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COMPETITION 81 MR STIFLED BE ROADS Commissioner of Corporations Reports 'Condition That Must Command Attention.' WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—That all p... .. of competition between railroads water carriers has been systemat v stifled by the railroad interests , ■ .>i;"h the purchase of steamship was shown in a report on “trans lation by water in the United States, I.” which was made public by Conant, Jr., commissioner of i<>> at ions. : . report states that 9U per cent of ~na'. traffic of the United States < a. the bands of the railrohds; that . Atlantic seaboard, gulf and Pa coast steamship companies are al- ■st entirely controlled by the land t,station companies, and that the s c-mp trade on the Great Lakes is ■ >■ oiled by these interests to a tnark- - The objects of railroad con ., . . domestic water carriers, says ■ port, is to eliminate the competi • .0 water carriers, to attain en- , ■ , into territoiy not open to their li’.r ■ and to secure valuable feed .• mainly local lines. ' More Power Needed. ■ •port goes on to state that “the voiiiiitims set forth can not fall to .... , u;l nd attention," and that if there . ~ bo any successful attempt to in , , . competition in domestic water t tti< the interstate commerce com ......jurisdiction over joint rail end-.cater traffic, particularly with re .l to tile establishment of joint rates ■,,.twt*-n eo-eariiers, must be far more r ;et> aliv established than at present. I'.i.tieular attention Is called to the monopoly of tile New York. New Ha v.-r and Hartford railroad in the water .i ii. of the New England states. With pe. t to this matter the report stat- i ■’Fur some ime past the New Haven sy.-iem has pursued a determined pol icy of suppressing any effective cpm p.-ti'.ion on Long Island Sound: sev at least, of its recent acquisitions r . ■ he regarded as due to this policy. i>i the other hand, some of its earlier acqiii.-itions came about largely as an i’l ’iucnt to the merger of different rail road properties into the present system. Georgia Ry. Ship Line Owner. ■'Considering only water lines direct ly operated or in which railroads own a majority of the stock, and excluding harbor craft, investigation shows that twenty railloads control steam vessels engaged exclusively in domestic trade •• ipproximately 610,000 gioss tonnage and line barges with about 200,000 gross tons, or a grand total of 810,000 gross ions. The tonnage of the New Haven system is the largest, aggregating a little over 2u0,000 gross tons, of which Uii.aim tons is In steam vessels and : 3,(i00 tons in barges and miscellaneous emft. Next in importifnee is the Union I'arilb-Southern Pacific, with a grand mtn (excluding tonnage engaged in : 'reign trade) of over 150,000 gross i 'ti , The Pennsylvania Railroad Com- I ny s water lines have 68,500 gross mi in steamers and 8,500 tons in barges; the New York Central, over : <»,<»0(l gross tons; the Central of Geor ei:i railway, over 40,000 gross tons. "The total capitalization of water 'im s controlled by tfiese railroads <lids not covering holding companies and several very important unincorpor ated services) aggregates $53,3419,375 in stuck and $31,263,887 in bonded debt. 1 if the stock $40,223,800 and of the bonds *< ',211,137 are owned by eighteen rall "uls or their subsidiaries. In most nstances railroads own practically all ' stock of the separately incorporated ■>ter lines which they control. Im- ■ ' tant exceptions are the Pacific Mail. ■ which the Southern Pacific owns •my a trifle over one-half the $20,000,- """ took, and the Merchants and Mii:- ■ Transportation Company, In which ■ New York, New Haven and Hart •l railroad owns only a bare majority '•'t' rest. Instances where railroads own ! "cl; in a water line, but less than a '.iorlty interest are comparatively Two Other Coast Lines. "Os the regular line traffic on .the ttlantic and Gulf coasts not controlled by railroads the great bulk is controlled by two important consolidations, the Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies Steam ship lines and the Eastern Steamship 1 "tporatlon. With few exceptions, the "tistituent companies of these consol •lations had been subsidiaries of an a’ lier met ger, the Consolidated Steam op lines, which collapsed shortly after s formation in 19(17. Except for railroad owned lines and vices to Porto Rico, there is hardly competing line of importance oper !‘tia between the domestic putts serv " by tilt. Atlantic. Gulf and West In- Steamship lines. Idle there appears to be no intel ■'net-ship of stock between the At 'iitie. Gulf and West Indies Steamship ues and the Eastern Steamship Cor ’l'ation, the two concerns have several ctors In common, which indicates a 'tisiderabie community of Interest. Moreover, as above noted, the New fork, New Haven ami Hartford rail o,nl owns a considerable stock interest m the Eastern Steamship Corporation, but appears to be without direct rep -1 mentation In the management Canals Abandoned. In addition to the interests of rail macs in steamship lini s.tjjrief mention may be made of the very important in fluence exerted by railroads over ca nals considerable number of the I'livate canals which have parsed un ci- control have been com* I 'o- •■ aoanuoned, and railroads now INQUEST FAILS TO SOLVE SLAYING GF MRS. AMELIA RAUZIN An inquiry today by Coroner iionehoo, into the death of Mrs. Amelia Rauzin, who was found slugged in her Inane. 203 East unier s.reet, late Sunday morning and who lay unconscious until her death late yesterday afternoon, failed to develop the slightest clew to the identity of the slayer Detectives today are at work on the mjst.ix. hut have obtained no evidence that won],| warrant an anest. the , ‘ni , ?LT C r l> " n > eh "'’ “ rf ' l de'ertives probed . wrn I n,JS, ’ r -' thoroughly at the inquest, ,n the Rauzin home. The cam. t T""' 1 verdict that Mrs. Rauzn known persons® “ lh “ han ' ,! - of un ' ' SENDS 15,000-WORD NOTE WHEN HE IS DESERTED NEW YORK. I-. c. 23.- In a typewrit ten statement 15.000 words long. G orge E. Meyeis infcimeii the police that his wife, 17. had deserted him. KJ ' .JSsr'- - '■ k \. / L C<pvT&>,iQH-r Airs. Woodrow Wilson, wife of the president-elect, who. with her three daughters, was guesr o* honor at a breakfast at the Waldorf-Astoria in Xew York Saturday. Among tiie guests were many wives of leading Democrats. This picture is the hitest pnoto of Airs. Wilson, and declared by her to be her best likeness. ATLANTANS ASKED TO AID SANTA CLAUS AT FLORENCE HOME Over at the Florence Home for Chil dren the inmates are expecting Santa Claus, with the universal right of chil dien. Whether their hopes will be blasted depends much on the fathers and mothers of Atlanta, says an ap peal that went out today, asking that the kids at 65. Johnson avenue be not forgotten. “Give a thought to these helpless babies,” says the appeal, "and make your own Christmas joys greater by sending something to brighten their lives.” EMORY GRADUATE WINS RHODEJSJjCHOLARSHIP OXFORD, GA., Dee. 23.—A telegram received here by Professor A. G. San ders, professor of Greek at Emory col lege, announces that Hatton D. Tow son, a member of last .year’s senior class, has won the three years Rhodes scholarship to Oxford, England. Mr. Towson was quite a prominent boy while at Emory, being editor-in chief of The Phoenix. He is now an assistant in the English department of Emory college. CHRISTMAS A HOLIDAY z ON LONDON NEWSPAPERS LONDON. Dec. 23.—A majority of the daily newspapers in London and the provinces have decided not to pub lish <>n ’ 'hristmas day. It is expected the others will follow the same course. MATCHES BOY CARRIES IGNITED BY SPANKING ■ CHICAGO, Dec. 23. —An irate parent I put Johnny Miller across her knees t” j spank him. The first smack brought u * burst of flame from the seat ol pun -1 ishment. Johnny had matches in his I ‘revolver" pocket, control about 90 per cent of the mileage of the few still in operation. Moreover, on the Erie canal, thi most important artificial inland waterway of the eotfn-’ try, the westbound business has vir tually passed under the control of rail roads. while eastbound traffic has been largely diverted from the canal by ri - pealed reductions In rail rates, late arrangements and railroad contiol of terminal facilities. These reductions in rail rates are, however, to a consider able extent, attributable to canal com petition. At the present time the state of New York is making veiy < xensive improvements on the canal, in the hop of testoring a large volume of traffic. ■Railload control of westbound traf fic on the canal has been follow*"! by marked advances In i-anal-and-'ik •■ i-luss -ates in tl— face of ill unchanged all-rai rat*-' fl!]! ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, DECEMBER 23. 1912. MRS. WILSON HAILED AS 'FIRST LADY’OF U.S. ’»*-Wb& X\ /yW| <m x tßP||b\ W|\ \ // r - // W K. / / AF / / ■■ / / , fidKEw.j -.-' ■ r k'V*’. j>*'S\ \ SALOONIST SLAYS MAN AS OFFICER STANDS AT HIS BAR CHICAGO, Dee!”23.—While a police sergeant stood a few feet away at, the other end of a saloon bar, Dominick Valala demanded of Dominick Bertucci, 1 proprietor of* the saloon, SSOO in cash. , Bertucci refused. There was a low- ; voiced quarrel, then Valala attempted to draw his revolver. Bertucci drew , first and shot Valala, killing him In- ; : stantly. Then he handed his revolver to the startled police officer. , Three companions of Bertucci escap ed. A number of negroes in the place were held as witnesses. The inquest will be held today. ' PATIENT AT HOSPITAL INSISTS HE'S NOT DEAD ST. LOUIS. Dec. 23. —Wace Jean, a Hungarian laborer, sat up in bed at the city hospital and denied he was dead. - "The rqport is greatly exaggerated,” said he. paraphlasing Mark Twain, in flawless Hungarian. “I’m only badly hint." Wace. according to a report that came from the hospital, died yesterday even ing from a fractured skull, suffered three days ago, when he fainted in the I kitchen of his homr at 4352 Clayton . I avenue, ami fell over backward. 1 j Hospital authorities are unable to ex- I plain how the false report got out. 1 REDUCE OFFICERS WHEN PRISONER GETS AWAY DAVENPORT, IOWA, Dec. 23.—For allowing a much wanted criminal to ■scape after he had been placed under j 1 rrt st and surrounded by four office, s, |’lire? detectives were reduced to the f I rank of patrolmen and suspended for , fifteen days. Twelve shots were find I Jat yte escaping p i oner, none taking Infect, although two of the detectives . I were expert shots and members of local ! gun clubs. ♦ CALIFORNIA STUDENTS FOR “WET” FUNCTIONS i BERKELEY, CAL.. Dec. 23. A pro-j posed amendment to a constitution of I ’ the Associated Students of the Uni versity <»f California, providing lor the < litnination of liquor from functions given by the student body, was voted r down by a meeting of the association by a vote of 25 to 1. i STRAWBERRIES GROWING IN ILLINOIS MAN’S GARDEN BLOOMINGTON, ILL, Dec. 2.3 Samuel Pepple, of Normal, picked i quart of strawberries today In his gar den. The crop is th** latest ever known jn central Illinois. -Th* b* rides were 1 developed without the aid of a hot house. • METHODISTS GIVE LIBERALLY TO AID WESLEY HOSPITAL Wesley Memorial hospital, one of the largest institutional features of the Methodist church in the state, was re membered liberally by churches of that denomination in the Christmas collec tion taken throughout Georgia Sunday. Reports from Atlanta churches indi cated that the fund for fihe charity work at the local hospital for 1913 will br more than $5,000. In 1911 Methodists over the state gave $5,000 for the main tenance of the charity wards of the Wesley hospital, but in 1912 the fund fell to $4,000. The following amounts were raised by Atlanta churches: Wesley Memo rial $205; Inman Park. $170; St. Pauls, $115; St. Johns, $93,15; Park Street, $75; Di uid Hills, $42.80. Trinity, First church and St. Mark postponed the Christmas collection un til next Sunday. SLATON CHIEF SPEAKER FOR OPENING OF NORMAL \ ALDt >STA. GA.. Dec. 23.—Govern or-elect John M. Slaton, Chancellor David C. Barrow. of the State univer sity; Dr. Kenneth G. Matheson, presi dent of the Georgia School of Tech nology, and numerous other prominent men, have accepted invitations to at tend the opening of the South Georgia Normal college in this city on January 2. and will be guests at the elaborate banquet to be given by the Chamber of Com ice on the evening of that day. Governor Slaton will deliver the prin cipal addless at the opening of the college. SAVANTS TRAVEL 12.000 MILES. MISS AN ECLIPSE LONDON, Dec. 23.—The official re port of the British scientifle expedition’s fruitless Journey to tin mountains of Brazil to observe the total eclipse of the sun on Oet”ber 10- it rained ail day is thus summarized: | Duration of eclipse, 113 seconds; I preparation of charts and instruments !at Greenwich observatory. three months; length of journey out ami back, 12,0t(0 miles; absent**' from England, ten weeks; equipment carried, three tons; net results, nil. SUSPECTED SLAYER OF DEPUTY SHOT TO DEATH FORREST CITY. ARK.. Dee. 23.—A sberifl and posse in pursuit of Cecil Mallory, suspected of having shot and killed Deputy Sheriff B. S. Moore, came upon their quarry as Mallory was walk ing into Widener, a small station on the Rock Island railroad. Two of the posse literally riddled the suspected man's body with buckshot, death re sulting instantly VULETIDE SPIRIT BUS SUNDAY WMES Special Sermons and Musical Programs Feature the Ob servance of Christmas. If the Christmas spirit penetrates the gloom of today, it Is due in large part to the splendid observance of Yuletide in the churches of Atlanta yesterday. Nearly every church had a special pro i gram. Appropriate to the old story of "Peace on earth, good will toward men.” Dr. Dunbar Ogden, of the Central Pres byterian chu“eh. took as his topic Sun day evening "The Problem of Univer sal Peace.” In discussing this subject, Dr. Ogden declared that the great problem could never be solved through peace socie ties and tribunal.-, but must come through a. change in the hearts of men —the deepening of character and the elimination of personal strife. Gideons Hear Bible Defended. He said that the great dissensions be i tween nations are due to lack of con fidence In the authority of government, and that this condition alone can be changed through the elimination of per- I zonal prejudice. When that is done, he ! said, the people of our country will rise up and oppose the paying of 70 per cent of our national income to the sup port of war. - At the regular meeting of the Gid eons at the Piedmont hotel Sunday aft ernoon, the Rev. H. M. Dußose, pastor I of the First Methodist church, address | "d the meeting in defense of the Bible against the attacks of "schools of so called liberal thought and partisan or ganizations.” Reciting recent charges of sectarian ism by organizations and Individuals, he pointed to the fact that the Bible has outlived all the great world empires, and declared that it is an indispensa ble authority in public instruction "Bible Pledge of Civilization.” ‘The Bible is not only the source, but it also is the pledge of our civili zation. and our enlightenment could not be made possible without it,” he said. The Rev. Mr. Dußose’s address was the second of a series by prominent Gideon members In defense of the Bi ble. The organization hopes to elimi nate all prejudice and to place the Bible In schools and many other places where it Is not exensively read now. A Christmas service of more than ordinary interest was held Sunday morning at the Central Congregational church, which was chiefly made up of music and song. The choir was in creased to thirty voices, including some of the best In the city. Dr. G. L. Hans com. the pastor, spoke upon "The Other Wise Man," in which he told the old and simple story, in modern language, of the search of Artaban for the King of all Kings. Children Give for Poor. Children of the Sunday school at the North Avenue Presbyterian church turned the tables on Santa Claus Sun day. Instead of having their usual Christmas tree, laden with gifts for themselves, each child brought a pres ent or money to be given to the poor children of the city. “The Most Valuable of All Discover ies” was the subject of Dr. Hugh K. Walker's Christmas sermon Sunday morning at the First Presbyterian church. His “most valuable discovery" was the finding of the Christ-Vhlld in a manger by the shepherds. His discus sion was most interesting. Subjects of equal interest were dis cussed in dozens of other churches. The Sunday school and church attendance was far above the average. SAVANNAHANS ADVOCATE INLAND WATERWAY PLAN SAVANNAH, GA., Dec. 23- Judge A. B. Moore, of the Chatham county board of commissioners; Joseph F. Gray, state railroad commissioner and executive officer of the Chamber of Commerce, and Pleasant A. Stovall have returned from Washington, where they were in conference with General Bixby, chief of the board of engineers of the National Rivers and Harbors relative to the proposed opening of the Inland waterway from Beaufort, N. ('., to Flor ida. Congryssman Charles G. Edwards met the delegation in Washington and help ed lay the matter before the engineers BIRMINGHAM GETS FIRST $ CALL ON ALLEGED FOBGER MONTGOMERY, ALA., Dec. 21.—Bir mingham will get first call on Benjamin W. Brumby, arrested here Wednesday, charged with forging numerous checks in Atlanta and Birmingham. Governor O’Neal early today withdrew his approval of a requisition for the prisoner’s return to Atlanta, indicating that he will go first to Birmingham to face charges. A petition for release on habeas cor pus was heard by Judge Brown today, and Brumby was remanded to the cus tody of the sheriff. His bond was fixed at $5,000, and he appealed. Brumby can not be removed from Montgomery until his appeal has been determined by the higher court. He has not furnished bond. FIRST WOMAN MAYOR ELECTED IN OREGON WARRENTON, OREG., Dec. 23. With equal suffrage only a month old I in Oregon, Miss Clara Munson, daugh ter <»f a survivor of the Whitman mas sacre, was elected mayor of this city over J. W. Detrich by sixteen votes. She is the first woman mayor elected in this state. She carried het ticket alsu SEARCHING SIDELIGHTS ON GEORGIA POLITICS The Georgia weeklies, wishing their constituencies a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, many of them be- - r - decked with gor geous front pages of holiday persua - sion, announce al most unanimously this week that there will be, in honor of the Yule tide, "no papei next week.” The Georgia weekly press, for years, has cut out the Christ m a s week edition. The dailies.may keep going, with their records of news and their stories of men and things, but (he weeklies (ease firing,' and take a true and genuine vacation, with the accompanying opportunity to have a good time really, and get a sure enough holiday. The Georgia weekly press has con cerned itself of late far more than the dally press with Georgia's chance of getting a son in the cabinet. And the weeklies, too, run very de cidedly in favor of Representative Pleasant A. Stovall, of Savannah, for that honor. If the weekly press were vouchsafed the authority to name the man from Georgia who should sit as Wilson's ad viser and intimate in the white house, Stovall would get the plum! He is, and has been for many years, very popular (with the weekly press. And the press is divided on him only with respect to which particular port folio should be awarded him. Suggestions run pbout evenly be tween the secretaryship of the Interior and the postmaster generalship. Charles S. Barrett, of Georgia, presi dent of the National Farmers union, has been named by President Taft to be a member of the highly important commission on industrial relations, authorized by congress. It is said that the senate likely will refuse to confirm the commission named by the president, and in that event, of course, Mr. Barrett would not sit upon it as at present proposed. President Woodrow Wilson, however, will name a new commission soon after inauguration, which will be confirmed, and Mr. Barrett will be renamed. There does not seem to be any doubt about that. Senator Hoke Smith’s proposed bill extending the national banks the right to lend money on real estate is general ly approved in Georgia. The fact that national banks are not permitted to make loans upon real es tate collateral makes it harder for the farmer to get money, so various news papers argue, than it would be if the old prohibition were removed. The purpose of the law originally was to force national banks to lend money only on collateral immediately con vertible into cash in case of forfeiture, but the necessity of holding real estate collateral rigidly to a contrary classi fication is urged to have passed, and. therefore, the Georgia newspapers— particularly of the rural persuasion— believe that the financial situation would be greatly and sensibly relieved if national banks might make loans on real estate as security. Anyway, Senator Smith’s bill is be ing applauded from one end of the state to the other as a mighty desirable thing. The suggestion of The Darien Ga zette that all county officers in Georgia be elected for four years instead of two, as Is now the custom, has met with considerable approval throughout the state. If it carried with it the further sug- HAVE YOU A DEAF CHILD? The only private school In the South for Deaf Children Only school South teaching SPEECH exclusively. Most advanced methods; home life Unsurpassed results. Miss Arbaugh’s School for Deaf Children 110 Rogers Ave. MACON. GA KVX ——-—a—— -aa.nrar.,T» w-,- ■■ -arr.—r j]?>< A| 7’X' E Holiday . 1 g Greetings 1 Western Union “Day Letters” (w§ and ‘‘Night Letters” are t&js; carriers of good cheer. JsS M iy% ZSwlKu T elc P hone f° r o Special Holiday 9® M Blanks \j y THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY ol O ' BY JAMES B. NEVIN. gestion of no prescriptive title to a see* > ond term, it likely would be generally I approved. It is customary in Georgia nowadays to elect officers, and then to re-elect J them, regardless, to a second term. ' Years ago the politicians began to set I up a claim to a second term as an ; "indorsement," and the officeholder who ! failed to get it has looked upon the failure as a sort of repudiation pe- j culiarly obnoxious. This idea had more to do than any thing else, perhaps, with bringing about ii the constitutional inhibition against a I third consecutive term in the governor- I ship. Governors have come to be ac- vfi corded a second term, almost without | question; and pretty much the same 1 rule applies in ail other offices—as It I does, indeed, so far as Georgia is con- I cerneAl, to national representatives and S senators. hile, however. The Darien Gazette’s ] suggestion is interesting and in many | instances approved, it is not at all like- ' ly that a change in the present law will i be enacted by the incoming legislature. _j Jesse G. Perry, the governor s private 1 secretary, left Saturday night to spend 1 his Christmas holiday wit!: “the folks 1 back home," in Mitchell county. Colonel Perry is an ardent sportsman j ami a crack shot. He will not miss a. .1 day's hunting while he is away, but has 1 promised the governor t'aitiii'iilly to stick within the limit of 25 birds a ’lay, 'L ami not bring down censure upon the ’ administration by shooting up Mitchell ’ county’s quail crop Imiis. rlminatelj. He will return to Atlanta and his of- II ticial duties about January Congressman Charles G. Edwards, of the I'iist district, lists I'.oitor Josephus Daniels, of The Ralelg . News and <Jo- ) server, as the one sure cabinet possi bility under President Wilson. Air. Edwards, who is home for the Christmas holidays, say.- there is ao- I solutely no doubt in the mind of any- : body in Washington that Daniels is to land, ami in al! probability in th. post master generalship. Editor Daniels is \ i.i- |y Imowp jp | Georgia, especially among those wiio I have figured in national politics, and J the opinion that lie richly de." rves re- 'I ward and recognition at the hands of ’he incoming mlministration is praeti- 1 rally unanimous. Th< announcement of (lie Georgia prison commission that it will not stand, for the removal of county wardens and £ physicians, when the cause for removal Is merely political, has smashed many a pretty slat*- framed up for January throughout the state. New county commissioners here and there long ago have caucused and de cided to oust wardens anti physicians hither and yon—and generally for no reason whatever other than that the Incumbents aligned themselves with losing political factions in the various localities affected. The prison commission never has del egated to the county commissioners the right to elect these officials, but it had come to accept their recommendations practically without question. When it became apparent, however, that this right of nomination was being abused, the commission sharply withdrew it. There will be some wailing and gnashing of teeih, of course—but the prison commission says it will stand pat from now on, on its own right ti name the county physicians and warA dens. If you are troubled with chronic eon- \ stipatlon, the mild and gentle effect of Chamberlain’s Tablets makes them es- 1 peeially suited to your ease. F or sale by all dealers. (Advt.) HOLIDAY RATES —VIA— N. C. Sl ST. L. and W. &. A. R. r . “OPERA GLASSES” The gift that will please any one. Jn<.. L. Moore & Sons have them from $5 (’()' to $40.00. 42 North Broad St ’Advt.) 3