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the weather i Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia: ; fair and somewhat warmer today; fair tomorrow. VOL. XI. NO. 113. HOLIDAY FOR BEHMUDAAS WILSONS LEAVE President-Elect and Family; Bring Vacation to End After Delightful Rest. TEAL WORK AHEAD ON GOVERNOR'S PROGRAM Political Conferences and Prep arations for Speeches Will Occupy His Time. HAMILTON, BERMUDA, Dec. 14. T > s. parture of President-elect Wood- ~x Wilson and family for the United <• ttt-s was made the occasion for , j.-lif! iy In Hamilton. Buf-* ' going on board the steamer rnudian. upon which he will travel to N ov York, the president-elect issued ■ statement thanking the people of B. .■ .ml ', for their consideration toward iLo and riling them what a good time had hail. \i,> Wilson, .is well as the other .•>mers of hi- family, looked much nettled by the vacation. Bermudians have invited the presi- ...;, .(ct to spend his winter vacation after h. takes the presidential ehair. Governor Wilson plans to get down to strenuous work on his return to the United States, preparing several speeches he will make before his inau guration and holding numerous politi cal conferences. OXYGEN TREATMENT RELIEVES CONDITION OF WHITELAW REID LONDON, Dec. 14.—The condition of Whitelaw Reid, American ambassador at the court of St. James, was so se rious today that oxygen was adminis tered. This relieved the American dip lomat, and the physicians expect no itnmedlate crisis. The ambassador’s son, Ogden Mills Reid, has been summoned from New York. A series of inquiries are being made by prominent persons at Dor •’hester house, but none is allowed to see the patient. The foreign office bulletin issued by ■the ambassadors orders: "The American ambassador had a favorable night. IHs condition is more favorable." INQUEST BEGUN INTO DEATH OF ZION CITY WOMAN FROM BURNS CHICAGO, Dec. 14. —A inquest Into •the death of Mrs. Katherine Mole, aged 21. was begun in Zion City today by Coroner Taylor, of Libertyville. The woman’s body was exhumed when the coroner was informed that she died after having suffered from burns for more than a fortnight with out medical attendance. The death certificate was signed by Dr. Larose, the health officer at Zion City, and the body was buried. Later the coroner heard of the circumstances surrounding ihe woman’s death and ordered the body exhumed. It is the Intention, if possibly to pre fer criminal charges against Dr. Larose, the coroner says. records in bibb show DECLINE IN DIVORCES MACON, GA., Dec. 14.—Bibb supe 'ior court records show that there has b'- n a decline in the "divorce evil” in this county during the present year, "here have been 114 divorce suits tiled, 1 nd 75 have been granted, while there >ir<- more than 200 pending on the dock *■l. Some of these, however, date live i ■'•ars back. The average length of time! required to obtain a divorce in Bibb ‘ aunty is is months. Last year there was one divorce for I D’ six marriages. This year there •i divorce proceeding for every ten, arriages, showing a change in favor : happy marriages. The great majority ■i divorce suits in this county’ is filed white people. GIBSON PEIMS FICTION IN HIS PRISON CELL >SHE.\. x. y. Dec. 14.—Burton W. ‘"-"n. the lawyer accused of strang- ! K Mrs. Szabo, is writing Action in his 11 in Jail here. He has written one < 'i.'’ of several thousand words that " been purchased by a New York aldisher. He Is at wor g ret ising the sheets. The lawyer • tpeets to Zea sized sum from his firs' 1 wpt in the literary field. The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results. Gus Edwards and Pretty Songbirds in Al Fresco Show for Christmas Fund ALL "FIVE POINTS” IS A STAGE THIS AFTERNOON Is LwVJaMg ; > , p • wpPWCTW. w JF i < ffr/Mtwi v x^ z IMLtr Mraf w w Jl : iiiirr ' fjWME -1 ggiaafcSß. W ‘JaOKM • f. J -Mm loMes H&. . M, mMbK flv -" jMeigMariß -B wMla • > .a 5 v..a lilMf ’ wBMSSff Tw- • « C J ———- Her ettre the Gus Edwards girls who will cm< rttiin :;t Five Points this afternoon for, The Georgian s Christinas fund for Atlanta s poor kiddies. Some of the pretty young women will sell Georgians, mid there 11 be no use trying to dodge them. Woe be to the ‘tightwaddos” this day! THREE INCENDIARIES BLAMED FOR GREAT NAPLES HARBOR FIRE ___________ NAPLES, Dec. 14.—Neapolitan cara bineers today began searching for three incendiaries who are believed to have started the tire which swept the old section of the Neapolitan harbor yes terday, destroying or damaging about 90 ships, with loss estimated between .$500,000 and $750,019). Most of the. burned vessels were fishing boats. Giueseppe Demeo, captain of the steamer Antonienetta, told the police la had seen several strange men in a small boat make their way through the ship ping, deliberately setting it on lire. These are the men for whom search is being made. Another theory is that the lire was set by spontaneous combustion in the hold of an oil tank steamer from New York, which was being unloaded in the harbor. Two fishermen were made insane by the loss of their boats ami tried to commit suicirde by leaping into the bay. I BIG BANQUET TO MARK OPENING OF COLLEGE VALDOSTA, GA., Dec. 14.—The Chamber of Commerce will-give a ba li quet on the evening of January 2, in honor of the opening of the South Georgia Normal college in this city. The banquet will be given at the Hotel Pat i terson, and covers will be laid for sev eral hundreds uests. Invitations have been mailed to Governor Grown. < ,ox - ernor-elect Slaton. Senators Bacon and Smith, Georgia members of, congr ss members of the state legislti tui ptom- Inent educators in Georgia, and the board of trustees and faculty of the college, who will be honor guests ot the Chamber of Commerce. ARRESTED AS A ROBBER, MAN SUES FOR SIO,OOO MARION, ILL., Dec. 14.—Suit for i SIO,OOO has been filed in the city court I by Jesse 11. Bounett against the St. j Louis. Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company, alleging false per secution and imprisonment. According to Bounett’s lawyer, he was arrest* d March 15, 1912. and charged with hold ing up the station master nt Marion, 111. At the preliminary hearing he proved he was in Salem, 111., at the time the robbery was committed. WORKS 40 HOURS. BUT FAILS TO SAVE A LIFE ST’. LOUIS, Doc. 11. Tih- f-Hor:s «»f a doctor and a. trained nurse who w r in attendance I” hours failed u, - , th<* life of F'redi i ick Liin' nan, a-» w i fount! in iii< roo.n at M.i ph wood. The room v;< • tilled -,vh .■ u H< ‘i«. fevjihout i i u-jiii. - '•.iii'. I 'detectives watch PARROT FOR CLEW TO : I CAUSE OF TWO DEATHS DENVER. ' i >U>„ Dee. 14. -In the ‘ hop<- that a parrot, long the companion of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Johnson, may re -1 , . peat some please that will give a. clew ! as to the reason for the death of the i | couple, tin bird is being watched night '■ I and day by a detail of detectives. The Johnsons Were found shot to death tn a hotel room here Tuesday. I Ti ' bird was walking along the foot board of the bed, muttering to the dead bodes. The polici bellev. there may ’ haw been a quarrel before the trag edy. The* think the parrot may re* , I pern some phrase that will strengthen . th i: I iieory. GEORGIAN SHOWS MISSOURI GIRL HE CAN TAKE A DARE MACON. GA., Dre. 14.—“ if you’ll come to Missouri f » me, I’ll go with • ■ii i. M proposition made i Miss < >na Lavonia * Scott, m Middlehoro, Mo., to Otis C. . .lonrs, af’t r he had proposed to her in a i correspondence courtship. i Jones took the d irt. vein, to Mis ■ souri. brought h>'r bark to Macon, and 'they wrif married here, immediately . uj »n their .• nival, at the parsonage of Rrv. T. W. Callaway. 1 FIRE RUINS SEARCHED FOR BODY OF OIL FIRM'S HEAD PITTSBURG, Dee. 14. -Search for Colonel John Taylor, president of the Taylor Oil Company and general agent of the Eureka Pipe. Lino Company, a I subsidiary of the Standard Oil Cornpa- II ny, who has been missing since yester day’s apartment house the. was r<- . sumed .today, but il was feared his body t is in tile ruins. Colonel Tayka I- lather of Oscar D. Taylor, national commander of the Spanish-Ameriean war veterans. Sev eral of the Injured were in a serious j condition today. SENT TO SETTLE TITLE TO OKEFENOKEE ISLAND WAYCROSS, GA., Dee. 14. —Next week, in superior court, rhe suit brought by the Hubard Company for posses ; sion of liillys island, in the heart of the Okefenokee swamp, will be settled, i' Tin island contains approximately 10.- ihiii acres, heavily timbered, and is worth at least sloU,<>*>**. The Hebards claim the land by a deed secured when - me 1 , than 500.000 acres were purchased wral years .go fm their big mills at Waycross. ATLANTA, GA.. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 14. Iflk!. | Don't Forget to Toss a Coin J Into the Barrel for Atlanta’s Poor Kiddies. I 1 I • • : Don't Forget to Toss : : A Coin in the Barrel : i a- - Atlanta fathers and mothers, • • bachelors and ba-'helor maids, bur- • I • ryhig uptown for their Christmas • » shopping today, will lind an oppor- • • (unity to send gifts and happiness • . • to children not on their private • • lists if they will pause for a mo- • • merit at Five Points, Peachtree • • nd Marietta streets, and toss a • • coin into the barrel there. • • The biiirel is for the Empty • I ® Stocking Fund* and the higher • | • rises the flow of coin and currency • | . • the more Christmas joy for the • • hundreds of poor children on Th • • Georgian’s Christmas list. ■» ' ij® Gus Edwards and his company ■« • of petty gills will be at Five • i • Points with a piano, and there will » • be a long performance of outdoor • • vaudeville. Some of the girls will • • sell Georgians to passersby, and » • as the money will all go into the • I • ban el, dimes «ill b< ■■ c< pt- • ’ • able than pennies. • ■I • Don’t forget to v isit Flv< Points • • and don’t go empty-handed. • • e •••••••»••••••••••••••••«• By Left Hook Come on, you guys Be good sport.-J . • all of you. Kick in with a quarter or] 1 ’ two for the kids. You won’t miss the | ( 1 pi Ice of a white chip or a couple of smokes or more. Come on down Peachtree to Five Points and lump the pretty girls sell ing papers. Ease up and slip one of them an iron man and don’t wait for the change. If you’re girl shy. slid* ' over to the barrel and play it’s the | kitty in a no-limit game. Feed it with I a dollar bill, or* a half, or a quarter. L 1 It’s all for a good cause. What’s a quarter to any of you good . sports? There Isn’t a one of you who wouldn't slip that much of a tip to your I barber or the hail boy, or the Greek I who shines your shoes tn this before- Chrfstmas time. Dig Deep This Time. Why not hand that much to some pour kid who hasn't had a taste of real candy or a regular square meal in a ' .war? It's a cheap sport and a piker who’d make a stall In a case like this. ■* Dig, and dig deep as you can. This ii pay day, anyway . ' H doesn’t make anj difference whetiiei you’r* J.-w nr Gentile, Protes i Continued on Page Two. CONTRIBUTIONS The contributions to date follow.* W. R. Hearst $100.60 J. M, Slaton 25.00 F. J, Paxon 25.00 , R. F. Maddox 25.00 Forrest Adair 25.00 J. W. English 25.00 John E. Murphy 25.00 W. T. Gentry 25.00 i George Adair 25.00 Joel Hurt 25.00 W. H. Glenn 25.00 < E. H. Inman 25.0 C A friend 25.00 Harold S. Holmes 25.00 J. 8. Cleveland 25.00 , Mrs. J. B. Whitehead 25.00 George M. McKenzie 25.00 Scherer Lunch 10.00 John W. Grant > 10.00 Henry Durand . . 10.00 Mrs. J. M. Slaton 10.00 Mrs. E. L. Connally 10.0(1 Oscar Elsas 10.00 Charles C. Jones 10.00 Carlos Mason . . *. . 10.00 Mr. and Mrs. John F. Kiser ... 10.00 Morris Brandon IC.OO R. J. Guinn 5.00 E. P. Ansley 5.00 E. C. Peters 5.00 , M. L. Thrower 5.00 S. B. Turman 5.00 Mrs. Robert Maddox 5.00 Mrs. J. M. High 5.00 , Mrs. George McKenzie 5.00 Mrs. P. H. Alston 5.00 M. H. Wtlensky 5.00 , A friend 5.00 J. K. Ottley 5.00 J. S. Akers . . 5.00 Clifford L. Anderson 5.00 Dr. E, G. Ballenger 5.00 Chief J. L. Beavers 5.00 WOMAN LEADS AUTO BANDITS IN A DARING GEM SHOP ROBBERY < lib'AGO, D< • It. l.d by u styl ishly dressed woman, tin automobile bandits who have terrorized certain sec tions of Chicago committed their four teenth robbery within a. week last night, and today police and detectives have redoubled their efforts to catch the thleves. The band! rode up to the display window of William Mellish’.s jewelrj tore in Erst Sixty-third street, smashed the window ami took jewels valued al SI,OOO. Besides the woman the .■ won- three, men in the car. 'rimy drove up to the place leisurely. The woman and two men got out. The woman and one of the men smashed the window. The other man waved a big revolver and kept back the crowd attracted by the crash. The man who rilled tin window cut Ids hand. The woman screamed and the three jumped Imo the c.y and the ehaufl'-ui diu'. ■ .• ' iy at top -peed. Marion Jackson 5.00 A friend 5.00 Dr. George Brown 5.00 J. P. Alien 5.00 Robert L. Cooney 5.00 Marion Cobb Bryan and Florence Jackson Bryan, Jr 5.00 Reuben R. Arnold 5.00 Charles J. Haden 5.00 Darnel W. Rountree 5.00 J. K. Orr 5.00 Charles C. Thorn 5.00 W. E. Chapin 5.00 C. E. Sciple 5.00 Spencer Wallace Boyd 5.00 J. B. Hockaday 5.00 James G. Woodward 5.00 Thomas C. Biggs (Velie Motor Company) ... 5.00 Charles A. Smith 5.00 George S. Obear 5.00 Shelby Smith 2.50 Eugen? R. Black 2.00 Dr. T. B. Hinman 2.00 Olive and Frances Marion 2.00 Anonymous 2.00 A friend 2.00 Mrs. Bolling Jones 1.00 H. H. Cabamss 1.00 Mrs. A. E. Thornton 1.00 A Friend . I.OC Miss Lucile LaHatte 1.00 Mary S. Connally 1.00 Margaret Massengale 1.00 A Friend 1.00 Ormond Massengale 1.00 St. Elmo Massengale, Jr 1.00 Judge Broyles 1.00 Merryman Cross .25 Total $804.7> D. N. McCullough, box Indian River or anges. Bell Bros., barrel of apples. 5 TOTS ASPHYXIATED PLAYING SANTA CLAUS; PULMOTOR SAVES TWO CHICAGO, Dec. 14.—The coroner to dit began an investigation Into the death of tiiree children asphyxiated while playing Santa Claus. Mrs. Margaret Ustich left her five children to go to her work. Three quarters of an hour later she returned. The children were unconscious. The pulmotoi*~rescued two of them. The dead children are ten months, three years and five years old. WIFE STABBER ARRESTED. ! SAVANNAH, GA.. Dee. 11.—Ed Neid lingen. wanted for stabbing his wife. Mrs. Bessie Neidlingen, was arrested wldle using tin telephone tn a grocery stori on tie outskirts of the city. The wif< stabber showed tight while the tel •■p mm- w..s being Used to notify police headquarters of his arrest. IX® 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE p £or« c 1 0,000 VIEW CORPSE OF SLAYER CLAY Throngs of Curious File Past * Body as It Lies on Slab in Undertaker’s Chapel. ( TO BE BURIED IN OBSCURE CORNER OF WESTVIEW Father of Slain Wife Denies Pastors’ Pleas That Tragedy Victims Rest Together. Lying on a slab In an undertaking establishment in South Pryor street to day is the body of Robert L. Clay, wife slayer, who was hangreq yesterday in the Fulton Tower. It has lain there since it was cut down from the gal lows, and since that hour there has been an almost unbroken line of people r>assing tn and out of the mortuary chapel to gaze curiously upon the corpse of a man hanged by' the law. P. J. Bloomfield, the funeral director in charge, said today he believed 10,(100 persons had viewed the body In his chapel. They began coming shortly after the execution, and not until late in the night was the long line broken. They began again early today, and they’ will keep on until the hour of the funeral, tomorrow afternoon. Grave To Be in I Isolated Spot. Clay had been but an ordtnai-y work -1 Ing man in life; in death he became I the center of notoriety. The most dis tinguished citizen in Atlanta, dead by a natural end, would not have attracted | one-tenth such a concourse to his bier. Not a governor nor a senator whose body has lain In state in the capitol corridor has drawn such an outpouring of the public to gaze upon a corpse. The body’ of Robert Clay win be buried tomorrow afternoon In a single grave in Westview cemetery, purchased privately yesterday, and in a spot iso lated from the main avenues of the city of the dead. Clay's last words on earth were a plea that he might be buried beside the wife he had slain. But the father of the murdered wom an had been Inflexible In hia refusal to grant this boon. Her body lies in Marvin cemetery, a country burial ground, far out from the city. That of her husband will rest alone In ths out skirts of Westview. Pastors Promised ? t To Plead for Him. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o’clock tomorrow qjftemoon in the mortuary chapel, 84 South Pryor street, by Rev. B. F. Fraser, of St. Paul Meth odist church, and Rev. Hugh Wallace, of the Jones Avenue Baptist church, who, with Rev. Chauncey Foote, a Bap tist city missionary, were on the scaf fold with the condemned man. Clay had turned to them just before he step ped on the trap, and had kissed them on the lips, as he kissed Sheriff Mangum and Deputy Wiley Roberts. Mr. Fraser and Mr. Wallace promised Clay they would make every effort to persuade bls wife’s relatives to permit him to be burled by her side in Marvin church yard, and they kept their prom ise by calling yesterday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Hughes, the murdered woman’s parents, at 218 Berean avenue. They found that Mrs. Hughes ha<! spent the hours before Clay's execution on her knees In her room, praying ear nestly that the soul of the man who had killed her daughter might be saved Sheriff Mangum Unnerve dby Ordeal. The mother consented readily to per. mitting Clay’s body to rest beside his wife’s, but the old father, though he declared he had frogiven his son-in law, would not waver In his refusal. At last the two ministers abandoned their pleadings and returried to their homes. Sheriff Wheeler Mangum showed to day the effects of the strain he had un dergone yesterday In sending Clay to his death. It developed today that the sheriff had been peculiarly affected in the execution of the onlv two white rnen he has hanged, in that both of them hail been his former employees and personal acquaintances. George Burge, twanged for slaying his wife and child a year or more ago. and Robert Clay, executed yesterday, had been switchmen for the Western and Atlan tic railway when Mr. Mangum was yardtnaster, and he knew both well. Wheeler Mangum was famous sot leading religious meetings and song services among the yar detnployees. and Clay reminded him yesterday of these Sunday meetings among the freigh curs.