About Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912 | View Entire Issue (June 22, 1911)
THE WEATHER. Occasional light showers Thursday niaht or Friday. Temperatures Thhrs. day (token at A. K. Hawkea* Co.'a Store): 8 a. m.. 78 degrees; 10 a. m.. 83 degrees: 12 noon, 80 degrees; 2 p, m.. 90 degrees. The Atlanta Georgian "Nothing Succeeds LUc—tAe GEORGIAN AND NEWS r ‘Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN” i~/ci SPOT/COTTON. Galveston, quiet; i&%. Norfolk, quiet; 15%. Houston, quiet; 15%. Charleston, nominal; 16%. VOL. IX. SO. 276. HOME (4th) EDITION ATLANTA, QA.; THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1911. HOM E (4TH) EDITION PRICE: & A T fe 8IPI: — • • MID A KALEIDOSCOPIC WHIRL OF PRISMATIC PAGEANTRY GEORGE AND MARY ARE CROWNED BRITAIN’S Princes, Peers and Plebeians Vie With Each Other to Show Their Loyalty and Pay Homage to Their Newly Crowned Sovereigns. Celebration Marked by Medieval Pomp and Splendor, Pre senting Perhaps Greatest Spectacle Old Capital of Great Britain Ever Witnessed—Many Americans in Throng. London. Juno 22.—With regal splendor never before equaled In the his tory of the English nation. George V and his consort Mary were crowned kins and queen'in the historic old Westminster Abbey today. The crown was*placed upon the king’s head bythe archbishop of Canterbury at 12.27 o'clock. . . .* .. The ceremony of the coronation and the accompanying pageant la the street? of London when their majesties drove thru the etreete between hun dreds of thousands of their cheering subjects were magnificent In their dPtflll* despite unfavorable conditions—cloudy skies and drizzling showers. d,, *Co'ronatlon day broke fog ?L and lowering, with nas»ant'a'nd"ruin'the decorations. There was a murky ........... .... atr when the morning salute was fired at dawn, which turned at times to Sh "nesnlte the Inclement weather, the streets wets alive with hundreds of thousands of peoplh, hundreds of whom had camped throughout the night to hold their points of vantage In the public stands when day dawned. ....... I I...4 .. ik. Mnw an/1 nilAAtt nfAr* hold tneir point* oi vhjubb 0 •*» —- a striking Incident took place Just as the ktng and queen were leaving a striKinghi-mrir ahhev. As they stepped Into Buckingham palace for the drive to the historic abb.,. — the royal carriage the sun suddenly broke thru the leaden skies, falling upon the burnished brass and glass of the ancient coach. a Min in Westminster Abbey a little later, when the king solemnly took the oath to govern his people according to the laws of the land, and wm nrnriflimed "kina by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Brit- fain and Ireland and of the British dominions beyond the ... 0 # the faith and emperor of India.” the sun ***• Clouds snd fell thru the highly stained windows of Westminster Abbey, bathing the Impressive scene within In its rplendor. - The coronation passed off without untowsrd «■»«•«. Incon- trast with the coronation oi xvmg c-uw«uu Wflt .... n ic *nd suffering from a recent operation and the Archbishop o, Canterbury wm so weSk from old age that he placed the Crown on th( king's head backward and afterwards fainted. Modern London ba«_ kt K rrom oia age mat. n» and afterwards fainted. Modern London had nev- uhj of aaeltemcnt and crowds. The cplossal demonstra- and queen plainly Impressed both their fnajeitlea^and affected as they stepped from the Buckingham palace to the cathedra er known such a day of tlon for the king * they were deeply the drive from Buckingham palace esque. d special envoy from the United States, tftrly In hU official residence In Piccadilly to ‘>>e gaJac/x «- lhurst Mr. Hammond wore a light black overcoat crowds k m*th a " d an q de*m n iStog. of state .nclSTed In Sdf ']*• an- """ The "gathering and start W the coronation procession from Bucking- ham palace were picturesque John Hays Hammond, s the morning drove from his companled by Lord Sandhurst. to protect his coronation costume. - one sent as a bridal gift to Queen Mary fromSouthAfricju Aside from the king and gSMS pmceXn He”™ n SS Ku-gj h To.dTer. Wh Yn h th h .%rr d H*a,«r&r 5, u nTw!!rAMj«-%2£!&-r^; * Dukc A,brecht - of Wurtemburg and Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria. Their carriage was the seventh. MERICAN 8PECTATOR8 , CHEER JOHN HAMMOND The Americans among the spectators ere especially vociferous In their reeling to the American envoy, some r them waving small silk Jags. The royal procession was divided Into vo divisions. In the first were th irelgn royalty, special envoys, ambas- tdnrs of foreign lands and n'l'ltaty /corts. It waa compoaed of fifteen irriage,. Life guards escorted the recession and a military hand played icessantly. The procession arrived at w abbey at 9:65 o’clock. There were re carriages In this division. In the rst four were the cousins of the king Id queen. In the fifth were the chi - ren of the king and queen. This fli ..i i.s. .t.— nt in nVlork an* en or me King anu " j don left the palace at 10 o clock and 1, escorted bv the horse guards, hen It arrived at the abbey the rnjal lldren were loudlv cheered, rhe royal coach with Its escort foi led the second division. Among the leers In the escorting cavalcade were t Duke of Teck and the Duke of Con- ught. Detachments of foreign troops irrhed before them. IOPLE STOOD IN FOG AND RAIN FOR HOURS Phe vast concourse of spectator* siting the coming of the royal party, ny of whom had been standing in ' fog and rain for many hours, had tun to get Impatient before the inder of 41 guns from the tower of ndon and 21 from a battery In Hyde •k announced that King George was vlng Buckingham palace. Instantly Ty one waa electrified Into eager an- patlon and applause rolled up and vn the streets flanked on each side h banked-up humanity, like the inder of aurf. t required Just twenty minutes for royal party to pass from the palace he cathedral and the ovation lasted entire time. The scenes which the tators. walled up In central Lon* saw today will ever remain a vivid tory. The Impressiveness of It and quickening military aspect coupled i the solemn pageantry of medieval i. presented an extraordinary ple- IILLING SPECTACLE WERE SOLDIERS IN LINE ide from the beauty of the effects, excitement of the moment, the nltude of the crowds and the sol* ty of the ceremonies, the soldiers •f made a thrilling spectacle. These troops were gathered from all the do minions of the empire, both at home and over seaa. Some were dreased In scarlet coats and bearakln hata; others In khaki and weather-beaten sombre ros; the Indian sepoys with their chalk white helmets marched alongside the sunbrowned South Africans. MORGAN HAD TROUBLE IN 8ECURINQ A SEAT Charles P. Taft, brother of Presi dent Taft and J. Pierpont Morgan were early arrivals at the abbey, ocupylng positions In tbs second row of the diplomatic gallery. Both were dressed in black, contrasting soberly with the brilliant uniforms of those about them. Mr. Morgan experienced difficulty In obtaining a seat, and It was after great exertion that he was able to make hla way to the diplomatic gallery. Mr. Taft was accompanied by Mre. Taft and their daughter, and they had particularly good fortune in securing a seat giving them a splendid view. United States Ambassador White- law Reid had arrived early. Mr. Reid looked 111. apparently having not re covered from his recent indisposition. Mr. Reid did not take a seat In the diplomatic trailer)', bis seat being filled by Mr. Hammond, the apeclal envoy, who had taken his seat before the royal party arrived. QUEEN’8 DRESS SHONE WITH SPARKLING. JEWELS As the royal couple moved up the nave, the queen's stately grace was never seen to better advantage. Her magnificent robes scintillated with Jew els She looked too gracefully atatu- esque to be quite human. The king's train seemed tawdry compared with the glimmering glory of. his royal con- Brittanias Crowned Ruler impressive ceremony in the ancient abbey performed without untoward incident BRYAN AT AUDITORIUM ISSIONPLJ WILL BE EXPLAINED Lecture Free to Public and Not an Argument For or Against the New System. BIG CROWD IS EXPECTED Nebraskan Accepts Invitation to Tell Atlantans How Pro posed Form Works. William Jennings Bryan will tell At lantans about the commission form of dltorium-Armdry. His address, which will be free and open to the-publlc, will be purely a lecture explaining what this form of municipal government Is and how It operates. He will not idvocate or oppose Its adoption In this city. tak» Ing no side whatever In Atlanta's mu nicipal problem. Mr. Bryan lectures here at the tnvi- merce. Purely from a desire to give of his knowledge on this Important question he agreed to epend Thursday night here, tho It Interferea materially with hla lecture tour now In progTeas In the South. 'The hour of the lecture Is 8 o'clock and It goea without laying a at that large audience will be assembled — hour to hear the gifted Nebraskan. Mr. Bryan passed thru Atlanta early Thursday morning sn route from Ches. ter. S. C., where he spoke Wednesday, to -Cartersvkle. where he lectures on Thursday afternoon. He returns to At- Thursdi day evening In time for the MR. WETTIN, NOW GEORGE V. A TLANTA A T CORONA TION! WHY, OF COURSE SHE IS THE GEORGIAN IS THERE, SAY3 JOHN J. WOODSIDE The following cablegram waa + received Thuraday afternoon from + + John J. Woodalde. who. with Mra. + + Woodalde and John J. Woodalde, + Jr., la among 1 the Atlantana at the + + coronation: + + “The Oeorlgan atlll follows us. + + London, June 22. John J. Wood- + t •“ Se ” + No matter what big event may oc- snta cur anywhere on the globe, Allan la usually repreaented. The coronation Thurajjay at London Is no exception. Fully 25 Atlantans are among the thousands of visitors In the English capital for the epochal event Tourleta from thla city, who are doing Europe thle summer, have flocked to London for the coronation 'festivities, and are attendants at brilliant social functions. Among the Atlantans In London are: Mr. and Mrs. A. McD. Wilson Mra. Luther Z. Rosser Mra, A. W. Calhoun, Mr*. Frank Woodruff. Mra. J. H. Nun- nally, Mra. Joaeph Brown Whitehead, Colonel WUIIa Ragan. Alfredo Barlll and Misses Lucy Smith. Callte Hoke Smith, Helen Muse, Paaale May Ott- ley,. Marjorie Brown, Sarah. Rawson. Harriet Calhoun. Bessie Jones, Nora Belle Rosser and Louise Barlll. Others from Georgia Include Mr. and Mra. Harry Hodgson, of Athena, and Miss and the young ladles traveling with her will be entertained thla week by Mr. and Mrs. John Hays Hammond, who visited Atlanta In March. Mr. Hammond Is the special ambassador from the United States for the corona tion. soft. The spectators In the abbey were die. tingulshed by the beautiful dresses of the women, the brilliant uniforms of the men and the fabulous display of Jewels. Lady Dufferio was the only notable American absentee. KING AND QUEEN BORE •UP REMARKABLY WELL As the state eoacb passed thrue Par. ■lament square It waa evident to the cheering multitude that both the king and queen had borne up remarkably welf under the tremendous nervous strain of the ceremonies. There waa a rush ofi all aides to leave the seats as the procession passed back Continued on Pago Four, President Fears Measure Is Threatened by New Amendment. Washington. Juno 22.—President Taft la concerned today over the new danger confronting hla favorite Canadian reel- proclty agreement as a result of a coup of the eenate Democrats late yesterday In forcing a coalition with the sixteen Republican insurgents to force the Un derwood wool bill, reducing the tariffs In schedule K. before the senate. The president's attitude todav showed that he feared that an attempt would bo made to combine the Underwood hill and the farmers' free list, both of which have passed the house. Into an amend ment for the Canadian reciprocity measure. The president indicated that he be lieves the chances for reciprocity would be hurt bv such a combination. Thla action Is said to be the. outcome of those who suspeet that the president opposes the wool and free Hat bill as they stand, but being pledged to reci procity. would have to sign that meas ure. even if Ih? distasteful amend ments on these measures .were tacked on to it. L Committee Endeavors to Show He H^d Understanding With Sugar People. Washington, Juns 22.—An endeavor to bring put testimony to show that President Taft, when secretary of war, hpd entered Into a compact with vari ous sugar magnates, pledging them that the tariff on sugar would not be dis turbed In the event of hla election to the presidency, was made today when Charles P. Warren, president of the _ resident F. J. Paxon. of the Cham ber of Commerce, had arranged a breakfast for Mr. Bryan Thursday go that affair In order that Sir. Bryan could take the Dixie Flyer, leaving at 7:20 o’clock for Cartersvllle. The Great Commoner WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. He will deliver an address Thursday night at ths Auditorium upon tha commission government system, at tho Invitation of F. J. Pax®n. Ho will not arguo for or against tho new system, but merely explain its workings. LEAPS TO DEATH FROM 5TH FLOOR H. R. Hannah, a cotton buyer from Carrollton, Ga., arrived In Atlanta .at 1:10 o'clock Thursday afternoon, rap Idly crossed the plaxa to ths Terminal hotel and secured a room on the fifth floor. Five minutes liter a passerby Madlson-ave. saw Hannah standing erect In a narrow window of bis room. Ths stroller looked away, then glanced up the again, and saw Hannah falling to •Idewalk, turning over and over as he fell. A hand shot out and clutched a telephone wire at about tho level of tho second floor, but the wire broke and the man’s terrible descent was not In terrupted. A second later there was a thud on ths sidewalk. Hannah died ten minutes later, before the ambulance from Orady hospital had arrived. The sidewalk on ths Madlson-ave. side of the hotel was thronged with passers-by hurrying to their trains, and Hannah fell within a foot or two of one of them. More than a dozen persons saw him falling yom the win dow and turned their : away be- SARAH THE DIVINE And Takes a Neat Little Bank Roll Along With Her. sumed hla testimony before committee Investigating the alleged sugar monopoly. When examination of the witness be. gan Chairman Hardwick caused sur prise by asking Warren It he waa sum moned to Washington by Secretary of War Taft about a year before Mr. Taft's nomination for the presidency and whether he then conferred with Taft about the sugar tariff. Didn't Discuss Tariff. Mr. Warren declared that he had not discussed th» tariff, but that he had talked with Mr. Taft about the Philip- pine sugar < :ncctstona. He slid that Continued on Last Paso. Now York, Juno 22.—Mme. Sarah Bernhardt sailed away for her "Belle France” today on La Tourratne. after traveling 20,000 miles within the United Statea and earning 2240,000 as her share of her truly remarkable tour—remark able because the actress Is now In her 08th yenr. Mme. Bernhardt apparently had been rejuvenated by thla tour of all the "one night stands" In the country. Aft- foro he struck the pavement That Hannah threw hlmaalf from the window deliberately there can be little doubt The window la a email one and hardly wider than a man's body. Fin ger marks on a dresser near the win. dow showed where he. had placed hie hand In the effort of climbing up to the window, and his standing on the sill etpt that An acquaintance sa was about 25, married and a cotton buyer for the L. C. Mnndevtlle Com pany, a Carrollton cotton firm. Hannah had registered Wednesday at tha ScovlUa hotel and had engaged a room, but did not occupy It. In his suit case were two prescriptions filled by an Atlanta drug store Wednesday, accdrdlng to their data Hu had no letten In hla pockets leaving a fare well message, nor anything throwing any light on the motive for the suicide. If It were suicide. The remains were removed to the undertaking establish ment of Greenberg A Bond. FELDER TRIUMPHS OVER GOV. BLEASE Requisition For Atlanta Attor ney Refused by Gov. Brown After Argument. Citizens Invited .to Grand on | Tuesday Night to Hear I Speakers on Subject. Opposition to. the proposed commit. ■Ion government charter has crystal^ Used Into an organlsaUon. A citizens' meeting Is called for'Matt Tuesday night at the Grand, when five speakers will dlacusa civic government from the standpoint opposed to the proposed commlaaton clan, and the gen eral public' Is Invited. ■ , The commission government proposal has been more widely discussed In At- ! lanta for the pest three weeks than ! any othtr topic, but the moat publicity ] has been given the advocates of tho ! commission system, largely because Its ' opponents had no organization and no spokesman, except for an occasional ! card from some private citizen. The free discussion of the auaetlon. without favor to either aide, and has published j several communications from opponents I Continued on Lazt Page. attending a farewell banquet until 4 a m.. she reached the steamer at 5:15. and then at I was aroused by the mer. clless ship news reporter. But with lets than four hours sleep, she was cheer)' and chipper as a woman of half her ag". \ "Shall I ever come back to Amer ica?" said Mme. Bernhardt, repeating the reporter's question as to whether or not this latest of her many fare well visits waa to be her last, in deed. I hope to, I expect confidently to cum" back In 1515. the year of the Continued on Lest Page. Governor Brown Thursday afternoon refused to honor the requisition of Gov. ernor Cole L. Biease of 8outh Caro-. llna, which demanded that Thomae B.! Felder, the Atlanta atfbrney, he re turned to South Carolina to answer, charges of bribery preferred by the| governor, and the eheriff who was | waiting for Mr. Felder must go back, without his game. It looked like a meeting of the Geor gia Bar association Thursday morning at 11 o'clock when the hearing began before Governor Brown on Governor Thomas B. Felder, of Atlanta. Besides a score or more of the lead ing members of the Atlanta Bar asso ciation, there were several members of the Georgia association. from other ■mints, notably Henry Goethchlua anil Frank McLaughlin, of Columbus: Bar tow Willingham, of Forsvth. and How ard Cornlck. of Knoxville. Tenn., who was sn Interested listener. Notable amongmemhers of the local profesatun Continued on Last Page. WANT ADS JVi papers for the week ending June 17,1911, six days to the week: Georgian SSL Journal ... 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