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THE WEATHER Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia: R? n today and probably tomorrow; .roderate east winds. VOL. XL NO. 121. ASSASSIN ROOF HURLS BOMBON viceroy Lord Hardinge Wounded Dur ing State Procession in Delhi, India. SEPOY. AT SIDE. SLAIN: ELEPHANTS IN PANIC Lady Hardinge Faints on the Back of Pachyderm—Offi cial Will Recover. IiKI.HI. INDIA, Dec. 23. —An at- •,i , nade here today to assassi . ~,. | , . Hardinge, British viceroy of | :1 ;i . during his entry into Delhi, the n Indian capital. The viceroy was , ,-nd, d in the shoulder by a frag- ,ni >t an exploding bomb, but at the l where he was taken for treat ment it was said he would recover. , \ Hardinge was riding with her InwNund upon the back of an elephant and wt.- unhurt, but a native servant who vns walking beside the elephant was killed. Tiie attempted assassination was made during the procession of Lord and Lady Hardinge from- railway station to the official vice regal resi dent i-. which has just been established her.-, A man, believed to be a member of tit. Indian Nationalist secret com mittee. threw a powerful bomb at Lord Hardinge from an housetop just as the equippage was moving through Chand ni. W.wk. As a result of the thrower's in. the bomb struck the edge of the brilliantly caparisoned ho’wdah in hich Lord and Lady Hardinge were seated. Hardinge Falls; Elephants in Terror. In .lately the infernal machine ex ploded witli a loud roar, whioh threw the procession into confusion. The trump, tings of the frightened elephants mingl.-d with the shouts of the soldiers and natives, and several sepoys dashed into the house from whose roof the iinii had been hurled. Lord Hardinge :'■■! to the bottom of the howdah with I- blood streaming from his shoulder to .. moment later Lady Hardinge tainted. Th. wounded viceroy was hurried to hospital, where an examination was mad. This revealed that the injury would not be fatal unless blood poison ing developed. Th. police have learned that the plot to assassinate Lord Hardinge was hatched shortly after the dubar when King George moved the capital to Delhi. Thousands of visitors were in Delhi toils.', for the ceremonies attending the state entry. Procession Gorgeous Affair. Tli< ceremonies today marked the transfer of the Indian government from 'alcutta to Delhi, and were accompa nied by scenes of unusual Oriental splendor, tn the procession were hun dreds of soldiers and natives in gor keotis uniforms. Indian notabies in costly robes, which glittered with pre ■ mus jewels, accompanied the viceroy on elephants. The afternoon was to have been given ovet to addresses and expressions ot formal visits by the leaders, but its. hml to be canceled. A number of rrests were made bv soldiers and po lice. , Lord Hardinge, or the Hon. Charles Hardinge as he was then, was second i" .n .iry to British embassy at Wash ington. D. <_•„ from 1885 to 1887. He ■” i| pointed viceroy of India in the "trnmer of 1910. King George Sends Sympathy ■ •''NDON Dec. 23.—King George iias ■nt , me sage of sympathy to Lord !| ii-linge. viceroy of India, who had a ' • s ape from death at Delhi, in ti.ii.a- when an attempt was made '"inate him with a bomb. IL I WO S PAIR HHD ON CHATGE OF BLACKMAIL ' D ILL., Dec 23.—Mrs 11 u ‘ ’ and her husband, Fred L ’»• bMng held here for grand act lor charged with “a conspiracy ' ill* gal acts injurious to the adinin- 1 ' r "f justice and injurious to pub- Ti e conspiracy, it is al- • t o manufacture evidence in < a and to extort money from *•’ ’g shield them from being men ‘Gheu in fictitious scandals. The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit-GEORGIAN WANT ADS-Use For Results Arabian Nights Ball Os Chxago Society Is Denounced by Pastor Charity Dance at Which Girls Will Sell Cigarettes and Wine Called Disgrace. CHICAGO, Dec. 23.—Denouncing the exclusive Arabian Nights charity bafi to be given January 10 and saying it ought to be stopped by the police, Rev. J. S. Ladd Thomas has caused a stir in exclusive circles here. Mr. Thomas criticised the manage-: ment of the affair because girls will sell cigarettes at booths and wine will be sold in the boxes. “Such an affair,” he said, "reflects much of the corruption of the society life. It is a disgrace and should be stopped by the police. FISHERMAN, LOST IN MARSH 5 DAYS, HAS HARROWING TRIP BRUNSWICK, GA., Dee. 23.—After being lost in the marsh known as Buz zards Roost for nearly a week, John Marsh, a fisherman, of this city, found his way out and returned with a tale of harrowing experiences. Marsh left here last week on a fish ing trip, visiting new wafers on a marsh island. After a day of good luck he started back and, after rowing for some time, found he had lost his way. The fisherman decided his only hope of getting back to civilization lay in a tide which would cover the island so he could make a straight cut to the river which he knew to be close at hand. After waiting five days, during which time he lived on corn, oysters and marsh grass, the tide came, which en abled Marsh to reach the river, 75 yards distant. As the soil on the island is boggy, it was impossible for him to walk to the edge of the island to hail any boat that might be passing. When the fisherman arrived here he was in a famished condition, having barely enough strength to hold his oars. His condition is such that he may not recover from the exposure. bostonTga., to be “HIGHBROW” TOWN; TO BUILD A LIBRARY THOMASVILLE, GA., Dec. 23.—Bos ton, in Thomas county, is to have a Carnegie library, and it will probably be the smallest town in the state to boast of such an institution. The mayor of Boston has been notified by the Car negie Corporation Company that $6,000 has been donated for this purpose, and as soon as the plans and specifications for the building and approved the mon ey will be available. It is to the women of the Twentieth Century club that the town is indebted for this valuable institution. About a year ago Mrs. O. T. Hopper, president of the club, asked Mayor Blanton to take up the matter of the library with Mr. Carnegie, which he did, though not with much hope of success, as it was feared that Boston was too small a town to receive a donation for such a pur pose. A favorable hearing was ob tained from the philanthropist, how ever, and the result is that Boston is assured of having a library at an early date. The town council has guar anteed SSO a year to maintain it and the women havfe secured and paid for a site upon which to build it. CHICAGO POLICE ARE SCORED FOR TILTING LID FOR NEW YEAR’S CHICAGO, Dec. 23.—Police resolu tion to allow cases to serve liquor until 3 o'clock on New Years morning to all those who had entered the places before 1 o’clock was denounced by Chicago ministers yesterday, and a tight for a 'sane” celebration of the New Year is on today. Efforts were made today to force Chief McWeeny to rescind bis or al er “In the face of a stampede of crime, it is surprising that the chief of po ' lice should see fit to set aside the law ! regulating the sale of liquor.” declared I Rev. John Balcom Shaw today. Other i pastors expressed similar views. In some of the churches, as soon as the chief's order was made known, cele brations were planned to attract per son's and keep them away from the cases. POLICE PUT BAN ON XMAS CELEBRATORS; ROWDYISM BARRED Rowdyism in the streets during the Christmas celebration was put under the ban today by Police Chief Beavers. The chief says he will have sufficient men on duty to Insure good order. This means that the horn blower, confetti fiend and other noisy celebrants who would make the season hideous are barred from “performing." The hern blower can blow, all right, if he keeps on his own premises—so, with ' the others. Mayor Winn and Chief Beavers have issue'! their annual Christmas fireworks ! order, which forbids the shooting of firecrackers or any kind of'flreworks in I the streets. This will be tolerated only . m private premises. dbiveslTs ENG 7; 'E INTO ' -Wil 0” CAR. SAVES MANY ARI I v (JTON, N J. Dec. 23. -Rill Mar tin . rur’r rammed a runaway freight ■ar win his eng re derailed it and saved dves of passe 1 gefb un an in- FEOERALAID iMPIDHFIITfI ‘ Ei DEATH PLAGUE Midville, Ga.. Asks Governor Brown to Get United States • to Take Charge. SPINAL MENINGITIS HAS CLAIMED TWELVE LIVES Doctors Believe the Situation Is Under Control —Harris De fends Health Board. After twelve deaths of cerebro-spinal meningitis within a week, the epidemic which has been raging in Midville, Burke county, was finally being gotten under control, according to dispatches received today. There were no deaths yesterday and the class under treat ment are said to be improving. Dr. T. G. Kershaw, of Augusta, who is in charge of the situation, has insti tuted a strict quarantine. He believes that a general spread of the epidemic is not likely. Midville Put Under Quarantine. The little town of Midville is under a quasi-quarantine today. The railroads entering the town have agreed not to let passengers off or on there, and one road has agreed not to stop its trains at this point until the epidemic is under control. A state of quarantine Is in effect at the homes of families already stricken, and the few physicians on the ground are working hard to confine the disease and cure those patients now ■afflicted. Dr. S. C. Benedict, president of the state board of health, has called a meeting of the executive committee for tonight at Augusta, when measureswill be taken to curb the spread of the dis ease. It is possible that Burke county will be entirely quarantined and no person permitted to leave its borders, for this form of meningitis is highly infectious and so insidious iti its attack that a person with the germs in his system might spread the malady to hundreds before he is himself stricken down. Dr. Et R. Parks, of Boston, who was to join the board of health on January 1. is on his way from Boston to Mid ville to assist in relief work. He was ordered South by the board yesterday. Governor Brown Asked For Help. Dr. H. F. Harris, secretary and active manager of the state board of health, was expected to leave today tor Mid ville with an additional supply of se rum, to make a complete investigation of the epidemic. Governor Brown has received a num ber of telegrams from the citizens of the town, urging some action for relief. He stated that he would place the sit uation entirely in the hands of the board of health, which, he believes, Is capable of handling It. Dr. Benedict stated today that an acute epidemic exists at Midville and the only physician in the little town had left the scene after breaking down under the strain of work. Dr. T. G. Kershaw, of Augusta, had been called to the geene and was doing all he could. Dr. Hastings Wyman, of Aiken, S. C., is also at Midville, called to attend Mrs. W. M. George. Dr. Wyman remained In the town to assist with other cases. Harn? Defends Health Board. Secretary H. F. Harris gave out a statement today defending himself and the board of health against published eports indicating that proper attention had not been paid by state officials to apneals from the stricken town. “I do not wish the impression to go abroad that the board has not done all it could do,” said Dr. Harris. “I was called up Sunday night, a week ago. by Dr. H. F. Pent, of Midville, who asked if we could supply him antl-toxin, say ing he had five or six cases, with fata' results in most of them 1 took all we had In the laboratory and mailed It at the postoffice that night “I heard nothing more until Wednes day. when Dr. Bent telephoned for more serum. He asked if the board could not send down a physician to take charge He was told that serum would be furnished freely, but the lim ited appropriation for the board would not permit the expense of hl'lng a phy sician to go to the scene. It was shown Dr. Bent that It was the policy of the board to take charge of patients and assist in their treatment, partly bu-:iusi f lack of funds and partly because wr ’ld not In lievo it just to physicians to --nd some one paid by the state to tak< charge of their private practice. ATLANTA. GA.. MONDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1912. ICHEF ERRED VANDYKE ASSERTS “Conditions in Atlanta Now Are Worse Than Ever Before,” Declares Alderman. BEAVERS MADE MISTAKE WHEN HE CLOSED RESORTS ; Police Head Says He Cares • Nothing for the Fight Being Made Upon Him. “Vice conditions in Atlanta are worse today than they have ever been in the history of the city,” was the declara tion made by Aiderman A. H. Van -1 Dyke today. i “The statemnt by Police Chief Beav ers that I told him I, in his place, would not have had the nerve to close the i ‘houses in our midst,' is true,” he added. “He made a mistake by closing i them. “Experts tell me that the welfare of the city is more seriously menaced than it ever has been.” “Not Ashamed of My Opinions,” Says Van Dyke. ; Aiderman Van Dyke said the problem i was most serious and that as a city ■ official he was not afraid to attempt a : solution of it in the open. He said he ■ was not ashamed to let his opinions be i known. The alderman said he was more and . more convinced that he was correct when he characterized Chief Beavers as a Miss Nancy and an effimlnate fanatic. Chief Beavers said he cared nothing . for Aiderman Van Dyke's fight on him. , He declared that the aiderman was quite militant when he was a member I of the police commission, before he be came an aiderman. but that his fights availed him nothing. He added that he , felt no alarm because the aiderman was about to return to the commission as an appointee of Mayor Woodward. Chief Beavers satd he did not dis i turb the patients of the Battle Hill san , itarium on their straw ride. Says Merchant Made Complaint. He said that a merchant in the At lanta National Bank building notified him that an unnecessary noise was be ing made downtown. He said that ■ Mayor Winn was complained to at the same time. Mayor Winn called the police station, he said, and a special squad of police men was ordered up to Whitehall street. He declared that he passed the straw i riders as they were golr- out Whitehall street, but that he didn’t even stop his . automobile. They were gone before the r policemen reached Whitehall street. He said he saw Aiderman Van Dyke stand . Ing on a comer downtown, but found , no disturbance of the.peace. 5 , WILD BULL RUNS AMUCK i IN CLEVELAND STREETS J CLEVELAND. 'oHIO? Dec. 23.-Lives of scores of school children were en- I dangered and several men and women • were knocked down and injured when a wild bull, escaping from the stock yards , at West Sixty-fifth street and Clark ave nue. ran amuck over the west side. The I beast, pursued in an auto, was finally killed by Charles Greene, a Civ! war vet- ■ eran. , GIRL DROWNS HERSELF OVER A LOVE AFFAIR i 4 , HAMMOND, IND., Dee. 23.—Slxteen ( years-old Ethel Rodman, of Hobart, ten miles east of here, while despondent over a love affair, walked off the bridge at the Michigan City harbor. She left a note 1 saying she was going crazy. ✓ NEW HOTEL TO OPEN THOMASVILLE. GA.. Dee 23—Work ’ on the new Tosco hotel ho e is j us t about completed and the managers ex [ pect.to have It ready for opening by ( January 1. Manage: Burns is here and everything is being put in readiness for the opening. 1 Greeks Drive Turks Back i i A’l HENS, Dee. 23.—Heavy fighting Is going on between Greeks and the J Turkish forces at Janina. A dispatch | received by the war office from the front today .stated that the Turks had . j been driven back from their advance defense, losing a battery of three heavy KV Is Price Mrs. Creel Will Have to Pay Worth It? NEWSOLDIEROFFORTUNE I*; <^i' r «■ ■ (■ ' ' ■ \ A- UST 7 vJ* *$ wt Mr vMHB ■**’ ' 'Wi'"' J Dorothy Dix Writes on the DeMumm - Barnes - Creel Shooting in Paris. By DOROTHY DIX. Ttye erstwhile soldier of fortune was a man. The present soldier of fortune is a woman. In former times, the poor but bold spirited youth belted on his sword and started out in search of adventure. Nowadays the poor but pretty young girl pins on her best hat and fares forth in search of pearl necklaces and sumptuous raiment and millionaires, anil things. The D’Artagnans of yesterday are the Evelyn Nesbits, the Lillian- but why mention names? You can think of a score of Miss Nohodies of Nowhere, who fed on skimmed milk one day and champagne the next, and whose faces have been the fortunes that they have cashed in at a figure to make a Wall Street trust organizer die of sheer envy. The latest recruit to this gay company of feminine soldiers of fortune is Mrs. Marie Vanßensimer Barnes—or Creel, or whatever her proper entitlements may be. who is reported to have shot Walter De- Mumm, the well known French sports man, and to have been kicked, and beat en, and wounded in turn by him. The story of Mrs. Barnes is the story of a modern Cinderella, who plays the part of her own fairy godmother, and does the magician act of changing her own pumpkin into an automobile herself. Began as “Mary Jane.” As the tale goes, Marie Vanßensimer, then plain Mary Jane as to name, but ex traordinarily pretty of face and lissome of figure, is the daughter of the traditionally honest but humble parents. She hails from Pennsylvania, that state of good spenders, where she became early im bued with the importance of having money to throw at the birdies. Also, that if we wish to get anywhere in this world it’s up to us to get a move on our selves. Acting on this principle, Mary Jane, from henceforth no more Mary Jane but Marie, left the paternal roof and ob tained a position as a waitress in a res taurant, where fyer good looks soon at tracted much attention. At the age of fifteen she says she married a wealthy Baltimorean by the name of David Barnes. He avers that he was already married at the time, and couldn’t and didn’t marry her; but let this slight dis crepancy in statements pass. Suffice it to say that Mrs. Mary Van- Rensimer Barnes was no longer compelled to rustle short orders for a living, hut walked in silk attire and put up at the smartest hotels in Now York and Paris, and had European trips and diamond dog collars, and all the other necessities of life. Not did she forget the old folks at home. She made them comfortable, and they tell, with tears in their eyes, of how smart Mary Jane is, and that she possesses $175,000 worth of jewels. Two years ago she married George H. Creel, Jr., who is reputed to be a wealthy Chilean, whom she met abroad. She said of him that, ,in addition to being the handsomest man alive, he had ‘‘such beautiful hands ami feet, and that he was the sweetest, best man in the world, and had lots of money.” Didn’t Get Along. Notwithstanding this unusual combina tion of charms, the couple did not gt t along well together, and a year ago Mr. C’eel went to Paris in order to obtain a divorce from the Chilean The rift in the lute was supposed to have been Walter D» Mrirnm, w! o had been staying ut the ;yne h< tel hi Nrw York that Mrs (’reel did and who, after her return to Paris, w;i seen continually in her company Then began the old. oldsters that al ways ends in the san * 1 * M v... ? A a'.ier DeMumm was inf.ii' »r« d with the"b» • tiful young Aim .ican, and sin w. ( . in- CGntlr.ucC on Page I wo. Mrs. Marie B arnes-Creel. RUSSIAN SNAPS FINGER IT U. S. President of Duma Says Break ing of Treaty Is Good Thing for His Country. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 23.—Declar ing against “preferential treatment,” President Rodzianko, of the Russian duma, threw down the gauntlet to the United States today in discussing the abrogation of the Russian-American commercial treaty of 1832, which be comes effective January 1. Certain rights of protection for citi zens of the United States traveling in Russia will then expire. "The Russian government will con tinue its present attitude toward the United States, for to do otherwise would be to discriminate against other countries,” declared M. Rodzianko. "The big point at Issue is the treat ment of Jewish residents of the United States in Russia and the recognition of passports. We have no quarrel with the United States, but we can not break down our laws and our traditions on account of the asking by another coun try. "The present duma, which is repre sentative of National sentiment, is op posed to granting the demands of the United States in a new treaty. Any way, the abrogation of the treaty may prove a good thing for Russia, inas much as it has aroused the ambition of the government to make our country economically independent. "If we can establish our own cotton industry, which is wholly possible, and create an era of manufacturing for the implements, we shall not have to de pend upon the United States.” Billet' exists In some quarters here that it will be.a long time before the treaty is renewed. Steps have been taken here for the appointment of com missioners to go to Washington to be gin drawing up a new covenant. TRIES IN VAIN TO SAVE CHILD HIS AUTO HIT CHICAGO, Dec. 23.—After an eight hour battle against death waged by Dr. B. I’. Roller, tin wrestler, Mary Kurniskl, eight years old, Is dead. The child was struck by the physi cian-athlete's mtoinoblle as he was driving Mrs. M. HerrifieliJ to the home of a pool' family so that she might give them a basket of toys and food. The child lan aeross the stieet in front of the automobile, according to witnesses. Dr. Roller drove the child to Mercy hospital, called the best physicians he could find and remained himself, fight ing for her life until sir died. TEA”S $59 TRUST DEED TO PIECES CHICAGO. Dec 23. Mrs. Emma S. Haskill walked into tie off ..- of the county recorder l ore, a ;ed to ee a ?. r O,- (1(0 trust deed to wh el she and three re 'lves wen rartie-, f ■ e It !r tl.-ee pn > and an om u. v Lauding, she may bu anested. Effl 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE 2,400 H BIG I CBNGERTTD AID MS FUND Contribution Boosts Amount to Remember Poor Kiddies to More Than $1,500. TRIPLE BAND AND VOCAL STARS MAKE GENUINE HIT Speech by Colonel Reuben Ar nold One of Features of the Excellent Program. Previously acknowledged. $1,301.30 Geo gian’s concert at Grand 236.40 Postoffice clerks 9.40 First Methodist S. S 1.34 Malcolm, Jr., and Emily Jones. Willacoochee. Ga.. .25 E. M. Arnold 5.00 John D. Dameron, Jr 1.00 Total $1,554.69 Something like 2.400 Atlantans today are glad they went to The Georgian’s concert instead of staying at home and abusing the weather, and 400 children will be glad, too, on Christmas morn ing. The concert netted $236.40 for the Empty Stocking fund, which will go a long way toward giving the mothers a real Christmas—for this addition to the funds means that every poor mother on the Christmas editor's list will receive a new $2 bill, and perhaps even a. little more. And $2 just a day before Christ mas will go a long way toward driving the Glooms from a cottage. The concert proved two things to everybody's satisfaction —that Atlan tans are willing to share their bless ings with others less fortunate, and that Atlantans are hungry for something to do on Sunday afternoons. The first Sunday band concert since the park season closed, arranged by The Geor-, glan and announced only in this paper, drew more persons than the big Grand could hold comfortably in two floors, and nearly two hundred more overflow ed into the topmost gallery. Children Give Their Nickels and Pennies. It was an audience of the "people,” too—plain, every-day folks, like us. Most, of the rich were motoring in their limusines or enjoying the afternoon at the club. There were some of them scattered about in the house, rubbing elbows against the Sunday suit of an. ironworker or a department store clerk, but most of the audience were just every-day folks. There were children by the score, every one with a penny or a nickel clasped tightly in a chubby hand, waft ing eagerly until the time to till the stockings should arrive. There were “good fellows” in stag parties, newly weds pairing off in a corner, whole fam ilies, with everybody, from grandmother to the newest baby. You couldn’t have rounded up a crowd of 2,400 persons more thoroughly representing compos ite Atlanta if you had engaged a pro fessor of sociology to pick it. And they enjoyed every minute of the two hours. It was worth hearing and enjoying, too. It isn’t often that Atlanta hears a band of such size and excellence. The musicians of three organizations were there—Matthiessen’s, VVeidemeyer's, the Fifth regiment—with the three conduc tors taking turns at leading. Every Number Liberally Applauded. A Chinese funeral, which could not be managed without a brass band, took away several of the musicians expected, but the music lost little by that, tor plenty were left. Every leader tvas cheerd as he ascended the stand, every number applauded as it was concluded. From the great "William Tell” over ture to the operatic medley at the fin ish, every number was delightfully play ed and enthusiastically applauded. Miss Margherita Carter, a young At lanta girl Who recently was graduated from the conservatory and is in her first season of public apeparance, was the first soloist. An awkward bit of stage wait seemed to frightin her a moment, but she reeov r< i! herself quickly and s ing a beautiful number sweetly and confidently. It is rarely that a young singer faces so soon the ordeal of an audience to la 1 ; e as that of yesterday, and Miss Garter’s success promises for h r an < nviablv.future Dr. Kurt Muel ler wots a', the piano, ami David Love, ’ an accomplished young violinist, play ed the ol.li.ato de'igli' I’ally. The two pt if.ssional run rs, l oth oft - Iby th: M me,; thsatt r, made great bit . Ta ■ (ta t Oaj ton, a slnip r who is m t i nl.v "f a.k." but ar. . it.st. kept tin audience laughing Continued on Page Cwo. 1