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THE WEATHER
Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia:
I Fair today and tomorrow.
VOL. XL NO. 118.
MONEY KING
QUIZZED ON |
STAND BY
PROBERS
j. p. Morgan Enters Second
Day’s Grill Before Financial
Trust Investigators.
SIOO.CCO.OOO DEPOSITS
IN HIS ONE INSTITUTION
Its Activities Without Scope of
Federal Jurisdiction, Gov
ernment Claims.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—Morgan in
his late testimony said he dictated the
make-up of the directorate of the steel
ti ust.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. —When J.
pi, pout Morgan took the stand befoe
house money trust investigating
omittee at 10:30 o’clock this inorn-
Samuel Untermeyer, the commit
- counsel, to question him
■ b.mt the total deposits of the firm of
.1 p. Morgan & Co. Untermeyer a1.,-i,iy
~-i,iy had developed that interstate cor-
■ rations carried deposits in Morgan’s
■ k totalling nearly $100,000,000. The
u pose was to show that this private
stltution had great sums on deposit
it were entirely outside the scope of
i itlonal supervision and largely be
vond the power of legislation by the
New York state authorities.
By Mr. Untermeyer: Can you give
the committee the total deposits in
your hands on November 1?
A. I haven't It here.
Q. You have told of $81,000,000 of
interstate corporation deposits, how
much more is there?
A. Oh. about $20,000,000; about SIOO,-
000.000 in all.
Morgan said members of his flrm
:e ditectors in some of the inte--
stati corporations that had such de
posits and that he thought he had fur
nished a list of the names.
Agrees To Furnish
Figures Asked For.
Untermeyer said he had not received
hi- list and the Wall Street magnate
greed to furnish it.
Morgan also agreed to present the
'.guns of the deposits of the Morgan,
x I A. Co. firm, of Philadelphia. He
that this class of deposits in his
’ c and London branches were in
initesinial.
Mr. i'nti rmeyer reverted to the "fls
i ag nt agreements” between the wit
' firm and a number of other big
■>i pm ations.
■Morgan said that he already had ob
m data on these and stepped up to
h- committee table and presented
■ !■• m.
Mo.-1 of them were of a verbal na-
The written ones were with the
• v York Central and the Steel Trust,
ritcrmeyer then read into the rec-
-a i< solution of the New York Cen-
1 giving Director J. P. Morgan full
i- f New York Central securi
ties
COAu BEDS DOOMED IN
60 YEARS. SAYS EXPERT
l iSBURG. Dec. 19.—John W. Bol
;i noted coal expert, declares that
i' P'ltshurg coal beds will be exhausted
' or sixty years.
PROMOTING RAILROAD LINE.
GA., Dec. 19. —T. H. Persons,
•'.ilbotton, president of the new Tal
"U railroad, is in Macon, soliciting
subscriptions from Macon investors,
“ i >• hop*- that sufficient money can be
'-alizr-.l t<> complete an extension to this
: Send Your Old Toys :
: To the Poor Kiddies •
‘ x that your Christmas? shop- •
• ng has filled your hiding places •
• i'h brand new toys for your lit- •
• e folks, why not gather up the •
i year’s dolls and wigons and •
• 'Hiding blocks the children have •
• si-arded and send them to The •
• -• orglati for other children not so •
• ' unate as yours? •
Sutely there are toys scattered •
• bout your nursery which would •
as good as new to some little •
or girl in Atlanta. The Christ- •
'a Editor will sec that they go •
In i they will be appreciated. •
l.ook over your home and see •
'hat you have. Don’t send toys •
■ broken that they are useless. •
hoose those which are “good as •
' e ' A for practical purposes, even •
of the paint is off. •
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The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit--GEORGIAN WANT ADS-Use For Results
Shock Kills Mother I
When Told Daughter, I
Aged U,Had Eloped;
Stroke of Apoplexy Follows News
That Child Had Run Away
and Married.
COLUMBUS. GA., Dec. 19.—Mrs.
j Elizabeth Elliott lies dead at her home
| in this city as a result of a stroke of
| apoplexy induced by a shock she re
' celved when she was informed that her
> fourteen-year-old daughter, Mary
■ Frances. had eloped and married A. M.
I Davis, bookkeeper for the Acme Steam
I laundry in this city.
Mrs. Elliott had no objection to the
; young man, but had serious objection
to her fourteen-year-old daughter mar
-1 tying and it was this objection that
caused the couple to leave home to
have the ceremony performed. They
tvent to the home of a friend to spend
■the night, but were called to the bed
side of the dying mother of the run
away bride.
The funeral of Mrs. Elliott takes
place tomorrow in Chattahoochee coun
ty at Harmony church.
FORREST ADAIR IS
RE-ELECTED HEAD
OF LOCAL SHRINERS
Forrest Adair was elected Illustrious
■ potentate of Yaarab temple, Mystic
1 Shrine, last night for his twelfth term
of service in that capacity. He will suc
i ceed J. A Hynds as chief officer of the
• temple. Sir.ce the organization of
I Yaarab temple in 1889 there have been
but three illustrious potentates.
Mr. Adair also was chosen as one of
’ the four representatives of the imperial
council, to act with Past Illustrious
’ Potentates J. A. Hynds, Claude E,
Hutcheson, of Jonesboro, and W. A.
Foster.
Other officers elected last night were:
Ed M. Hafer, illustrious chief rabban;
David E. Ashby, assistant rabban; J.
’ Lee Duncan, illlustrious high priest and
’ prophet: John C. Joiner, re-elected
illustrious oriental guide; James S.
' Floyd, illustrious treasurer, and George
, E. Argard, re-elected illustrious re
corder.
SCHOOL CHILDREN
, TO CONTINUE SEAL
SALE XMAS WEEK
Atlanta, s public school children will
carry on their Red Cross seal campaign
right through the Christmas holidays.
Nevertheless, as the schools close this
week for the holidays, the teachers of all
1 the schools have been asked to make their
reports by Friday or Saturday to Mrs. J.
. Wade Conkling, who is in charge of the
. school campaign, at headquarters, eighth
floor of the Atlanta Trust building. 140
Peachtree street: telephone Ivy 804.
Mrs. Conkling has announced that if
any of the teachers will telephone, let
ting her know where to send, she will
gladly send for their reports. The schools
have taken more than $1,600 worth of the
seals, and Mrs. Conkling feels confident
• that her aim of a net SI,OOO for the
open air school fund will be more than
» realized.
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PASTOR QUITS WHEN
DEACONSDELAY TO
PAY HIM HIS SALARY
ROME, GA., Dec. 19.—Dr. 1. A. White,
’ pastor of the South Broad Street Baptist
> church, and his flock have had a "fall
l ing out,” and Dr. White has resigned as
■ their spiritual leader. He left today for
. I Attalla, Ala., to accept the pastorate
, j of a Baptist church there.
I Dr. White has been here for a year
' land lias been drawing a salary of $1,200
' per year. He was not satisfied with the
■ way his payments were made and told
I the deacons so. It is claimed that when
■ the last payment was not made promptly
he decided to relinquish his charge. Now
| the little south end congregation is look
; ing for another pastor.
|
I ARRESTED AS SLAYER
OF HIS AGED MOTHER
AND GRANDMOTHER
COLUMBIA, MO., Dec. 19.—Harry
(Lee Moore, 30 years old. is in jail today
indicted for the murder of his mother.
Mrs. Georgia Moore, 63, and his gralid-
C mother. Mrs. H. F. Wilson, 82.
• : The two women were killed with an
’ j ax. Moore said he had come home from
’ I Moberly to spend Christmas and found
| the two women dead. There were blood
j stains on his clothes. He was indicted
' i largely on the testimony of the chief
' iof police who investigated the crime.
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; i CLUBWOMEN’S WAR
•I ON EGG TRUST ONLY
ADVANCES PRICES
’ CHICAGO, Dee. 19.—0 n the ground
' that the sale of ten carloads of storage
' eggs by Chicago clubwomen tomorrow
1 will clear the market of excess stock
’land enable them to get a better mar
’ ! ket, dealers have Advanced the price
1 | half a cent.
1 ! Retailers who yesterday cut prices of
' their eggs today put them back again
1 | In the expectation of further advances
• | by file wholesalers.
- CENTENARIAN OWES HIS
|i LONG LIFE TO FISHING
’ HAMMOND, IND.. Dec. 19 -Jacob Sow
' ers, of Huntington, celebrated his hun-
• dredth birthday yesterday
i He ascribes his longevity to fishing
i For the last twenty years he has fished
• almost dalle
ATLANTA, GA,, THURSDAY; DECEMBER 19, 1912.
TURNEDTHIEF
looms
COIN. BDY
PLEADS
Oscar Bowers, Age 16, Caught i
in an Attempt to Burglarize
House, Is Penitent.
TAKEN AFTER REVOLVER
CHASE THROUGH STREETS
”” I
Lad Fined for Cutting Affray
Declares Professional Crook
Asked for Aid.
i
, Oscar Bowers, 16 years old, of 154
; Greenwich avenue, is locked up at po
i lice headquarters on a charge of at
tempting to rob a grocery store at 240
! Edgewood avenue early this morning.
1 An accomplice in the attempted rob
i bery escaped.
”1 needed a little Christmas money,
, so I attempted the job.” said Bow ers at
police headquarters. “I ought to be
kicked for trying it," he said, ‘but I
quit my job a week ago, and was hard
. up.”
I Bowers was caught in an exciting
I chase, during which several shots were
. fired by Plainclothes Otflcers Newport
and Sinead, and in which Bowers fought
■ off several street car motormen and
conductors who joined in the chase at
the Piedmont avenue car barns.
Shots Fired in
Chase After Boy.
Officers Newport and Sinead were
’ near the Edgewood avenue grocery
when they heard a window crash in
t front of a brick thrown by Bowers or
t hl? accomplice. They hurried to the
. grocery, and saw Bowers and the oth
> er man across the street.
1 The two men ran in opposite direc
tions when the officers approached,
' Bowers was chased, and several shots
, were fired at him. The shots attract
i ed other plainclothes officers and street
car men who had just left their cars at
t the barns. The latter joined in the
chase, caught Bowers, and were having
a hard tussle with him when the offi-
. cers placed him under arrest.
t Bowers, who only recently was fined
s $125 by Judge Roan, in the criminal
1 court, for an attack with a knife upon
R. J. Dunaway, a salesman for the
Vecht Plano Company, in the Temple
Court building, said he gave up a job
with the Royal Typewriter Company a
week ago and needed Christmas money.
r | Burglar Asked
■ Him for Help.
He said he was standing at the cor
ner of Broad and Marietta streets yes
terday afternoon when a man ap
proached and began talking with him.
, “The man said he was a professional
burglar from Jacksonville, Fla.,” said
■ Bowers, “and he asked me if I would
' not help him pull off a job last night.
’ "I didn't have a cent for Christmas.
' and didnt' have a job. I agreed to help
. in the robbery, and now I know 1 ought
. to be kicked for it.”
Bowers became involved in an alter
cation with Dunaway while he was in
the latter’s office, repairing a type
writer. Judge Roan, who imposed the
fine on him in that case, will hear his
case this afternoon.
’ NURSE ARRESTED FOR
KIDNAPING A GIRL
CHICAGO, Dec. 19. -Wond of the ar
rest of Mrs. Sarah L. Bickerdike, the
60-year-old nurse who kidnaped eighf
! year-old Josephine Frye from her home at
1848 West Vanßuren street, was re
' celved at jollce headquarters. The rnes
-1 sage was sent by the authorities of Pales-
I tine, Tex.
1 Mrs Bickerdike is said to have taken a
t liking to the child and when she was dis
charged by Frye, a contracting agent, she
took the child with hei.
CO-EDS NOT TO PLAY
WITH RIVAL SCHOOLS
' ITHACA, N. Y„ Dec. 19,-The young
students at Cornell will not be al
i lowed to play basket ball gjimes hence
forth with teams from other colleges be-
■ cause <»f the high physical and nervous
■ tension resulting.
The athletic council took this step upon
the recommendation of Dr. Esther Parker,
the women’s physlcan, who told the coun
cil that intercollegiate games were in
’ jurious to the players.
i
’ 1.250 TURKEYS MARCH
26 MILES TO MARKET
b SEDALIA, MO., Dec. 19. - A flock of
I 1.250 turkeys was driven into Sedalia
from the northeast part of the county and
■ Hold here by John Golden at 1644 cents a
pound. The turkeys were driven 26 miles
and traveled at the rate of 2 miles an
hour The birds averaged nearly sixteen
I pounds and brought their owner nearly
$3,200.
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REID MEMORIAL TO
EQUAL HONOR PAID
LATE KING EDWARD
LONDON. Dec. 19. —Final arrange
ments were made today for tomorrow’s
memorial service for Whitelaw Reid,
late American ambassador to the court
of St. James in Westminster Abbey.
Virtually all the honors paid to the late
King Edward upon the occasion of the
memorial services in his memory will
ibe paid to the memory’ of the late
i American diplomat. The Archbishop of
: Canterbury, the highest prelate of the
> Anglican Episcopal church, will take
■ part in the ceremonies.
The south side of the abbey choir has
I been set apart for the diplomatic corps.
The staff of the American embassy will
I occupy the mourners benches. Seats
; have also been set apart for members
! of the various American dubs in Lon-
I don and the United States cavalry’ com
; mission.
Mr. Reid's body will leave Dorches-
■ ter house at 10 o’clock Saturday morn
i ing. and will be taken to Portsmouth
by special train. At Portsmouth Brit
-1 ish naval officers will carry the casket
i on board the cruiser Natal, which will
I convey it to New Y'ork.
j Ogden Mills Reid, son of the dead
I diplomat, is expected to reach London
' at noon tomorrow, and will hurry at
| once to the side of his mother, who is
| anxiously anticipating his coming Mrs.
I Reid was much improved in health to
day. and medical ministrations are now
unnecessary.
GOLD BANDS ON HEELS.
LATEST FRENCH VOGUE
j PARIS, Dec. 19.—Narrow gold bands on
I the heels of milady’s shoes is the latest
I French fashion fad, the first being seen
iat the closing day of the 1912 laces at
Auteuil.
JOY AND GLOOM
Copyright 1912 by International News Service.
TURKSyiELDTO
ALLIES’DEMAND
CONSTANTINOPLE. Dec. 19.—Final
obstacles in the way of the Turko-Bal
kan peace negotiations have been clear
ed away by the granting of recogni
tion by the porte to the Greek envoys,
according to a report current here. This
report stated that the Ottoman govern
ment had authorized the Turkish pleni
potentiaries tn London to treat with
the representatives of all the govern
ments in the Balkan league, including
Greece, despite the fact that Greece and
Turkey are still in a state of war.
At a council of ministers it was de
cided to demand that the allies allow
the Turks to revictual Adrianople, Ja
nina and Scutari. The Turks threaten
to break off negotiations with the allies
if this request Is refused.
Situation Tense
As Envoys Meet
LONDON, Dec. 19.~Wh!le reports
were being received here today’ of an
other land engagement between Turk
ish and Greek armies in Epirus, the
peace negotiations between Turkey and
the Balkan allies were resumed in Bt.
James palace. This was a crucial day,
and tension between the envoys bad
reached a high state of tension when
the plenipotentiaries reassembled for a
resumption of the conference.
Before the session began, telegraphic
reports had come from t’onstantinople
that the porte had authorized the Turk
ish plenipotentiaries to treat with tire
Greeks, despite the fact that Greece
and Turkey still are engaged in hostili
ties. and this put a more optimistic
complexion on the situation.
DANIEL O. FLYNN,
VETERAN GATEMAN
AT STATION, DEAD
Daniel O. Flynn, for ten years the
“gatekeeper of Atlanta" before the new
Terminal station was built, died last
night at his residence. 36 Park avenue,
after an Illness of more than two years.
He was 68 years old.
During the ten years preceding the erec
tion of the new station, Daniel Flynn was
gatekeeper at the old union station, and
through those gates lie saw puss the
thousands of persons who caused At
lanta to make such wonderful strides
during the decade of 1900-1910. He was
with tlie Atlanta and West Point railroad
forty-two years, being for nine years sta
tionary engineer at the old Butler street
yard house, ten years as gatekeeper, and
before that being employed in various
capacities for twenty-three years.
He served in artillery dur
ing the Civil war. though he was but a
lad, and saw service around Charleston
and Savannah H o Is survived by his
wife, a daughter, Mrs. Farris Bailey, four
brothers. John. James ami Marion Flynn,
of Red oak, Ga.. and p. c. Flynn, of
Atlanta; and three sisters, Mrs Mary Ann
Cook, Mrs. Amanada, of Red oak, and
Mrs. Nancy Cook, of Felton, Gu
The funeral arrangements will be an
nounced later.
CUT TWO APPENDIXES
OUT FOR PRICE OF ONE
SCRANTON, PA., Dec. 19—Two ap
pendixes were removed front R. A.
Spangenberg, of this city, who now Is
recovering at his home. The case is
said to be unprecedented. At the Hah
nemann hospital Spangenberg was op
erated on for acute appendicitis. When
the incision for the first appendix had
been made and as the surgeons were
about to remove it they discovered the
second, about three-quarters of an inch
from the first. They made no extra
charge for removing the second appen
dix
EXTRA
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE
STATE LIQUOR
MEN AWAIT
FEDERAL
HE .
U. S. Court Decision Forbids
Intrastate Shipments by the
Wholesalers of Georgia.
— F
MONOPOLY ON BUSINESS
IS SOUGHT BY FLORIDA
Point Raised by Jacksonville
Business Men, Who Claim
Sole Right to the Trade.
Wholesale liquor dealers in Georgia
are awaiting anxiously today the
of Federal authorities, following a de
cision handed down in Jacksonville
yesterday by United States Judge John
M. Cheney, enjoining tlje Southern Ex
press Company from accepting liquor
shipments from Georgia dealers con
signed to intrastate points.
In effect, Judge Cheney’s mandate,
which will be appealed from by attor
neys for the Southern Express Com
pany at a hearing scheduled for tomor
row. prohibits wholesale dealers tn Sa-«
vannah, AugWsta and other Georgia
cities, where they arc said to operate,
from doing a shipment business Inside
this state.
The court held that the consignment
of liquor from one point in Georgia to
another was Interference—a violation—
of the interstate rights of the Florid: *
liquor dealers, because the Georgia pro
hibition law had declared the sale of
liquor in Georgia to be illegal.
Means Wiping Out
Os Liquor Business in State.
The decision, if upheld, means tlja.
the so-called wholesale liquor business
in Georgia from Georgia cities will be
come a thing of the past. In addition,
ft will give the hundred odd wholesale
liquor hofises, lining block after Moel
ln Bay street in Jacksonville, Lee swing
at the Georgia business.
It is understood that the Georgia
liquor houses, which have proceeded
cautiously because of the existence of
the prohibition law. htU'e made no at
tempt to invade the Florida field with ,
their wares, but were content with
Georgia points.
Acording to the Southern Express
Company attorneys, the bill brought by
the Jacksonville dealers seeking to en
join tire express company from carry
ing Georgia shipments to Georgia points
asserted that the Interstate commerce
law gave a property right to a monop
oly of the Georgia business.
Robert C. Alston, general council for''
the Southern Express Company, ex
plained the contentions of the Florida
dealers, as set forth In their bill, and
upheld in part, at least, by Judge Che
ney, as follows:
Florida Dealers Claim
Sole Right to Business.
“The Jacksonville liquor dealers
claim that the prohibition law of Geor
gia, iu effect, creates for them and
other, liquor dealers out of the state a.
property right to a monopoly of the
Georgia territory for the sale of intuxi.
eating liquors.
“They seek an injunction because
they allege this property right is being
injured by certain persons in Georgia."
Forced to bring their bill on inter
state grounds, lb, Jacksonville dealer-
■ fell back on the interstate commerce
I law. and maintained that Georgia deal-
■ ers wer. Violating its provisions, be
cause the Georgia dealers were poach
ino gn pre-empted preserves—points in
Georgia
Curiousb enough. Judge Cheney held
that for a dealer in Savannah to ship a
case of whisky to a person in Dublin
would be an interference with inter
state commerce, and for the Southern
Express Company or any common car
rier to accept such a shipment would
lie a violation of tne interstate law.
The Federal jurist issued his injnnv
' tion subject to appeal, and a sup, rse
-1 dens wifi be asked in Jacksonville to
| morrow . it i„ not unlikely that the
| ease will be carried to the United State
i supreme court. t
FARMERS TO GIVE TURKEY
’CUE FOR BRUNSWICK MEN
MACON. GA.. Dee. 19 The Bibb Coun
ty Agricultural society will celebrate its
reorganization on December 30 with a
barbecue, which will excell all cues of re
cent years In Macon for the quality of
eatables. Turkey will be the only meal
served at the feast. Every member of
the society has volunteered to contribute
a turkey, and every member of the Cham-
I her of Commerce has beep invited to oar
take at the spread.