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VOL. XL NO. 108.
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Governor Will Hear Counsel of
Party Leaders. Then Do
as He Pleases.
COMPLETELY RESTED,
HE SEEKS DIVERSION
Left Alone by Politicians, He
Goes to Social Functions
He Abhors.
HAMILTON, BERMUDA, Dee. 7.
(Special Correspondence.)—Those who
xpeet that William J. Bryan is going
1„ select Woodrow Wilson’s cabinet for
him are greatly mistaken. Those who
expect that Mr. Bryan will be a mem
ber of the cabinet are probably also
mistaken, though thej' will not know of
their mistake until after January 1, and
probably not until March 4. It can be
said that the president-elect has no de
to embarrass Mr. Bryan by al
lowing him to be placed in the posi
tion of seeming to advise the next pres
ident. The president-elect will seek
the counsel of all the leaders of the
Democratic party, but it is safe to
predict that in the end he will do as he
pleases.
When Governor Wilson received the
report from New York that Mr. Bryan
would come here to consult with the
president-elect, he wrote a letter to
Colonel Bryan making an appointment
to meet him in New York. That had
’ effect of forestalling any plan of
Mr Bryan of coming to Bermuda.
Didn’t Go Near
Bryan's Haunts.
When the report went out from
Princeton a month ago that Governor
Wilson would take a vacation, the an
nouncement was made that he "would
8" South.” and no mention was made
of Bermuda. Bryan read these reports,
assumed that Governor Wilson was go
ing to Florida, and wrote him a letter
saying he would be in Miami, and that
if the governor was really going to
Florida they could arrange to meet fre
quently. Governor Wilson went far
away from Florida.
Mr. Bryan has a good many enemies
in and out of the Democratic party.
Governor Wilson has no intention of
offending these men. The. other day
when he heard a report of expected
trouble In the Democratic ranks he
said;
It would be downright stupidity to
star: trouble in the present harmonious
state of things. Those who expect it
Fill be badly fooled.”
Those who have been closest to the
governor say that there will be no trou
b;e unless Governor Wilson himself
starts it. He generally starts whatever
trouble he gets Into and generally set
tles it to his own satisfaction. He has
away of making people obey his or
ders. He said before leaving New York
tnat any politician who came to Ber
muda to see him would get the reverse
vt what he was after< The result is
hat no politician has appeared, not
even Senator-elect "Billy” Hughes, who
tad intended coming here and whom
..Rn, S ,? Vernor "' oul<l be K‘ acl to »ee.
, y is more a personal than politi
cal friend.
Oh, ’Billy’ can come," said the pres
ent-elect. "I don’t regard him as a
Politician.”
Congressman Donohue
Avoids Wilson.
But ’ Billy” didn’t come.
/ '* Politician of any stripe has
’■•n seen—yes, there was one, Coh
* essman Donohue, of Philadelphia,
•Pruned on the same boat with the
nr ,U r ’" r corn * n 8 here. He apologized,
* i t g his stay of two weeks here
_ rema med away from Glen Cove.
■ en he was about to sail he dropped
‘ , c<>t,aße ’ Mrs. Wilson an-
, t^ P bell ' and Congressman Don
to , ° ? ained that he had merely come
Mrs tvu * respectß a n d ’ a F good-bye.
govern m ‘ nV ' ted hin ’ in tO the
Suvernor himself, but Donohue said:
dehve; , t l iank you - 1,11 Just ask y°t« to
• ' i the message for me.” And Don
onut- departed.
eoveJ Ce ° f hlm ’ wasn ’t it?" said the
rnor when he learned of it.
mi»i?,\ Pntlrely posslble that Donohue
threat ° f t,le K' ,VPr 'ior’s
falling- tn ?? , h a Photographer for
;nng to obey Instructions.
bu t his health'& h , e . re to rest,
“xtent that i? ‘ HS , lrn Proved to such an
Mon. ij h " f, ' Pls tbp need of diver
of ""''''■’l ll ”"'''', he accepted a
't'mi' .d , I, Invitations, He has
'"n.l urn n 2'* v « iv ”" Oovernoi
I’.c'lsii k, another by Hamilton
■*' old Princeton friend; an
l ' ri " . . J.L?"* I '"''' of "° UI Mutual
, • g.iKJ.m p arty K ( ven t , Klv
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The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS —Use For Results.
Blease No Gentleman,
Says Gridiron Club in
Refusing to Invite Him
—,—. i
Governor’s Friends Fail to Ob- j
tain “Bid” for Him to I
Attend Banquet Tonight.
I
WASHINGTON, Dee. 7.—Governor I
Cole L. Blease, of South Carolina, was!
today refused an invitation to the an- ■
nual banquet of the Gridiron club of j
Washington to be held here tonight, on ,
the ground that "he is not a gentle- j
man.”
When Judge John C. Rose, of Balti- I
more, notified Louis Garthe, president
of the club, today that he would be
unable to attend the dinner, friends of
the South Carolina executive, who at
the recent conference of governors in
Richmond attacked the constitution
and the laws, made an effort to have an
invitation issued asking Governor
Blease to occupy Judge Rose’s chair.
Officers and members of the club indig
nantly refused.
The South Carolinan and his sup
porters are so angered at this step that
it is expected many of them will refuse
to attend the banquet.
LAWYER RESCUING HIS
DAUGHTER FROM FIRE
FAINTS; BOTH PERISH
NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—While making
a heroic effort to save his fourteen
year-old daughter, Lillian, from their
burning home at Woodside, in Queens
borough, early today, Melville Mendell,
a New York lawyer, fainted and both
perished.
Mendell was carrying his daughter to
safety when he was overcome by smoke
j and when the bodies were found the
I girl had her arms still clasped about
her father's neck.
The Mendell family occupied the sec
ond floor of the house. The fire had
made much headway when the lawyer
was aroused by the shouts of the fain
lily on the first floor. Seizing his wife.
Mendell carried her to safety, then re
turned for his two children. He found
I his twelve-year-old son groping in the
| hallway and carried him out. By this
I time he was nearly overcome by smoke
and the interior of the house was a
| seething furnace. Disregarding the en
j treaties of his wife, the brave lawyer
| .again plunged into the building. Those
I on the street could hear above the roar
of the fire the girl’s voice, crying. “Fa
ther, please save me."
! Soon all sound died away. .Mendell
j did not reappear and the firemen knew
I it was useless to attempt to save him.
Half an hour later when the flames
were subdued and searchers entered the
building they found the two bodies in
a parlor off from the girl’s bed room,
where they had fallen.
GRAND JURY INDICTS
TEN MEN WHO FAILED
TO PAY TAX ON DOGS
GUYTON, GA., Dec. 7. —Ten men
have been placed under arrest by Sher
iff Jourdan, of Effingham county, as the
result of as many indictments returned
by the last grand jury, charging illegal
voting in the Democratic primary elec
tion last August, when state officers
were nominated, because they failed to
pay their dog tax. They will await
trial at the April term of superior
court in this county. Judge Walter W.
Shepard, of the Atlantic circuit, will sit
in these cases.
Among those indicted are five prom
inent citizens of the Guyton district.
The grand jury held that failure to
pay any part of state taxes, including
even that assessed on dogs, constituted
a violation of the state tax laws and
consequently disqualified the delin
quents as voters. The legislature last
summer repealed the dog tax statute,
but the repeal was not brought about
until after taxes for the year had been
assessed and become payable. These
cases will constitute a test of the con
stitutionality of the tax provision of
the primary election law. A number of
attorneys, including some from Savan
nah and other cities, will appear in the
trials.
MACON SOCIETY FOLK
ADOPT TURKEY TROT*
AND ‘BOSTON DIP’ FAD
MACON, GA., Dec. 7. —"Turkey Trot"
and ‘‘Boston Dip” parties have sudden
ly become the rage in the social life of
Macon. Although taboo at the exclu
sive Idle Hour Country club, where a
posted notice prohibits them and “all
other wild animal dances." these new
eccentric steps are now very popular in
the home entertainments.
Thursday night Dr. and Mrs. Maury
Hunnerlyn Stapler entertained a select
coterie of friends at a “Turkey Trot"
party" at their home on High street,
and last night Miss Sarah Tinsley was
the hostess at a similar affair at her
home on College street.
Three more "Turkey Trot" and “Griz
zly Bear” parties have been announced
for next week.
REAL SUNSET DUE TODAY:
FAIR SUNDAY FORECAST
Rain until late this afternoon, then
clearing weather and slightly colder, is
the prediction of Weatherman Von-
I Herrmann. He thinks Atlanta will to
day have the privilege of seeing th
| sunset for the first time this h.-i-li,
Sunday, he thinks, should be fall anj
slightly colder, while the fair weather
probably will last through next wee.;.
A slight distuibam i ov> r T. xas may
make tins prediction -light \ ,iw ty
ATLANTA. GA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1912.
TWO SHOT BY
MINISTER IN
ROWOYEH
BIBLE
Father Killed. Son Wounded in
Altercation With Louis-
iana Pastor.
QUARREL OVER MEANING
OF A SACRED PASSAGE
Melee Takes Place in Grocery
Store—Preacher Wounded
| and May Die.
GREENSBURG, LA., Dec. 7.—En
raged because his word in reference to
the meaning of a Biblical quotation was
questioned, the Rev. Fleet Ha t roll,
prominent as a minister of this par
ish, shot and killed Nat Lindsay, parish
commissioner, and Charles Lindsay, a
son, received fatal wounds when lie at
tempted to aid his parent. The preach
er was also seriously wounded and it
is probable he will die.
The argument began in a grocery’
store, the favorite lounging place of
Greensburg and the forum for discus
sions on all things of political, religious
or financial nature.
Minister Appealed to
•As Biblical Expert.
Lindsay was leading one side of the
argument, while his son was an inter
ested listener. When the preacher en
tered he was appealed to as an author
ity to deejde the question. . The quota
tion yvas repeated and he promptly re
plied, giving his opinion as to its mean
ing.
The parish commissioner yvas not
pleased with the decision. The minister
was brought into the argument. As
the discussion grew warmer, feeling
ran higher.
It was seen by the debaters that the
minister yvas losing his temper, while
Lindsay, too, seemed to enter into the
discussion with more than normal
spirit.
Bullets Follow
Personalities.
Both sides soon engaged in person
alities. It yvas then that the shooting
started. Witnesses are divided as to
which side fired first. The store was
filled with shots and space beneath
counters and behind shelters was at a
premium.
Before his father fell young Lindsay
had joined the melee. The exchange of
shots did not end until all three men
had fallen from their wounds.
CONVICT’S DREAM OF
CHRISTMAS AT HOME
RUDELY SHATTERED
The fond and long-treasured dream
of John Blue, alias John White, a young
Oklahoman, to spend Christmas amid
the cheer of a happy home circle, today
was rudely shattered yvhen, just as he
yvas released from the Federal prison,
he yvas immediately taken into custody
by Deputy Sheriff Miner and Deputy
Warden John Hackett, of Oklahoma,
and escorted to the Tower.
It will be a long time before the con
vict can realize his Christmas dream,
for he has four more years to serve in
the Oklahoma reformatory. He starts
back there tomorrow morning . yvith
Deputy Warden Hackett.
Blue, who had been sent up In Okla
homa for a five-year term for burglary,
was a fugitive from the reformatory
there when he was arrested in Aiizona
for counterfeiting. He was convicted
of that charge and given two years in
the Federal prison. When he bolted
from the < iklahoma prison he left four
years of his term unserved, and must
now square that account.
"It’s pretty tough to be freed from
prison just at Christmas time, with
happy thoughts of a big Christmas
dinner at home, and then suddenly have
to go back behind the bars for another
long term," disconsolately remarked
the convict as he was led into a Tower
cell.
“I guess I’ll have to dream on awhile
longer," he added, as the door clanged
behind him.
LEADERS MEET TO PLAN
G. 0. P. REORGANIZATION
WASHINGTON. Dec. 7. Plan- for
the reorganization of the Republican
party and the Infusion of new blood
were ret afoot here today at confer ern es
bettyen Governor Hadlry, of Mi --ouri.
ano Seir.itois William E Bor ill. of Ida.
| h<>. William S K' li/r n of lowa, and
I Robert La Folli It, , of Wisconsin.
College Girls Aid in Atlanta’s War on White Plague
SELLING RED CROSS STAMPS
Miss Edna Wai- *
raven, one of lite
Atlanta girls who
braved the
this inoi-irino- i ( , \
aid the Red Cross. £ A
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£2 ABrf Alh. .
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will ||!/J
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No Resisting Appeals of Pretty
Young Women for Needy
Sufferers.
Before the drab doorway' of a down
town office building a young woman,
smartly attired, with a glow of health
in her cheek and a deal of elasticity in
her step, alighted from an electric
brougham drawn close to the curb this
morning.
In her gray-gloved hand, half hid
den by films of lace that fell on her
fingers, she carried numerous sheets of
stickers looking for all the world like
exotic foreign stamps.
Against the crowd that came stream
ing through the doorways she took
her hand, stemming perceptibly the
rush that went on around her. The
sheets of stamps she fluttered in her
fingers were Red Cross stamps, and
she purposed to sell them to every
passerby as Christmas seals, so that
the nation-wide fight against the
“white plague" could go on.
She’s Pleading For Lives.
It was hers to plead with the hurry
ing, indifferent crowd that went cease
lessly in and out, to spare life; to give
just a fighting chance to those who
must battle with the terror always;
children of slums who breathe only
fetid air in the hovels they call homes
and those that bend, it seems forever,
over whirring machines.
"Each stamp may mean a life," she
said beseechingly holding forth the
sheets of the little red and green stick
ers, as if by the gesture to emphasize
the great import of her mission.
And she spoke meaningly, for it is
true that each little fluttering sheet of
stamps she displayed may mean a life.
It may mean the life of the child, a
pale-faced little girl ready to go down
in the hopeless tight for air and food
and sunshine.
The crowd passed her after thd
divers ways of humanity. Some went
by grimly, some indifferently, some
turned a quick, curious head and hur
ried on, but a tew smiled, stopped and
gathered up_a sheet of stamps.
Girls Enthusiastic.
I "You really don’t know what it all
means,” said the young woman to a
I brisk, well dressed business man who
! stopped long enough to demand his
’quota of stickers and bolted.
Some tu;ie 1 will lell you all about
■ it." she called after him.
lAnd she was willing to tell <i? the
Continued on Page Two.
Scottdale Kicks on Shoo-Fly ’s Quiet Successor
\NMWEV-/X NOISY TRAIN
H. T. Chewnlng, who lives at Scott
dale, along the line of the Georgia rail
road not far from Atlanta, has peti
tioned the railroad commission to force
the train recently put on by the Geor
gia to replace the popular old “shoo
fiy” to make more noise as it ap
proaches Scottdale, in order that the
inhabitants may know it is coming.
Scottdale is not a very large munic
ipality, but it is highly important. Nu
merous people live there who do busi
ness in Atlanta, and It Is highly desir
able that trains between the Gate City
and that point be regular and as fre
quent as possible. Besides, Scottdale
was named for the president of the
Georgia road, and, therefore, is entitled
to all that Is coming to it, so the citi
zens thereof think.
That Scottdale hasn’t been getting
everything it thinks should be awarded
it byway of attention from the Geor
gia railroad, however, is attested in the
following communication, addressed to
the state railroad commission:
This is to put a grievance before
you in regard to the passenger
train known as the « o’clock a. m.
It took the run and stops of the
old “shoo-fly,” and comes in just
NO MORE TREES TO
BE CUT DOWN FOR
STREET REGRADING
Dan Carey, the park manager, said
today that no more shade trees would
be cut down on account of the changing
of grades on streets.
When Peachtree and Baker streets
were regraded the trees were cut, while
the property owners protested vainly.
Mr. Carey said the trees would be
spared when work was begun on Ivy
street and Georgia avenue, no matter
if the men in charge of the street work
did think it an impractical idea.
He said the trees could be lowered
where the grade was lowered and the
lower limbs pruned where there were
tills. He said this nolley would be
maintained on all residence streets.
< >n account of the poverty of the eltx.
the park department was about to dis
continue its forestry service The
Southt'rn Bell T'dephon*' ''niiiiuinv
came to tin r« -■ tn and during the next
month the p.ij roll of the q< .
partmeiit will I>l met bj t tits cmnpir it) .
at daybreak, and is run with the
least noise of any train I ever saw
—pays no attention to crossing
blows, and seldom to station boards.
This necessitates for a passenger
to stand out and listen with the
cleverness of a flee, for sometimes
It Is late and we have to take the
cold and rain, while if they would
blow the whistle at the crossing we
could stay in the house by the fire
till they were in safe distance.
Please give this some attention,
and oblige quite a number of the
road’s patrons. Very truly,
H. T. CHEWNING.
Scottdale, Ga., Dec. 7,
"Whatever may be the merits of this
case.” said Chairman Murphey Can
dler, discussing the petition today, “it
surely looks wrong to have the citizens
of Scottdale standing out in the rain,
and the sleet, and the .snow, particular
ly endeavoring at the time to imitate
‘flee,’ which, I suppose, is some sort of
dog, in point of cleverness.
"If the train put on to replace the
’shoo-fly’ Isn't the sort of ‘shoo-shoo’
the citizens of Scottdale like, why—
well, we may have to look into this
matter."
PASTORS AND WOMAN
SUFFRAGETTES TURN
MEETING INTO RIOTS
LONDON, Dec. 7.—Fierce fighting in
which the authorities had their hands
full and in which male as well as fe
male suffragettes took a leading part,
characterized a home rule demonstra
tion at Dalston today, at which John
Redmond made a speech. Redmond was
hailed from the instant he arrived by
volleys of hisses and catcalls from the
suffragettes, among whose number were
many clergymen.
Redmond stood calmly awaiting the
demonstration to die down, but instead
It rose to a tumult. Officers in the as
semblage attempted to quell the out
burst. and, failing in this, attempted to
force the disturbers from the. hall. This
was the signal for a fierce outburst of
rioting, in which men. women and offi
cials all mixed together In an immense
jumble. For fifteen minutes the riot
continued before the clawing, biting.
teaming mass of women, clergymen
mid othci humHiiit.v wet <■ finally throw n
into the -treet. Then Redmond made
bls speech.
“HOMtl
IPITIOH |
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE
mills niH’
public cm
FOB STREET
REFORMS ■
Dissatisfaction With Condi4g
tions Throughout the City
Again at Acute Stage.
MAYOR INSPECTS MIRY
THOROUGHFARES IN AUTO
County Commission Says It Isfl
Disgusted With Municipal
Construction Methods.
Widespread public dissatisfaction ■
with the terrible condition of Atlanta’s®
streets has again reached an acute®
stage, pn account of the recent rains, 9
and city and county officials were I
stunned tocay- at the public indignation. H
In response to bitter protests from I
citizens in Marietta street, who declared 9
that business on that street had been a
paralyzed for a year on account of the I
street work. May or Winn and Chief of a
Construction Clayton made an inspec- I
lion of the street. I
Between Tabernacle place and Jone’ I
avenue the street and sidewalks are I
impassable front mud. The paving work ®
Is held up because the trolley car com- 1
pany has not adjusted its tracks.
Power Company
Promises to Act.
Mayor Winn -aid that the Georgia
Railway and Power Company had
promised to begin this work Monday or
Tuesday, and that after that date the
paving work should proceed rapidly.
Mayor Winn went out to North Boule
vard, where the citizens have complain
ed that aji Inferior quality of asphalt
is being put down.
He then visited Highland avenue,
where there is much dissatisfaction
with the slow progress of the work of
repaving.
He found traveling around the city
very slow because of the rough, muddy
streets he had to traverse. He was in
one of the construction department’s
automobiles.
Members of the county commia=>ion
declared themselves disgusted with the
unbusinesslike methods of the city
construction department at the regular
meeting today.
Committee Calls
On the Mayor.
Following an Indignation meeting of
the merchants and property owners on
Marietta street, a committee called on
Mayor Vi inn today to urge that some
thing be done immediately to relieve
the citizens of the nuisance caused by'
the terrible condition of that street.
T. D. Meador, the contractor, told the
meeting that be had $5,000 worth of
material on the grounds and that he
was losing money' every day that be
was kept from proceeding with the
paving work. He said Chief of Con- ,
structfon Clayton told him that the
Georgia Railway and Power Company
was delaying the work on account of
the readjustment of its tracks and con
duits.
Dr. R. W. Weaver and F. J. Chappe
lear composed the committee that call
ed on Mayor Winn.
Planning relief from the congested
traffic on Peachtree street, the West
Peachtree Improvement club met last
night at the Piedmont hotel and adopt
ed a petition which will be submitted to
the new council urging that the West
Peachtree street grade be raised and
a smooth pavement put down.
The petition for this work will be
signed by' several hundred citizens and
property owners.
County Board
Disgusted With City.
At the meeting last night Judge Spen
cer Atkinson was made permanent
chairman of the club and Dr. William
Owens, secretary. Among those who
spoke of the great need of this im
provement were Dr. J. C. Peck, W. R.
Coleman, Louis Gholstin, Harry L.
Schlesinger and Dr. W. C. Hardin.
County commissioners, members of
the public works committee, went on
record today as disgusted with the
city’s method of handling street paving.
The commissioners' disapproval of
the city’s delays came when Council
man Greer appeared before the com
mittee and asked that the county put
Ashby street near Simpson street in
passable condition. It seems that a
bridge was removed from this point and
the city and the street car company
have failed to put the street in shape
“The attitude of the city is very dis
couraging to this board, Mr. Greer,"
said Chairman Anderson. "Time and
time again «■’ have put down good
pavements In the city at the county’s
expense and have the street ear com
pany o the pipe company tear it up
and fail to put It down."