at the
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SIME EINSTEIN BOOSTS
THE OPEN HOUSE IDEA
i-'iitor The Georgian:
Relative to your having the merchants "keep open house” on the
audit of December IS until II) o’clock, on the opening of the Great White
" ay. I place my Indorsement on the enterprise.
The Great White Way Is not only a good advertisement for Atlanta,,
but It will bring hosts of people downtown to view the beautiful lllumlna-
hon and give them a hint of what they must expect of our very near fu
ture—
"Half-Million City.” ' „
It will give the people an Inkling of the handsome presents suitable
b.r holiday gifts and a chance to select carefully and leisurely from the
artistic window displays Just what class of merchandise they would de
sire.
let us p U u f 0r a thoroughly enjoyable night and make the occa-
■Ion one that will be repeated In commemoration of the opening night of
'Heater Atlanta's Great White Way. SIME EINSTEIN.
Atlanta. Ga„ Nov. M. l»l«. Of the Globe Clothing. Co.
Eagle Past, Texas, Nov. 24.—Latest
reports Indicate that Madera and Te-
mosachic, Mexican towns with large
commcroisl enterprises, are still In the
rebels' Hands and that a battle is rag
ing at both places, the federal troops
having assaulted them at dawn.
Three hundred revolutionists sur-
rendered last night at Parral.
Chihuahua, Mexioo, Nov. 24.—Five
hundred federal infantry and two com
panies of cavalry arrived hare today.
Machine guns were immediately posted
to command all the streets. As far as
can be ascertained there Is no large
force of insurgents in ths vioinity of
this city, tho raiding bands are occa-
sionally assn,
Mexico City, Nov. 24.—The Iron hand
of Porflrlo Dlax, president of Mexico,
has smashed the revolt aimed to crush
his power, and General Francesco Ma
dero, the rebel leader, Is a prisoner In
the hands of ths Federal troops, sct
cording to telegraph advices received
from the north today. Madero's fol
lowers are reported to be In flight to
the mountains with Federal troopa In
hot pursuit. The report of Madero's
capture reached here today from Eagle
Pass, Texes.
Uneasiness as to the situation In
southern Mexico, whence no dispatch
had been received for 38 hours, was dis
pelled shortly after midnight when be
lated official reports arrived from
points In \urstnn and other states
saying that the situation there wns
tranquil; .that but little trouble was
occasioned at any point and that this
In ' ‘ ‘
SLATON WILL LOSE
POWER TO SELECT
L
Judge Kontz Introduces Reso-
lution to Restore Right
" to Board.
ACTION IS DEFERRED
TO THE NEXT MEETING
little had been Incited by rumors of
revolutionary success In the north. N<
troops have been sent south, as ths l.v
cal officials report they will be able to
deal with the situation.
Uncertain as to Aftermath.
Tho the government has the revolu
tion well In hand today, there Is an el
ement of uncertainty ns to what effect
the aftermath will be. Madero’g proc
lamation of a provisional government,
with himself as the president and his
exhortation not to molest Americana
has caused fear of International com
plications, The government believes
that It Is really Madero's purpose to
Invite attacks on Americans for which
the Diaz regime will he held responsi
ble. Either with or without Madero at
their head, the revolutionists are well
equipped for guerrilla warfare and
probably will be able to withstand
Federal attacks In their mountain fast'
nesses for months.
The fact Is well recognised here that
foreigners are In desperate danger in
Mexico. The revolutionists, baffled In
their plans to overthrow Dias, will at
tack American and British subjects.
Correspondents for English newspapers
yesterday wired cable dispatches de
claring that the plight of foreigners was
serious and English consular agents
were advised today by their govern
ment to use every means In th< ‘
to protect British subjects.
Censorship Is Raised.
Enrique Creel, minister of foreign af.
fairs, today notified- representatives of
foreign governments that the Federal
troops will be.able to handle the situa
tion without difficulty, but this did not
dispel the uneasiness. The use of the
telegraph wires was granted freely to
newspaper correspondents today after a
lapse of (0 hours. During that time the
newspaper men were allowed only frag
mentary dispatches, because or the vast
amount of government business trans
acted. The wires are now working thru
from here to El Paso. They bring news
of hundreds of arrests: Indeed It Is
believed that there are fully 5,400 pris
oners In Mexican prisons today. Many
of these will be executed for treason.
When the capture of Madero Is con
firmed he will be brought to Mexico
City. There Is little doubt that he will
be executed, tho he will be given a fair
trial.
Federal Control.
Aside from the lighting reported at
Torreon laat night, everything was re-
ported quiet throughout Chihuahua
and Durango In northern Mexico. So
nora and Slnall have had no disturb
ances that could be characterized as
revolutionary uprisings, and northern
Mexico was reported In complete con
trol of Federal troops and officials all
hlght, with the tension of uneasiness
very light. The lighting at Torreon
was In the foothills about the town, and
the Mexican officiate characterize that
as "a brush with brigands trying to loot
and rob.”
Fifteen are. reported killed In and
around the town of Torreon. Elsewhere
all Is reported quiet since the Federal
troops drove the revolters from Gomez-
Palaclo, Parralt Madera and other lo
calities where there wax trouble. Many
prisoners have been taken and locked
up In thS Jails throughout these dis
tricts.
Charter Provides That Board
Choose Instructors and Con
trol All Work of Atlan
ta’s Schools.
Judge E. O. Kontz. at the meeting of
the board of education Wednesday aft'
emoon. introduced a resolution repeal
ing the resolution adopted last spring
which gives the superintendent the
right to nominate the principals, teach
ers and supernumeraries In the city
schools. The resolution waa tabled and
will he brought up at the next meeting
of the.board.
Judge Kontz explained that the
original resolution, virtually giving the
superintendent, W. M. Slaton, the pow
er of appointment of teachers, waa a
violation of the city charter and con
tradictory to a city ordinance, and that
It had placed an unnecessary burden
upon the superintendent. Mr. Konts
also explained that the resolution was
adopted as an experiment.
The city charter, provides," says thg
resolution of Judge Konts, "that the
hoard of education shall elect the su
perintendent, teachers and other off!-
cere of the public schools, and shall
have supervision and government of
such schools In conformity with exist
ing ordinances. ' • •
"Section >37 of the city ordinances
provides that the board of education
ahall have control of the whole subject
of public srhooiq, and shall employ the
superintendent aitd all teachers, and
control the distribution of teachers."
At the request of representatives of
the Second and Third Ward Improve
ment club, George I. Walker and O. II. |
Hall, the board decided to recommend
to the 1)11 council the appropriation j
of >20,000 to Increase the Felr-st. and
the Crew-at. schools from eight grade
to twelve grade schools. It was stated
by Mr. Walker to the board that this
action would be a saving to the city In
the end, preventing the necessity of two
new schools.
Free Sunday afternoon organ concerts, popular-
price lectures and entertainments of every kind all
this winter, grand opera the first of next April, a
great Southern com show in this fall of 1911, and the
National corn show in the fall of 1912 are some of
the present and prospective, uses of the Auditorium-
Armory.
So comprehensive are these uses that every man,
woman and child in Atlanta can get from them direct
benefit, and the city itself advertisement and in
creased prestige.
Yet they all come at seasons when a cold snap may
render them impossible. Council should make the
Auditorium-Armory a complete public benefit by pro
viding an additional heating plant for the large au
ditorium.
THEELDEST.METHODIST
OF ATIM IS DEAD
Mrs. Rebecca Thompson, Aged
88, Had Been 77 Years
a Member.
Mrs. Rebecca Thompson died at ):30
o'clock Thursday morning at her reet-
denre, >1 Irwln-et., after a Unerring Ill
ness. Mr*. Thompson was M years old.
Rhe was ths oldest member of the Metho
dist church In Atlanta, having united
with that denomination 77 years ago. She
had been a resident of Atlanta 44 years
and had resided at 11 Irwln-st I) years.
Rhe Is survived by the following sons:
David Thompeon of Atlanta, Russell of
Gainesville and John of Everett, Wash.,
and the following daughters: Mrs. David
G. Peel. Mrs. Jane Miller, Mre. Carrie
Meyers, and Mrs. Garrett Meyers. She
leavee >3 grandchildren and 17 great
grandchildren.
The remain! were removed to the chapel
of Greenberg, Bond ft Bloomfield. The
funeral service will be held there Friday
afternoon at 3 o'clock, conducted by Rev.
J. O. Grogan. Interment In Oakland
cemetery.
10 AME STRIKE
Kelly Says Local Union Has
Issued Ultimatum—Said
To Be A., B. & A.
ONE OF THE PRIZE CUPS
FOR THE POULTRY SHOW
ONLY OQ SHOPPING
^Ppaysthl
CHRISTMAS
Altho nothing definite has yet devel
oped concerning the reported strike of
firemen on one of the local railroads,
A. P. Kelly, second vice president of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engine
men and Firemen, elated Thursday
morning that the local union that was
Involved has Issued an • ultimatum to
the railroad authorities.
"I hope,” said Mr. Kelly, "that the
railroad authorities will come to our
terms. If they ’do there will be no
strike and tho public will never know
which railroad was In tha trquhle.
However, they have so far refused to
agree to Niur terms. If they do not
reconsider and agree a strike Is In
evitable.”
Mr. Kelly would not give the name
of the railroad Involved nor tell what
the- trouble wae, but It wae freely
talked by employees of the Atlanta,
Birmingham and Atlantic on the atreets
Thursday that their company Is the
road Involved.
Mr. Kelly gave out the first intima
tion of a strike Tuesday night in a
speech before the Carpenters union, He
said that on Friday there would be as
perfect a strike as that on the Georgia
railroad about a year ago.
Thursday morning Sir. Kelly was In
his room In the Piedmont hotel.
m resting quietly.” he said,
"awaiting, the action of the other
side."
Mr. Kelly said that a strike, If one
should result, would be ordered by the
local union affected; that each member
of the union voted hla wishes and un
less the vote wae unanimous no strike
could be ordered.
II0Y LUCKIE-SI.
CITS Ml M
OH VERYffiXTMY
And an Inspector Rode Front
Platform, Announcing Its
Destination.
PEOPLE GIVE THANKS
A DAY AHEAD OF TIMS
The Georgian Shows Up Rush
Hour Crowds and the Com
pany Acts Right
Away.
Wednesday afternoon about 5 o’cloclf,
a big double-truck, 40-seat street car.
turned from Mitchell-at. into White-1
hull-at. and prbceeded north on that
thoroughfare.
Pedestrians gazed at the car In utter.
astonishment, for nothing like It had
boen seen thereabout since tho memory
of man runneth not to tho contrary*
"What are the folks o-starln' at? 1 *
SaUl Willie on parade.
"W’y the bloomin’ car’s marked Lucklo*
st.!’’
Another person said.
And It was even sol Heretofore the
Luckle-st. cars have not touched
Whitehall at all, and heretofore they
have had but 28 seats to their names.
Thus the street car company had made
40 seats grow where but little more
than half that number hod grown be
fore.
The big car bore a big sign on the
front end so that all who ran might
read that It was bound for the water
works via Luckle-st., and, for the bene
fit of thoso who ran, but couldn't read,
a big Inspector, stationed on tho front
platform, announced tho destination of
the car.
Patrons of the Luckle-st. line could
hardly believe their eyes when they
saw the strange sight. Some of them
who have grown so accustomed to
standing on their homeward ride In the
rush hours took Time by the cowlick
and offered up fervent thanks right
on the spot, a day ahoad of tlra<*. Tim
traction company has not announced
whether or not the big car Is to run
regularly on the Luckle-st. line, but !(
It is left to a vote of tho patrons it
would be safe to woger a kopec or ho
that It will.
And It was only Tuesday that Ths
Georgian showed how every car on tho
Luckle-st. lino was crowded to an
average of 18 stnndlng each trip for
an hour between 5:25 and 6:25 o’clock.
AFT WILL CARVEA
Thanksgiving Turkey Will Be
Served at 7 0’Clock* in
the White House.
WMhington, Nov. 24,—Preelilent Tafl
will carve Me 37-pound Thanksgiving
turkey at 7 o'clock this evening. He
amt Mrs, Taft and Miss Helen Taft and
their four house guest., the Mieses
Phylls Rice, Marlon Crane, Isabel Vin
cent and Gordon Hamilton, will mnke
up the dinner party. Neither Charley
nor Robert Taft, the president's sons,
at homo for Thanksgiving.
After returning from the Pan-Amer
ican mass at St. Patricks church. Pres
ident Taft eliminated work and spent
the day with hie family. Before din
ner he took a long walk.
SHOT TO DEATH OVER
THANKSGIVING TURKEY
Shepherdsvllle, Ky., Nov. 24.—Oeorge
W. Moore, a farmer, shot Will Trout-
win* In the leg today In nn argument
over a Thanksgiving turkey ante and
Troutwlne bled to death.
The Early Buyer
Gets the Bargain
Among the valuable prizes offered to
the 'exhibitors at The Georgian's Poul
try Show, which will be held In the
Auditorium-Armory January 9-IS, 1)11,
It the Davla ft Freeman allver cun
which Is valued at f 40.
TURKEYS FOR THE POOR
DELIVERED BY AUTOS
turkey and other additions end had sud
denly seen an auto roll up to the front
door and deposit a tine dinner right at
J'°" r .Jo"' door7_ Happy woubYnt he
the right word. That Is the wey that
over 160 people were surprised on Thanks-
1 giving dey by the Associated Charities.
A number of the subscribers of tho Ae-
Kglated Charities who know the work
I that they were carrying on and wishing
ito share their feast with some of the?
; ES*® 1- . b r' th " n -, e®* 11 »» dinners to the
‘office to be distributed by the association.
In addition to this the Lee end Peeples-
su. schools sent In 40 half bushel bas-
keu of Provisions to be tent out by’the
aasoda -'d Charities. Mrs. J. M. High, A.
P. Carrington, and the Bulck Motor bar
Company each lent an automobile to act
entire morolnjfSe*dl?trfbutl™ U mraa U L;fng
made by agents of the Associated Char"
ltles who knew-where the need was great
est and the objects of charity were de-
BenrJng.
WANT ADS
ONE CENT A WORD
On yesterday the Atlan
ta papers carried Want
Ads as follows:
.. 557
Georgian
Journal 329]
Constitution. 221
550
fre«.
WANT ADS PUBLISHED BY ALL
THE ATLANTA NEWSPAPERS
FOR THE WEEK ENDING NO-
VEMBER 19. 1910. A PERIOD OF
SIX WORKING DAYS, THE GEOR
GIAN CARRIED 2,707 PA.'D WANT
ADS. JOURNAL 1,875. CONSTITU
TION 1,204 WANT ADS.
THE GEORGIAN PRINT8 NO SUN
DAY PAPER.
TOTAL AMOUNT OF DAILY AD-
VERTISING PRINTED BY AT
LANTA'S DAILIES THIS MONTH
TO DATE:
GEORGIAN. . 23,251 inches
Journal. . . . 25,345inches
Constitution . .15,369 inches