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the weather Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia; Fsir today: local rains tonight or to narrow. VOL. XI. NO. 116. PEACE MEET OPENS WITH CLfISH OF ENVOYS | Turks Start Proceedings by De- i manding Greek Delegates Be Barred From Conference. WILL NOT SIT WITH THEM WHILE WAR CONTINUES - Session Comes to End Without Progress- Allies Renew Their Pledge to Stand Together. ! LONDON, Dec, 17. —A serious dead lo. ~ ev,doped at the very beginning of ,-gotiations in the Turko-Balkan conference today when the Turk h-gates served positive notice that k Greeks would have to withdraw deliberations because "Greece , still at war witli Turkey.” Aft.-r a three hours session in the art i aider; of the St. James palace, the enferenee adjourned without anything j , ins been accomplished. Although the meeting was adjourned umi tomorrow, it is understood that there will not be another session until Thursday. if. Turkish envoys were in deep onv-i -ation among themselves as they ■ft the palace, and it was rumored that hitch had occurred which made it accessary for tiie delegates to commu ne ate with their home governments be ■ire assembling again. No Demand Made To Give Up Adrianople. Dr. S Daneff, head of the Bulgarian ■ rr. sentatives, said that the allies’ de h nu that Turkey surrender- Adrianople had not been presented. ‘Only general matters in reference to peace protocol were discussed,” •aid Dr. Daneff. I ■mediately after the meeting was ■ i led to order. Osman Mizami Pasha, chief ut the Turkish envoys, entered a ■rote.st against the presence of Pre- Venizelos, of Greece, and the other ir.ek representatives on the ground Greece is still at war against Tur- T . Turkish delegate alluded to • stenlay’s dispatches telling of a na il engagement between Greek and 'n kish ships off the coast of Asia Mi nor and declared that “it was a farce” for two nations at war to come to terms. I'inally Osman Nizami Pasha said his olleagues must refuse to sit longer ii th. Balkan delegates unless or •■ri i, to do so by the Porte. They were ailed upon to sit pending further ’nstruetions from Constantinople, and regular business of the session was Turks Keep Up Protest, Causing Adjournment. After a conference of barely three i * the session was adjourned until oni row because of the persistent i ■ is of the Turks against the pres et' the Greek delegates. The Turks I l ’ interrupting the proceedings at ■egular intervals to present arguments hy the Greeks should retire. ""'or to the assembling of the dele - !, " i at 11 o'clock the envoys of Bul garia Servia, Greece and Montenegro conference at which their pledges " stand together unitedly were re newed. further details of the drastic pro -i i m of demands which the allies are f"mg up t<> Turkey were learned to ■ causing a widespread feeling of ''ouht over the success of the present ling. Their demands include the '' nation of all Europe by the Porte tar east as the Chatalja lines, which -'■' miles from Constantinople, and payment of heavy indemnity, is persistent in her demands for 1 rurkish islands in the Aegean including Crete, which Greece has 1' ambitious to annex and nattonal lz'' for many years. Crowds Again Cheer Delegates. 1 til. delegates rode to St. James pal m automobiles and were wildly by a great crowd as they en- ( *’ ,i the Quadrangle. The British gov ‘'' '*” bad placed an honorary guard '■'ildiers m the disposal of the dele arid a cordon of police assisted ,'V back the onlookers. ' ■ the peace conference was get r under way In the art gallery of St. “s palace, preparations were being al rhi foreign office for- the am- i r "-'dorial conference. The council ■it the office was placed at the t . > ''' il of the ambassadors of the for s,.oi |,ll " Pri * in London to discuss and e among themselves issues arisln.r fiom the Balkan war. The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results. New City Directory Is I ‘Menagerie* of Names: . Foxes and Birds Galore Smith’s Winner Over Jones. 1,311 to 950—Estimated Atlanta Has 217,000 Persons. A veritable ‘ menagerie” of names is contained in the new city directory, published by the Atlanta City Directory j j Cotppany, Joseph W. Hill, president. There are 35 Foxes. 10 Wolfs, 20 | Birds. 4 Parrotts, 15 Hawks, 4 Bears. 3 I Fish, io Wrens. 4 Partridges and 1 | Sparrow. Also there are 2 William j Bryans, 6 George Washingtons. 3 Jack | Johnsons, 2 William Penns, 1 Thomas ) Jefferson. 1 William Shakespeare and | 46 W. Wilsons. , The annual competition between the i Joneses and the Smiths finds the latter I winners by a score of 1.311 to 950. The I Smiths refused to be dislodged at the final count last year, but there was plenty of Jones money in sight this sea son. and now the Smiths are collecting Christmas money, hats and other good things. The directory is the thirty-seventh of I a series, and contains 54 per cent of I changes: It gives Atlanta 217.000 per sons in the territory served by street ! car lines. According to Mr. Hill, the book contains two-fifths more informa | tion per person than any directory pub ' llshed in any city of 100.000 population or over. The first directory was issued in 1876, when Atlanta had a population of 17,- 561. The now one is in a buff cover, as distinguished from the red cover of last year and the olive brown of the year before. MATRONS WHO WORKED FOR KANSAS SUFFRAGE DODGE DUTY AS JURORS INDEPENDENCE. KANS., Dec. 17. Women of Independence, who worked valiantly to secure an equal suffrage amendment for Kansas and won, are backing down when called upon to ex ercise the duties of their newly acquired citizenship. Society matrons, among them wives of millionaires, who were subpenaed as jurors to try “Jim” Blue, charged with shooting through the win dow of an interurban car. are “out” when attempts are made to summon them for service. I Their evident reluctance to respond I to calls for jury service brought an an | nouncement by Jus.tice Clark that he “intended to have a woman jury in every case in his court where the tes timony is not likely to be of an em barrassing nature.” He said women had more time for jury duty than men. Deputy Sheriff Edward Wadman re ported he had found it virtually impos sible to serve subpenas upon half of twelve prominent women summoned. In many cases he said he was met at the door by a butler or maid with the information that the mistress was “out of town.” while at the same time he could see “the absentee at an upstairs window laughing at him.” On his way to his office this morn ing Justice Clark saw one of the wom en on the street. An hour later he re ceived a telephone message that she was “out of town” and could not serve. He replied that “she had better be in town tomorrow.” COURT RULES AS TO WHEN MAN SHOULD GET OWN BREAKFAST MILWAUKEE. WIS.. Dee. 17.—T0 put a stop to the flood of protests being received from irate husbands. Munici pal Judge Nolen gave seven conditions under which a man should get his own breakfast. Here are the condition 1 1. If his wife is sick, 2. When the babies are sick. (x> 3. When his wife has a hard day's ironing ahead. 4. If it’s wash day. txxi 5. Touring house cleaning. 6. Once a month for the fun of the thing. 7. Daily during the first three months of marriage (xxx) (x) Dogs don't count. (xx) Presence of a washerwoman lets hubby out. (xxx) Remarried widows can't take advantage of this rule. The court recently sentenced a man to get his own breakfast for a year be cause his wife said she didn’t get any pleasure out of life and she would rather sleep late in the morning than own a brewery. KING WILL ATTEND MEMORIAL SERVICE TO WHITELAW REID LONDON. Dec. 17. —Unless affairs of state prevent, King George will attend the memorial service to Whitelaw Reid, late United States ambassador to the court of St. James, on Friday, in West minster Abbey, it was learned today. This information came from a source close to Ix»rd Knollys, private secretary to the king. The American society, of London, held a meeting at the Savoy today, and drew up fitting resolutions of regret for the passing of the distinguished American diplomat. Messages of sympathy continued to pour into Dorchester house. Mrs. Reid, who was prostrated at her husband's death, had somewhat recovered today, although she is still unable to re ceive callers. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17. 1912. GITY SPENDS 516.000 ID \ PROTECT WATER Purchase of Insanitary Land Bordering Reservoir Is Au thorized by the Council. DIRT AND STREETS ACTS GO OVER UNTIL MONDAY McClelland Leads a Move to I Oust M. B. Young From the Park Board. Officials of the city water depart -ment are busy today obtaining options on the property around the reservoirs which the health officers have con demned as insanitary. They expect to purchase this land and begin the devel opment of a beautiful park around the reservoirs by the first of the year. Yesterday afternoon the lower branch of council authorized the expenditure of the *16,000 of premium bond money for the purchase of the private prop erty which borders the city pumping station. The resolution was introduced by Councilman Claude C. Mason. He said it was necessary for the city to pur chase the property in order to remove the surface closets from it and protect the water shed as it should be. Water Board Expected To Approve Purchase. It is expected that the water board will approve the resolution as soon as it meets, a week from Thursday. The meeting of council yesterday afternoon was interesting, not because of what was done, but because of whai was planned to be done. The meeting ■ adjourned until next Monday afternoon, when the more important matters will be considered. Aiderman John E McClelland de clared that Councilman Aldine Cham bers and others were using unfair tac tics when they moved to adjourn coun cil after a four hours' session without allowing him to introduce an anti-dirt ordinance. He said that he and Coun cilman Hall would present the ordi nance Monday. Would Declare Park Commissioner Out of Job. Alderman McClelland also had pre pared an ordinance to declare the office of park commissioner from the Ninth ward vacant because M. B. Young had violated a section of the code by failing to attend two consecutive regular meetings without an excuse. When a board member fails to attend two such meetings, the charter provides that he automatically vacates his office and is ineligible to succeed himself. But this ordinance, too, was held over until next Monday. Commissioner M. B. Young was a bitter opponent of James G. Woodward for mayor, and friends of Mr. Wood ward have announced that they will get his scalp. The repoi t of Councilman Charles W. Smith's special committee on the re organization of the construction de partment also was held over. This re port. if adopted, will give council the right to approve all appointments in the department. Salary Increases Are Recommended. The salary committee made a num ber of recommendations for increases, action on which was postponed until next Monday. The committee recommends that the salary of the assistant city attorney, W. D. Ellis, Jr., be Increased from *2,400 to $2,700. It recommends that the salaries of the tax assessors be Increased from $3,000 to $3,300. These offices are held by J. L. Hat rison, C. D. Meador and John Malone. It recommends that the salary of the city health officer, Dr, J. P. Kennedy, be increased from *3,000 to $3,300. It recommends that the two city phy sicians, Dr. J. G. Wilkins and Dr. J. G. Hall, be increased from SI,BOO to *2.000. i Moves for Turner Increase Blocked. It recommends that the salary of Su perintendent Lanford, of the city stock ade, be increased from *I,BOO to $2,100. It disapproved the resolution of Councilman Aldine Chambers to in crease the salary of City Electrician R. C. Turner from SI,BOO to $2,400 a year, giving the reason that City At torney Mayson had ruled that no salary could be increased after the election of an official. The committee recommended no de creases and was rather apologetic! that its authority was not sufficient to make further recommendations for increases. The chairman of the committee is' D. J. Baker. ' / "■ Poor Kiddies’ Appeals Touch Even Christmas Editor SANTA BARES'DIRE POVERTY I, • > THEIR Santa Claus * } i 1 UtA > v ALT* aj ■ WvC Qi. 'ol 'MI lase .. - JmOKfVx \ m.rU ■ iViXHL - w»ir- ■ 42 1 Ln BA • ivji .• 3 • i • \'l £ * ' I® 1 ® L. \ ■'mm m . apw*’ \ w s ■ " nw/ r 1 mv/ •• ‘W \ NV 'g; xWA . OOk / KJi V t No’ •’ > F. njl! w \ *s xA ( ex l "" w 7k *777/ ”—tnKif x - *. '-- J®. *—. r Many Unfortunate Urchins in Need of Clothing and Shoes as Well as Toys. By Evelyn W ren The Christmas Editor opened a queer missive in his stack of mail today. The envelope was worn and soiled and ad dressed in a penciled scrawl, but a dollar bill dropped out of it. with this little note: Dear Friend: 1 was saving this money her uncle give her for my little Annie's Christmas present. She wanted a doll buggy. But An nie died last week and I know she’d like to have her dollar go for Some other little girl's Christmas. Please buy a doll buggy for a baby four years old. Your friend. The Christmas editor copied the ad dress and folded the letter carefully and put it in his inside pocket, with a handful of other treasures which keep his coat always bulging. Then he tossed the dollar bill to me. “Go out and buy that doll carriage— now,” he said. "And please see that it goes to a little girl just as near this Anniws age as you can find. One of Many Touching Appeals. Then he made amends for his lapse into emotion by raking the office boy over the coals, turning down a book agent with unnecessary abruptness and plunging into a bunch of work. And that’s only one of the touching letters he has received since the Empty Stock ing Fund was opened. But none of these missives has been a begging letter. The Georgian has a long list of homes where there would be no gifts were it not for the Empty Stocking Fund, but none of this infor mation came from children or parents. The Associated Charities, working in Its usual course, lias made note of home after home where even the neces sities of life are lacking and where there could not possibly be money spent on toys. The Clfarities has all it can do In relieving actual distress and help ing the grown-ups get on their feet again, but It was glad to work with The Georgian in showing where a visit from Santa Claus would most be ac ceptable. List of Deserving. And The Georgian knows that its list is honest and deserving; that not a gift will be sent where it will not be appre ciated and maks some child happy. There will be no brass band or parade with the distribution of the Empty ' Stocking Fund. Those who fear that .... Continued on Page Two, •••••••••••eeeeeeeaeeeess* • Wife of Governor • : Lauds Spirit of Fund: • - • • Christmas Stocking Editor. • • The Atlanta Georgian. • • Dear Sir —Your Empty Stock- • • ing Fund should appeal to even • • lover of children. Every one who • • is able to do so should deem it a • • privilege to aid in making happy • • the little ones whose parents have • • not the means to prove that "San- • • ta Claus" has remembered them. • • Please let me add $lO to the • • above fund. Hoping your fund • • will grow to be a very largi • • one, Very sincerely, • • MRS. JOS. M BROWN • • De< 14, 1912. • ' • • DOCTORS SAVE LIFE OF TETANUS VICTIM MILWAUKEE, Dee. 17.—An injec tion of 23.000 units of imtitetanus serum, the largest ever administered, has saved the life of Joseph Karpis, a nine-year old Polish boy, at the Emergency hos pital here, according to the belief of physicians. The lad had developed a virulent case of lockjaw, and hope of saving him was slight The boy injured a knee in a fail on November 29. Lockjaw set in. His jaws were tightly set. and 15 grains of magnesium sulphate tailed to relieve! the rigid muscles. GETS DIVORCE TO WED HER OLD SWEETHEART KANSAS CITY. Dec. 17.—Mrs. Sarah Belle Herrington, 65 years old. obtained a divorce in Judge Klover’s court from Nathaniel Herrington, an old soldier, now In the home at Leavenworth, and a few hours later was married to John Bowen, of Reliance, 111. The marriage, which took place at Olathe last night, was a chapter in a romance which began 50 years ago near Reliance. The girl wanted to marry young Bowen, but file parents of both objected. SIOO,OOO STREET GRAFT REPORT EXCITES CUBA HAVANA. Dee. 17.—Sensational re ports that frauds amounting to over SIOO,OOO had been found in the Cuban department of public works were cir culated here today. These frauds, it was said, weie in relation to street paving and sewer laying contracts hen STATE IN CHARGE OF COSMOPOLITAN LIFE COMPANY’S AFFAIRS The affairs of the Cosmopolitan Life In surance Company now are in the hands of the staet insurance commission. At the meeting of the special committee of stock holders of the company late yesterday this action was agreed upon. The com mittee will cooperate with the insurance commission in reorganizing the firm, at the same time having active charge of business now running, tl will meet again December 30 Officers of the company who handed in their resignations were: General Clifford L. Anderson, president; E. M. Yow, vice president; Dr. W. P. Nicholson, medical examiner Joseph Hirsch, treasurer; J. S. Hollingshead, secretary; W. L. Pome roy. assistant treasurer, and E. M. Hafer, actuary. These places probablj’ will be tilled by General William A. Wright, state insur ance commissioner. CHICAGO WOMEN FACE LOSS ON EGGS BOUGHT IN WAR ON HIGH PRICE CHICAGO, Dec 17.—Chicago club wom en who purchased ten carloads of eggs and advertised that they would t»e sold Friday for 24 cents per dozen are facing a loss, say commission men today. The warm weather and the absence of snow has brought in a great quantity of eggs ami the price is steadily declining. 'Die eggs which the club women purchased ai 20**. cants a dozen were quoted to deal ers yesterday at IS and IS4; cents GIRL OF 11 IS AWARDED VERDICT FOR $10,000.00 ST. LOUIS, Dec. 17.—1 n returning a SIO,OOO verdict, a jury in Judge Mc- Quillin's court decided in favor of an 11-year-old child and against a lift Insurance company. Violet Reitz is the girl who is to receive SIO,OOO, according to the jury’s verdict. Violet sued for payment of a policy, which her father, Adam .1. Reitz, held when he died a year ago. Shortly be fore taking out this policy, the father was injured on the head while swim ming. When he took out the policy, Reitz told tlie company the injury was of no consequence. After his death the company claimed that his death was due to concussion of the brain as the result of the injury. NEW YORK NO PLACE FOR CHILDREN, JUDGE HOLDS WHITE PLAINS, N. Y„ Dec. 17 "New Yoi k city is no place for chil dren," said Justice Morschauser. In de clining to permit the two sons of Mrs. i Katherine Johns to live with their mother. She is suing for divorce. EXTRA 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE |W. R. HEARST i FELLS OF OIL j LETTERS ON THE STAND Unpublished Documents Givein by Him to the Clapp Inves tigating Committee. ARCHBOLD MADE $50,000 LOAN TO SEN. FORAKER More Interesting ence Between Standard Head and Officials Revealed. WASHINGTON. Dec 17— Tim thirrC) I session of the Clapp committee invest!-.4 | gating source of campaign funds fori the past twelve years, convened today.| The entire committee was present. I William Randolph Hearst, the firs6| witness, gave his occupation as “jour-t nalist and publisher ” By Senator Clapp: Q. A'ou are owner of Hearst’s Maea» zine? A. I am. Q. During the past year there have; been published in this magazine al number of letters purporting to hava! passed between John D. Archbold, of 1 the Standard OIL and several men ls» public life. Do you know of these let-' ters? A. 1 do. Q. Have you any other letters? A. I have a few. Hearst denied that he had the origi-i nals of the Archbold letters published , In Hearst’s Magazine. : Photos and Letters Given to Committee. Senator Clapp then asked the wit ness to produce thf documents. Hearst handed over a number of photos and letters. Q. Do you not possess the original letters? A. No. I do not Q. Under whose direction were thes* photos taken? A. Ido not know. They came to me In their present form. Q. When did you get them? A. In September, 1908. <4 Do you know where the originals are ? A. No. The letters concerning which Heatstt was questioned were those published.' in Hearst's Magazine, showing that: John D. Archbold, of tlfe Standard Oil Company, had intimate correspondence* with men in public life, had paid them money and was In a position to deman 1 favors of them. Former Representative Charles H. drosVenor, former Senator Foraker of Ohio, former Representative Sibley o| Pennsylvania. Senator Penrose of Penn sylvania. and others were implicated by these letters. Archbold, when call-e •‘<l to testify at the last hearing, admit ted that he had written virtually all ol the letters accredited to him. Willing To Give All Essential Information. G. From whom did you get the pho-s tographic copies? A. Senator. I am willing to testify i<> all that may lie essential to the knowl edge of this committee. Do you thinH this knowledge is also essential? Senator Clapp said that he did s<* considei the evidence essential, alsm that thi committee could subpena the m.-pi who had actually seen the let ters. The witnes then asked: “Have not most of the letters beent Identified either by their writers OS their recipients?" ' Some of them have, but not all ol them," replied Senator Clapp. “Whatever the committee desires,'’ answered Mr. Hearst, -‘but I do not care to testify merely to gratify the curios ity of Mr. Archbold.” Senator Pomerene said that he con sidered it very important that the wit ness state where lie got the letters, and the majority of the committee agreed with him. A. 1 obtained tin- letters from the author of the Hist four articles of the series, Mr. John L. Eddy, now residing hi London. Q. Do you know of whom he obtained the originals? A. No. y. Did he ever tell you w here he ob- ' tallied the originals? A. No. Q. Do you know who made the pho tographic copies? Unpublished Oil ' Letters Are Read. A. No. Mr. Hearst then presented to th< committee a number of other letter . which have not yet been published. Chairman Clapp, on receiving photo graphs of letters hitherto unpublisUee