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GIDEON MODIFIES
MIS ATTACK MFI
METHODISTS
Ashbrook, of Ohio, Rises in the
Convention to Explain and
Apologize for Remarks.
.'I. Ashbrook, of Ohio, a member
of the cabinet of the Gideons, apolo
gized on the floor of the convention to
da; for his remarks about the Metho
dises yesterday. He said that the crit
icism was unintentional, and that his
remarks had been misunderstood.
"I did not say that the Methodists
were narrow-minded, as I was quoted,”
he declared. "At the request of one of
tie members of that denomination, I
brought the mutter up in the hope that
we could get better support from Meth
odists and other denominations which,
largely on account of insufficient knowl
edge of our great work, have not been
s liberal in their co-operation as we
had hoped. I am sorry if I have of
fended any member of one of God’s
■ ite i institutions, the Methodist
church."
'Vhoi Mr. Ashbrook stated yesterday
’ ; ci: tin Methodists did not help him in
11 wi rk because they were too much
’ ■ ntcred in their own church, especially
ministers, a stir was caused in the
■ "mention. and, almost a score of men
women jumped to their feet to re
' the charge.
Canadian Gideons Seek Merger.
Tlie preliminary work of making the
Gid"oris truly an international assoeia
"ii w.is taken up today at the conven
"r in the Piedmont. At present the
'ii i "ns are organized all over the
1 niti , States, in Canada there is a
■limt organization known as the
'iid'-ons Christian Commercial Travel-
- is«oeiation of Canada.
T" unite this association with the
I'n lied States order, three of its strong
numbers have come to the national
''invention here. They are G. C. Sie
iii. president; Frank Douglas, secre
' v. and Walter Seldon, all of Toronto.
■\< present this organization works
m "Omplete harmony with the Gideons
ci" the Canadians want to merge the
They are also making a fight to
' • the first international convention
” year in Toronto. This will be de
'T this afternoon when the officers
!l chosen for the coming year.
1 i '»n a quiet routine of business in
’■'spersed with songs from Charlie
1 i"man, the scene turned into a stormy
' <ak that, threatened to break up
i' meeting in disorder. Various sug
gestions were made and finally a tem
adjournment was called for and
' ,,!, '<l immediately.
1 i " convention also has been much
" use,] over an attack by one of the
" 1 gates on the Knights of Columbus,
Roman Catholic fraternal organizu
l.ittle favor appears to have been
" md for this attack.
■ ugem. g. Young. 26 years old. foi
' 'V of Columbia, S. C., threw himself
trate on the platform crying aloud
when one of the delegates was telling
the story of a young traveling man
who teceived a telegram saying that
his wife and infant child had died sud
denly.
Street Services Held.
He was carried out of the hall by
several Gideons, but later became so
violent that he had to be taken to the
police station. There it turned out that
he was not a member of the order, but
had dropped in at the invitation of one
of them. The memory of the sudden
death of his wife and child two years
ago had . caused his hysterical out
burst.
Services are being 'held regularly by
the Gideons in the slum districts while
the convention is on. Sam .1. Williams,
leader of this work, is in charge. Along
Manhattan avenue the sound of old
time gospel hymns nearly drowned out
the ribald music last night.
The work will be k<q>t up during the
convention and street meetings will be
held throughout the city. Short talks
are made and Bibles are given to those
who care for them.
The convention will close tonight.
Nearly all of the delegates will be here
tomorrow and in nearly every evangeli
cal church in the city a Gideon wili be
in charge of one of the services. At
many of them both the morning and
evening worship will be conducted by
members of the' association.
KILLED BY SHOCK, HIS
BODY BECOMES A TORCH
WATERBURY. CONN.. July 27.
Suspended by a foot in midair from a
cross-tree of the pole on which he had
been at work, the body of George <
Norberg, an employee of.an engineer
ing company here, hung flaming like a
torch aftei the current from a feed
wire which he touched had killed him
and set his clothing on fire. Finally
other linemen climbed the pole and put
out the flames.
Norberg was 25 years of age, and was
honorably discharged from the cruiser
Washington three weeks ago. His
home was in Kankakee, 111.
TRAIN RUNS OVER HIM.
BUT YOUTH STILL LIVES
PATERSON. N. J., July 27.—Six
year-old Herman Reinhardt, of 161
Sussex street, is the talk of the neigh
borhood today. Herman is in St. Jo
sephs hospital, slightly bruised.
Herman and some older boys were
on their way home last night when
Herman ran across the tracks in front
of a slow moving train. He was struck
and fell between the rails. He fell in
a depression between the ties and the
engine and cars passed over without
striking him.
GIRL WEDS HER UNCLE:
NOW AUNT OF MOTHER
BARISr-JUly 27. —How is a person to
become the sister-in-law of her grand
mother and the aunt of her own moth
er? This puzzle has been successfully
solved by a young woman, Mlle. An
toinette Graulliere. She married M
Stelling-Laumont, of Fleurace. and as
he happened to be her grand-uncle and
the brother of her glandmother, she
thereby became her grandmother's sis
ter-in-law. At the same time she be
came, according to law, the aunt of her
own mother.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, JULY 27. 1912.
On left. Catherine Howell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Howell. 24 Willow street. In
center. William Tye. son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Tye, 740 Peachtree. On right. Kitty Winn,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 11. A. Winn, 3 West Fourteenth street.
Socialists' Candidate Tells Why
I SHOULD BE GOVERNOR
A. F. Castleberry, of Columbus, the
Socialist nominee for governor of
Georgia, sets foith these policies as
reasons why he should be elected in
the coming election:
"If I am made governor I will advo
cate and if possible bring about the
collective ownership of all industries
organized upon a national scale in
which competition has virtually ceased
to exist.
"I will improve the conditions of
working folk.,by shortening the work
day. prohibiting child labor, providing
for state insurance of toilers and forc
ing compulsory education, even fur
nishing free text-books, meals and
POLICEMAN BEATING
WIFE SHOT BY GUEST,
HIS FELLOW OFFICER
NEW YORK, July 27.—Richard A.
Chaffee, a mounted patrolman, died in
the Coney Island hospital today from a
bullet wound inflicted at his home last
night by Thomas Collins, a patrolman,
and Collins has been suspended, strip
ped of his badge, and is under arrest.
Collins and Chaffee were attached to
the Sheepshead Bay police station. Ac
cording to Collins, Chaffee invited him
to go to his home to 'dinner last night.
When they arrived, the meal was not
ready, and Chaffee and his wife quar
reled. Collins says Chaffee repeatedly
struck his wife, and when he inter
vened Chaffee turned on him, attempt
ed to shoot him, beat him over the
head with a chair, and that he finally
was compelled to shoot Chaffee in self
defense.
The police say Mrs. Chaffee corrobo
rates Collins’ story.
GIRL FALLS TO DEATH
FROM CHURCH TOWER;
ACCIDENT,SAY POLICE
LOUISVILLE, KY„ July 27.—Deputy
Coroner Kammerer has announced that
he will hold an inquest Monday into
the death of Miss Vanda Lee Burns,
the pretty young stenographer of the
First Christian church, who fell to her
death last evening from the cupola of
the church, where she had gone with
William Cross, son of a deacon of the
church, to take a view of the city.
Cross, who is twenty years old, is a
student at the state university. During
vacation he has been employed as an
electrician at the church.
Chief of Police Lindsay, after an in
vestigation, said the ease seepted be
yond doubt one of accident. Cross and
the girl had just become acquainted.
NO CONCERT TOMORROW.
There will be no free organ concert at
the Auditorium-Armory Sunday after
noon. The concerts have been discon
tinued for three Sundays, and will be
resumed in all probability on August 18.
clothing without the semblance of char
ity.
"1 will have adopted, if possible, a
graduated income tax, the initiative,
referendum and recall, equal suffrage
without residential, educational or
property qualifications.
"I will advocate the autonomy of all
municipalities in the matter of owner
ship and operation of all enterprises
vital to the municipality as.such.
“I will call for the abolition of the
poll tax, the abolition of capital pun
ishment. the abolition of the fee sys
tem and the substitution of the salary
system of compensation for all officials,
and I will demand also the absolute
freedom of the press and the freedom
of assemblage."
21 SUNDAY SCHOOL
CLASSES HOLDING A
JOINT CELEBRATION
East Point BSptist Tabernacle is the
host of 21 Sunday school classes today.
Thyy are meeting there for the thirty
first annual celebration of the First
District Sunday School association.
The , immense delegation, arose in a
body and sang several songs at the
beginning of the session, then Rev. P.
A. Kellett red'd passages ftom the Bible
and offered prayer. Addresses by Rev.
Charles E. Hitt, Rev. W. H. Kershaw
and Rev. Frank S. Hudson followed.
Dinner at noon, election of officers
for the year, songs by the separate
schools and other events were arranged
for the latter part of the. day.
ROME, USING PARK SITE FOR
DUMP, MAY LOSE PROPERTY
ROME, GA., July 27.—Because it
failed to beautify the property, as it is
alleged it promised to do, the city of
Rome is in danger of losing a whole
block of realty right in the center of
the municipality.
The land was donated to the city to
be converted into a park and public
buildings erected thereon.
“The city has not only violated its
agreement,” the petition alleges, “but
has gone so far as to make a dumping
ground of the property.” The King
Property Company wants the land back
and has petitioned superior court lo
dissolve the deed given to the city.
ROME HUSBAND DISAPPEARS.
ROME. GA., July 27. —Officers are
puzzled over the disappearance of J. H.
Clarke, a traveling salesman for Bass
& Heard. His wife declares that she
has not seen her husband since early
Thursday morning. Foul play is sus
pected, as Clarke had considerabh
money with him.
SIX HOUSES BURN IN HOUR.
ROME, GA., July 27.—Within an
hour six tenement houses were wiped
out by fire here yesterday afternoon. A
dozen more weie threatened, but were
saved by the firemen. A high wind was
blowing and a disastrous blaze was
apparent for a while.
QUEEN S PRESENT
TO SCRUGGS' SON
Trophy English Ruler Gave
Diplomat One of Four Per
mitted by United States.
By the terms of the will of the late
William L. Scruggs, lawyer and diplo
mat, William E. Scruggs, 47 Culberson
street, his eldest son. shortly will come
into possession of one of the four tro
phies congress has permitted American
officials to accept from'foreign powers.
The trophy, a graven silver inkstand,
was presented to Colonel Scruggs by
Queen Victoria, while he was American
minister to Colombia. The gift was
made to express the appreciation of the
British sovereign for a favorable set
tlement of an English claim submitted
to his arbitration.
Through its possession W. E Scruggs
will gain a distipction that may be
unique. Only the descendants of Thom
as Pinckney, Andrew Jackson and the
officers of the U. S. S. Vixen, who fig
ured in the polar rescue of Sir John
Franklin's expedition, may lay claim to
similar honors.
Congress Permitted Gift.
In 1876 congress, against the stren
uous objections of its house committee
on foreign affairs, informed William 1..
Scruggs that he might accept the gift
from Queen Victoria. This had been
done but three times before Thomas
Pinckney, of Revolutionary fame, had
accepted gifts as first American minis
ter tb Spain. Andrew Jackson had per
mission to accept a tract of land from
the Creek Indians. The officers of the
U. S. S. Vixen had been honored by the
British government for pulling Sir John
Franklin and his ill-fated crew out of
the Arctic ice.
The story of the inkstand, which is
the proudest possession in the Scruggs
household, was told to The Georgian by
Mrs. Ruby Anderson. For four months’,
shes aid. the gift lay In tin- state de
partment in Washington, while con
gress quibbled over precedents and the
constitutional clause which prohibits
American ministers from accepting
gifts from foreign powers. The Ink
stand is i rectangular sliver box on ball
feet, richly engraved and stamped on
the lid with the seal of the British
crown. The inscription is:
Also Gets Father's Watch.
Presented by Her Britannic
Majesty's Government to the Hon.
W. L. Scruggs, in token of their
high appreciation of the care and
trouble taken by him in investigat
ing a British claim submitted to his
arbitration.
W. E. Scruggs also will receive his
father’s watch, but the many curious
trinkets collected by Colonel Scruggs
while in th<- diplomatic service have
been bequeathed equally among his five
children, together with valuable Atlanta
real estate. Tile beneficiaries under the
terms of the will are W. E. Scruggs,
Mlanta; Mrs. Susie Jenkins. Manila;
Mrs Minnie Robinson, Atlanta; Mrs.
Ruby Anderson. Washington, and Miss
Maud Scruggs. Atlanta.
SEARCHING SIDELIGHTS
' ON GEORGIA POLITICS
By JAMES B. NEVIN.
Thomas E. Watson, the "red-headed
one,” has reached over into the Sixth
congressional district for Congressman
Bartlett’s scalp, which he hopes to se
cure with the aid and assistance of J.
Walter Wise, who is a candidate
against Mr. Bartlett.
Mr. Watson is warm and cordial in
his praise of Mr. Wise, and is propor
tionately warm and cordial in his dis
approval of Mr. Bartlett.
Mr. Watson thinks Walter Wise is
made of the right congressional stuff,
and that Mr. Bartlett has had the job
long enough, anyway.
The race between Bartlett and Wise
is sure to be engaging and thrilling
enough for one who gets entertain
ment from such things. The present
member has been in harness a long
time, and knows the ropes well; he has
faced opposition before and has never
failed to overcome It.
Nevertheless, the impression unques
tionably exists that the Bibb county
man is up against just a little harder
game this year than he ever faced be
fore, and. If he is not careful, Wise
w ill put it over on him this trip.
Wise is said to be a wonderful fight
er, and already several counties—some
claim enough to nominate—are con
ceded to him.
"iThe plural of moose' is ‘me°se.’ ”
observes The Macon Telegraph.
And T. R., of course, is the guy who
put the "me” in “meese."
There is a lot of weeping and wailing
and gnashing of teeth inside the Geor
gia legislature because of the melan
choly fact that Jack Slaton hasn’t yet
so much as whispered “barbecue, boys!”
this year.
Jack Slaton’s annual barbecue has
been an institution inevitably incident
to all legislative sessions for the past
fifteen years.
Some of the members declare they
only come to the house in order to get
an invitation to that “blowout" every
year, anyway, and that if it were not
for that they wouldn’t stand for elec
tion back home.
It is but fair to state, however, that
the last recited circumstance is not the
reason Mr. Slaton has called off this
year’s function.
(Anxious Inquiry: Has he, for keeps,
and cross his heart and hope to die.
called it off this year?)
The entire Georgia congressional
delegation called upon Woodrow
Wilson a few flays ago. The gov
ernor doubtless understands that
there were some five or six hun
dred postoffices involved indirectly
in that visit, even if he was too
polite to mention the matter a\ the
time! \
One ardent defender of the bill to
appropriate $50,000 to the State Nor
ma 4 school in Athens grew quite elo
quent in debate Friday over the rank
discriminations the house of represen
tatives sometimes seems inclined to
make between persons and things, with
respect to the distribution of the state's
financial aid here and there.
"I have seen money set aside for the
benefit of hogs, yearlings, cotton stalks,
peach trees, possums and jaybirds, and
1 have seen it set aside to annihilate
cattle ticks, redbugs and mud turtles,
but here is a bill seeking to set aside
some money for the benefit of human
beings—little children and deserving
girls, anxious to be equipped for mak
ing a living—and eloquent and influ
ential gentlemen are fighting it!
“One bright-faced Georgia boy or
girl,” continued this orator, amid that
quality of impressive silence always
going immediately before great ap
plause, .‘‘is worth more to me than all
the hogs, yearlings, possums and jay
birds ever born!”
And as he sat down the applause
came along on scheduled time, too!
The Tippins bill right now doubt- •
less has a sad and melancholy feel
ing amidships, as if it were about to
receive a quick jab in the slats!
The house will convene at 11 a. m.
Monday, and it is generally understood
that afternoon sessions will be Inaugu
rated some time next week.
The calendar is crowded, and the
rules committee is anxious to clear
things up as completely as possible be
fore adjournment.
There are over six hundred house
bills yet to be disposed of, and it will
require hard and constant work to get
rid of them by August 14, the limit of
the session.
“MOVIES 7, USED TO
CATCH EMBEZZLER;
PHOTO ON SCREENS
BERLIN, July 27.—The police
throughout Germany are searching for
Bruning, the messenger who fled from
the Dresdener bank here with $65,000
of the bank’s money.
The Berlin authorities have deter
mined to use the moving picture thea
ters in their search for the fugitive.
By order of the police, 250 picture
places in Berlin have exhibited the pho
tograph of Bruning at several perform
ances.
The Dresdener bank has issued a
statement that if the money is returned
no further steps will be taken.
FATHER BETTER WOOER
THAN SON: CUTS HIM OUT
PARIS, July 27. —Competition be
tween father and son for the hand of
the widow of Jeremiah J. Mullen, of
New York, has resulted in the father
vanquishing the son. and the an
nouncement of their approaching mar
riage has been made.
One night at the opera in New York
Senor Ignatz Englez, an Italian visit
ing America on some work for his gov
ernment. and his son, Italo, saw Mrs.
Mullen in a box and botli father and
son simultaneously became enamored.
Mrs, Mullen at first showed a de
cided preference for the son. to the
chagrin of the father, but finally the
more experienced pleading of the fa
ther won out.
DR. OGDEN RETURNS.
Dr. Dunbar 11. Ogden, pastor of the
Central Presbyterian church, has re
turned from his vacation and will oc
cupy his pulpit tomorrow at the usual
morning and night services.
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