Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, December 21, 1912, EXTRA, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE WEATHER Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia: ■ Generally fair today and tomorrow. VOL. XL NO. 120 NOTFANATIC, SAYS CHIEF, IGNORING FOES Will Continue to Enforce the Law. He Declares, as Duty Tells Him To. POINTS TO RECORD TO ANSWER DR. VAN DYKE Beavers Asserts Thousands Who Know Him Will Testify He’s Mo Extremist. . I’..lice Beavers today uvow- , .initiation to continue to e1i ..., ami pointed to his record \ ic< on the force in refu- • rinan Van Dyke's charge , ■ effeminate fanatic." mat test with the thoii ,, kno.' me personally." he ! u- never called a fanatic until il houses, as the law plain to do. I was simply per .nj duty, as 1 mean to continue talk will not affect my . ,Ul. <1 that it is, of course, power to prevent former in- Tendi-rloin from returning out that he would see that .... ti< .tot violate tilt- law. Grief Sticks to Fcrlomiing Duty. ri ■ dt.ii of the chief of police will ■f.. ..J to the best of my ability," . (I avers. "If vice springs up \ . ii will be checked as rapidly i. 10.0. The only way it can . in iic; my administration will be ;d of laws prohibiting it." f it. :,.<as declined to comment on ■i, mat James G. Woodward, as mayor begins 'i (lays, had declined to sign a indorsing the action of the nteci him by Marion Jack pt- Men .nd Religion Forward It was evident that the ml not care to seek a controversy < incoming mayor, preferring to -il k to his own duties and let any nine from the other side. Ii bis ..port to the police commis si 1..-; night, the chief said; The result already is being made There lias been a decided •• in crime and wrongdoing since ■i.e;-, r.-orts ceased operation. Al ' ■ . retofore ignored, the laws rel- ive to the prohibition of prostitution v much to the order of a eomniu iii i I am sure the result of abol ing ilu Tenderloin will be entirely - li-fi-.i lory." is police commission again went on i|.proving and indorsing the ac w.iiei Beavers in closing the ' 1 . min. Tlie resolution was offered ' ' mmis.sioner Vernoy. and every > nl>> r voted to adopt it. CENTRAL DECLARES 3 PER CT. DIVIDEND ON $15,000,000 NEW STOCK -AVANNAH. GA., Dec. 21.—At a oil meeting of the board of di s' of tlie Central of Georgia rail semi-annual dividend of $3 a "ii the $15,000,000 of preferred issue,; July | yyas declared. The 11 n.i is payable December 31. ■ dir. . tors also took final steps in loving the general and refunding sage, which is to seem. bonds of " 1,1 Only 350,000,000 of this 'ant will be used at once. These " ~i on th, m. rket as soon is '■ Is considered propitious. I'.'llov big director*: attended tlie ■. i jng. I; 1 ■ ;<,n. Savannah; V. . A. Wln •< vinnali; W. 1". Bradley, Co •1. W. English, Atlanta; S. R. Maeo/i; George J. Mills. Savun ' G Oglesby. Atlanta, and R. If. '' 1 Montgomery. A J- MORRISON QUITS ATLANTA CAR WHEEL CO. ■him .1. Morrison, head of the "''i' ''ar Wheel Manufacturing !, ny. lies retired from the concern. ■ 'i’ll . !•'. ,\*. ■ v |,.-f i. ~f Chicago. was Interested financially, i" - so|.i ~u l recently to .“. F. 'i Louis. Associated with '-oneenis arc th- Decatur ' " ' I ' onipany. of Birmingham, , I'.mu win-el Company, mtiai s. g. Turne; will be r "i tin Southern sales oilice. 1 ' '*i Atl mtu. The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit--GEORGIAN WANT ADS-Use For Results TAXI BANOIT CHERY IS' REPEATED INN.Y, ! ' Gang in Auto Beat Up Two Paymasters by Daylight in Nation's Metropolis. • _ I THIEVES ESCAPE WITH BOOTY OF ONLY $1,200 I ■ ■ Victims Beaten to Unoonscious- I ness on Street Crime Par- allels February "Job." ■; NEW YORK, Dec. 21. -In broad • \ • light four auto hanuits today beat i Joi I unconsciousness two paymasters of t el Silk Finishing ('ompany-of America i Bethune ;nd Greenwich streets and lrobbed them of a bag containing the | weekly pay roll of mill 35. Tlie robbers ; ■ I then leaped into . big car at the curb. • ■drove furiously up G.< ■ nwich street jlVansevort. turned east and disap peared. They seeur- d $1,200. The paymasters usually carry i.v, . . ■ | $7,000, but part of the force was na c. il off yesterday. Tlie hold-up was opt • i of the most daring in the criminal ids i tory of the city, ranking with tlie great taxicab robbety of February last, when ■ $25,000 of the East River National bun - 'funds was stolen downtown Police Slow in l Reaching Scene. The men attacked Were Chari. - \\ >-li- | her, paymaster of the company for tlie j past six years, and Edward Wyger a- I slstant paymaster and son of the ger. ’ era! manager of tlie company. i It was nearly a half-hour ufte ill ■I ' robbery occurred before a policeman ar- I i rived at the scene, although tlie Cliarle . j street station is but a few blocks aWay. In the meantime the injured men I i were carried into a drug store, where it j . was found that Wyger had a deep gash | i in his head, caused by a blow from u I i blackjack, and Webber's throat wa.-- 1 black and blue from the effects of i ' ■ choking. I . .. CHI PHI FRATERNITY HOLDS ITS ANNEAL BANQUET TONIGHT Members of the Chi Phi fraternity) from all over the South will meet at I . the Georgian Terrace this evening' j for the annual dinner of the Chi Phi - Alumni Association of Atlanta. Tin . dinner will begin promptly at 7 o'clock. The guests of honor will include some j of the most prominent men in public life in Georgia. Flunk H. Mitchell, president of tlie association, will pre . side and act as toastmaster. Among the speakers will be Chancellor David C. , Barrow. of tin- I'niversity of Georgia: Governor Joseph M. Brown, Governor ? elect John M. Slaton. Attorney General I Thomas S. Felder. Judge Hamilton Mc- Whorter. of Athens, and others. One of the guests will be Boh Mc- Whorter, of the I’niversity of Georgia. There will also be pre? nt many of the active members of tlie Emory. Georgia i and Tech chapters. The committee on arrangeinents lias , planned many interesting features, and there will be some pleasant surprises. 1 The affair will be -trietly informal. FORMER BAINBRIDGE TEACHER HEADS U. S. RURAL FIELD FORCE RICH.MOND. VA . I>< • 21 Jos | | 'in. Eggleston, who has just iesign'-i; I i the position of superintendent of public I instruction in Virginia tn become ben. ; i of the field sei vice in rural education! ■ under the United Stat. - bureau of edu- ■ • cation, <-x, nets to .nuint.-iin headqua ters in Richmond and will devote mos | ■iof his attention L. tli« nexi fe ■ I months to rural education In the South. I Mr. Eggelston had I>een In Virginia's educational system sine- . .1190(1. He is a gi.iiluate of Hampden , Sidney college and has taugnt in the I . public schools of Virginia. North Caro-j lina and Geo.giu. Al BalnlwMge, (1a... he was principal of schools for a term) and would have returned but f<> a I I vere spell of illness. FAMOUS ARTILLERY TO HIKE 3.000 MILES TO INAUGURATION .1 •I NEW ORLEANS. Di . 21.- Tlie • members of th* Washington artillc y i company, the most famous org iniza- • tion of its kind in tin Soiitk will leavi here January 6 on a "hike" to Wash- ’ ington to attend tin inauguration of ' Woodrow Wilson. ' The ilu ti will imn to New oi .< ans . by foot (lie 'Utile hike to tali" m 3,000 miles FINANCE OLD GUARD CHARGFcAPITOL FRANCES LYNDE STETSON JOSEPH H. CHOATE. J. PIERPONT MORGAN. WILLIAM M. IVINS R. A. LINDABURY. ? .a. oMMhhmK; ML. ’ ■. aWMJU ■ ■’ WWR .xs Sllii I-. 111 W 4 ■>. w I 4 * ' I 1 mm? mail NET120,11111),Dll Sterling Debenture Company, Raided. Said to Have Real ized That Figure. NEW YORK, Dec. 21.- With six .m il under arrest here and one in Chicago, the Federal authorities claimed today to have evidence showing that the Sterling Debenture Company. whose io cal offices were raided lat< yesterday bx postal inspectors, mads SSO.ftdfi, through their operations. Thos* under arrest are Frank \V. Shumaker. S. E. Findley, I'- H. Platt. E. A. F. itron. W. -VI. Stone and S. G. * b s. nbaum. in New York, and G. 11. Middlebrook, in Chicago. The warrants against the men charge them with using the malls to defraud through stock transactions. Indictments have aiso b< < n returned against H. E. Win chell and H« njamin C. Mudg . in North Brookfield. Mas-. Colonel Georg* G. Kimball and Wil liam .1. Malles, postal inspectors wiio gathered the evidence upon which the arrests were made, are still investigat ing. Tile) - id unlay that complaints of fraud • i 1 * n ived from per sons living in Washington, D. C„ Chi cago. Denver. Sterling, I 1 !.. Stanton, Mos;.. 'A ooilli.n* . N. .1 an* Blooming ton, ill. The St* it.a Debenture Coinpan) is : , legcd to .ive dealt in stocks of tit.* following e**trp nies: tixl-ir* I.'n* ti mills, of North Brook field, Mass.: Teleposl Company. Tele phone <’o. pany. Boston Securities Company, Itnrßubber <'einp iny. of British Guiana, and the Dictograph < ’ompany. EGGS SELL LIKE HOT CAKES IN WOMEN'S WAR ON HIGH PRICES CHICAGO. Dec. 21.—Siu < in thei Inst effort to bring down th-- pile of • •gg.--, -oclety \ <»; •ui behind the cheap* r foo l crus.'de continued til* i -’ill'' of • gg- lit ’2l w ;> tl(»Z»-n today. According b> ••ij'>i t* smnetiiing mo than 750,000 of the million offered on th-- it '■ ' : ;i , r sold. Should th" d round continue as loiKkh today ns it <lid *i ‘ntf.-m-n * ‘-nv* ]»• • n mat 1 ' to mph •• ’ f a mi' ,p rn>> ■ ATLANTA. GA., SATURDAY. DECEMBER 21. 1912. j. ' ' ' . s'm I - - _ --- Lrz_ LEADER OE SUFFRAGE HIKERS REFUSES TO TURN BACK ON TRIP WAPPINGERS FALLS. N Y . Dec. j ■I. With Poughkeepsie as the objee- I the joint, tiie little band of suffra- I gettes. headed by “General” Rosalie Jones, who are marching from New York to Albany for the “cause." set out from here today. "General" Jones bad just gently but firmly rejected til* overtures of an emissary from her mother who wanted lier to return home befor* Imlay’s hike was commenced. “Mother doesn't understand the im portance of this campaign," declared ■ "General" Jones. “She thought that I was footsore and weifry and ruining my health, but such reports ar* untrue. The cause n* > ds me and 1 must go on." "General” Jones' mother had sent F. 11. Conner, a nurse in the employ of ' the Jones family, to parley with the “general." but without success. Tiie marchers were invited to be guests in Poughkeepsie at a luncheon given by Professor I.aura J Wylie, of Vassar eolleg**. MRS. ELIZA PAXON’S FUNERAL HELD HERE: BURIAL IN THE NORTH Tt*• t tint i.. I of Mi s, 1. :/.;i 11 Pa x.h . who de d Thursday afternoon, was held from the S •«•!:*•' Baptist church this morning at !» :’>»• o’clock. Rev. John E. White, the pastor, being assisted by Di John I’. Purs* and D . Chari' S Danici F’ollouiim tin services the body was taken to the T< rminal station and sent to Philadelphia l»»r interrm nt jat W 'donfield. Mi iiibis < f :1a T» n • 'uh. of which , i li’T son. Ih • d .1 Paxon, is a member, acted a> i>.illheari ■*>. as did Beaumont Davison. T. L. Stoke- If A. Maier, W. W. <» and David B. Smith. Mis Paxon had hundreds of friends in Atlanta who were grieved by lit r death, and messages of condolence have cum from all over the South. '“UNCLE JOE” INTIMATES HE IS SEEKING OLD JOB —• WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. -At a din ner given to Ib pi * -» ntat i v A. Mit'h-ll i' • • ' Peni i Represen- tHtiv J Ila ripton Moor". of the >ame . state, in payment of an lection bet, l Joseph G. Cannon, of Illinois, made a sprcvli in which h« intimated he might >» ek a t ••-flection to congress. I hav* been def'Hifd before,’’ m sain, sudden ly in ning from jest, "and that was 24 y. at s ago. I < am»- back two years and I ha vc b< ti In i• <v« > <irn •• ” ■ wfi 'a, yz- # \J This photograph was taken this week in Washington, when Mr. Morgan was called to testify in the house’s money trust probe. Mr. Stetson, for many years at torney for the Southern railway. Mr. Choate and Mr. • Ivins ate prominent corporation lawyers. Mr. Lindaburv represented Mr. Morgan before t he committee. $10,500.00 INCREASE IN VALUE OF PEACHTREE LOT PAST 19 MONTHS Announcement was mad* today of the sale by th< W. L. & John O. Du- Prec Real Estate agency, of lot 3 of tin J. T. Crass subdivision, on the » ast sid. of Peachtree just south of < ’ui - rler street, for J. E. Hickey to J. B. Chamblee foi $20,000. or SI,OOO a front foot. This property is 20 feet in front. 20.5 in the rear, 95.4 on the north line tand 102 on the south line. The same i | 10l sold nineteen months ago for $175 I a foot, ami tin advance repn senled in the last sale Is $525, or $10,500. Lot No. 2 of this subdivision sold nineteen months ago for SII,BOO and recently for 000. Lot No. 4 sold nineteen month* ago for SSOO a foot, or sl<t,ooo. In June. 1912. it brought slf». 000. t ,n December 12. $20.000, and !>••- ‘•ember 10, $22,500 an increase of $12,- 500 ovei th original price Recent sales In this subdivision have totalo<) $84,500, and in the Georgian Terrace section of Peachtree the Du- Prce ag'-n<\\ has brought the sum total up to $148,100. The other parcels were two 2'»xl so strips <>n the cast sld»? of Peachtree south of Third street, which sold for $15j«00 each, and ub » 56x140 foot plot In the same neighborhood, which brought $33,600. or S6«H» a front foot. DOCTORS OUST BROTHERS WHO DEAL IN COCAINE YOt’NGSTOWN, olil", De., 21. The Mahoning County Medical society lias taken up the tight of th* state boar*] of health again? t the illegal sale of co caine and other drugs in this vicinity by siisj ending Drs. L P, Smith and R. H. Barm s who hav» pleaded guilty to selling cocain' . Til' "title boa i d was a*ked to )»*v*»k' ’ :* i licenses t"i III*- ——fir* M St eßs STILL WAITING Turk Courier Fails to Arrive in London, and Negotiations Are Delayed. I.ii.XUdA De*- .1. The courier J benriug instrnetioi from tiie Turkish i government to the Turkisp neii.ee en j vuvs arrived in this * its thi- iifternoon.. . I [is Uisf'i* h< < v* e immediately turn-. ', <1 ..v.*r ■<* tin- ottoman i*lenip'>tentia-1 ries- LONDON. D * .1. Fn.:l.*‘i delaj in the Ti.: ko-B:ilk:tn pen negotiations • * !*■ threatened toiluy i*\ ill* failure **t ti; Turkish courier b*-:i ing instriu - ' lions from the port*- to tiie ottoman |pb nipotentiai ies to arrive from Con- I staniliiople dining ihe forenoon. The courier was scheduled to arrive this morning and to deliver his dis patches to the Turkish envoys in time to allow them to confer ammig them s dv'-s before the resumption "f the confer* dc* in St. James palace, but as the hours passed and he did not put in lan appearance th* Turks <L cidod to ask so a furthei continuance. A marked turn 'or the better has taken place in ihe general situation as a result of the | ambassadorial conference and the ten tative agreement between Austria and Servin )>y which the powei s Hl pass upon Se*via’s demand for an Adriatic port. Telegraph!* dispatches from Con stantinople which have preceded the Ottoman courier have given an outline of tl.e contents of ihe dispatches to tin Turkish plenipott nt lades According to these. th( Turks are empowered to treat with the Greek delegates, but In .*durn so.- this con cession demand the right to provision th« beleagii -i <*l Turkish cities In Eu rope. Tin Balkan delegates have been I , ;n • "lifer n< <■ among t x-mselv s on this I I demand, but reached no decision so far 1 as could be learned. Premier Venizelos. of Greece. .he I< adlng membe of the" <Ji k env s said that the reports that the Turks it I Scutari had violated tin armistice by-I attacking the Montenegrins would av**t no cfferi upon the negotiations JUDGE PLAY'S SANTA TO DIVORCEES WHEN HE HURRIES ALIMONY < HIGAGi >. [>.*.'. 21. Bailiffs in ,Tu*lg* Owens’ court havr* been forced inlo tb< I role of Sanio Claus. They were sent 1 out today \ itii iittachinent* and cour: j orders directed against husbands and I to liurr'v up a 'union ):*• mi nts Ip time so tin* holidays. So many women complained to the > p ouit that husbands w lio had b* en or dered to pay fixed sums to them had i ! failcil to do so that tin* judge devoted nearly n da> to his efforts to force the | payment of t'hristmns nion.x. CAR REPAIRER KILLED •'< tl.l'Mßl'S, GA.. Dec.. ?1. Hom' .Newsom, ear repairei for the Central of > Georgia railroad, who was seriously in-| lured died last night. New. som hud his left leg cut off and suf-i i t* • d from othei inju-les. Hi* was| working under a passenger coach when' .souk* cars were shunted against it. EXTRA 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE BRYXNMEETS WiLSON FOR CABINET GOO Commoner Goes to Trentoo and Sees President-Elect Early in Morning. .. _ 4 I NEBRASKAN TO HAVE CHOICE OF POSITIONS* McCombs Certain of Portfolio. New President to Change White House Customs. TUKN ;• >N N J.. De» I. A confer- f t. ;H was v< tu i'avo a ma : - i< d es ’ ’ <»ii ' i one •»< next I •nitJ.'-'t•; tb)n of 1 ■ national govr :.- ; iiicnt trol: ii'ncf ’ i today between. ! V'MWIO, \\ i.p. hi-(*ect. ai.'l iW.’j'iiiii I. Bryan at t . uiic hous* . IAI Hr. in. ti.e nan * h<» had nwe to do i -. n ing n loinij .ition of Mr. I \\ ilson t ian in Otho; t < "son. arrive ■’ I early. (Tov- WiiSoe h-ft !’ ineeion ea - :;!'•) th in h u.ii in \djutant General Ma j lot ’s ii - touring ta. to keep the ap point nerit. This - onference with th»- N’t-ir a<k,ifi. who canio front \Vashlng- I ton.- is the firs of a series that tho |l“' d<-nt-» ,i < t expects to hold with big* D. ikh rats of the nation in regard to I the selection of his cabinet. Air. Bryan arrived at the state house .it 9:3’» o'clock. Governor Wilson uas already in the building, having pre-- | ceded hiin by . few minutes. The gov- I oi nor was in a side room with his ste nographei when Air. Bryan was u*h- I eced in bj Secretary Tumulty, who h«»l met him ulien he stepped off the Phil ui» Iphia lidin at the Trenton station it 1H o’clock. Flic* governor -topped forward and . diook hand*- with, the Commoner, sax* . Ing: "Ah. Biy an, I am glad to see you" Retire to Escape Newspaper Men. Then the governoi taught sight ol tlie newsjiaper correspondents who had i Hi'oiiipaiiied Mr. Bryan from the sta tion. "What are you boys doing up “< early in the morning?” lie asked. "1- this your bodyguard?" asked Mr Bryan, with a laugh. “Yes." said tlie governor, "they are the men who see to it that I don't gei into any trouble." The president-elect and the Com moner then retired to the governor'"' private office and went into conference. At tin railroad station Mr. Bryan declined to explain the purpose of his visit. "It (lie governor has not already tola you." lie said, "| am not at liberty to do so. I should prefer to .have you wait until tin coiifereiii'i- is over, and tiieii learn from the governor what lias been done.” Tuesday next Speaker Champ Clark will meet Governoi Wilson ami shortly th' • .In- tisenr \V. Underwood. Dem oe atic floor leader of the house, will be in Trenton forth.? same purpose. Mr. Bryan has been freely talked of as Mr. Wilson’s choice for secretary of state and tills lent added interest to their conference today. It is under stood that Mr. Bi yan will have his choice of positions. Bryan’s Friends Figure a Bit. | Bi'yan’s tThmds iiuv» taken two vie as I *»1 th'- ('.'ibiiuA pi '* losithm. Some bo ilieve that he would be in a more ad- I vantag«‘ous position to criticise the ad j ministration if he chooses so to do by j ' enui inlng outsid< the cabinet. They '.■'lso believe that his candidacy for the P Dsi<h-nti;j| nomination in 1918 would |be jeopardized if Io w» re to tie himself i too tightly with the Wilson adminlstra ' tion. William r. M' t’miibs will be a mein '»* of th* eabin* ' This can b<’ stated dHinitelv. F’oth Governor Wilson and Mi-. Alet’onibs admitted as much < ( :<mg < onfe •< ik\ . Tim post to which M |Me<’otnhs is to be appointed has nut i been decided upon. ‘ Al*-. Wilson does not intend to make .my announcement until he has his cab in» t in a fairway of being completed. Tonight Al . Ih yan will be in New Yo k. where la win attend the dinner Ito Governor-elect Sulzer at the Wal dorf. Mr, Wilson will not attend thb dinner. To Abolish Daily Receptions. Gov. .noi Wilson mini, two tmpor ham unnoinicoment.s •iftc. his confer- I enet- with v'haiimun McCombs. i I* ii si. In- ileclareci tiiut lie woui. i abolish the daily receptions which ha'., ■taken up so much of President Taftb ' time Gov. rnor Wilson intends to de vot- .11 of hl« time to governing