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u. treaty with KIA TO END WEDNESDAY Barring American Jews From Czar's Domain Terminates 80-Year Agreement. WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—Next Wed- ) n , .. .iny. January 1, 1913, marks the day j oi which the treaty between Russia ) and the United States wijl be abro- , This international agreement between I ,zar and Uncle. Sam was entered i hit.' in 1832 and was terminated be , -.use of Russia's refusal to grant pass- i ports to American citizens who were of tlir Jewish race. While the relations between these j icountries have been of a very’ , r ,lial nature, in a diplomatic sense,) piattcis began to grow acute when end- 1 I-. pt American citizens of Hebrew lin- ' , p. >■ .-re subjected to the humiliation | of icing denied entrance into Russia, f .1\ because of their religion. It is iderstood forces utre at work for tite .rmution of a new treaty. 'flic!' had been some desultory ugi- j tai ion in regard to this matter from , t.pi- to time, but it came to a head : 1 i 'tiiuiner when Oscar Straus, for- ■ . ' minister to Constantinople and re- : ~ , tly a candidate for governor of New j \ oriand Jacob Schiff, a New York i, anker, applied to the Russian gov- | irnment for passports as American cit- I /.e:ts and were refused. This hampering of two eminent : American citizens, whom this country ltd frequently honored, precipitated I o. agitation which culminated in the) i lion taken by congress abrogating I tlie treaty. Steps have been taken, I however, to continue friendly relations . between the two countries. Treaty a Marvel. This alliance was one of the diplo ui.tie marvels of the age. Here was : a country which represented the last | < ord in autocratic tyranny assuming I and maintaining a most cordial atti tude toward a republic and a democ tties which was fairly set out upon a mission to cast down those political ideals which the former country was making its chief object to maintain. Notwithstanding this. Russia has al- ) vuys been ranged on the side of the i'nited States in every international issue involving the welfare of this gov ernment. At the time the question of abrogat- ■ ing tlie treaty was up before congress. I President Taft pointed out that the I treaty was old and antiquated and that i v. Idle its provisions had been violated ) in tlie matter of th> American Jews, i there were also other important ques tions that had arisen since tlie ratifi- i ■ >iion of the treaty, which were not covered by it. It was William Sulzer, i emoeratic covornor-elect of the state of New York, who initiated the fight on the ■ aty in the house of represent.:tives. As chairman of the committee on for ' fen affairs, lie arose and, burning with i ndignatlon, called tlie attention of) Hie house to the gross violation of the, or ient pact ano demanded its abroga- ( i ion. Sulzer Pushed Fight. Introducing a resolution to this es- ■ bi t. Air. Sulzer precipitated a tight in the house which lasted several days. Some members were disposed to look upon Russia's discriminatory tactics iltli indifference, but before the debate • io progressed many days the temper of tlie American people made itself • ' It in so palpable a manner that con gress voted overwhelmingly to abrogate the treaty. This does not mean that diplomatic ) relations between Russia and the ( nit- ; I'd States are indefinitely suspended, bi fact, they will not be cut off al all , in a practical sense. It was but re ' i ntly that President Taft sent a mes sage to the czar congratulating him upon his birthday and that ruler re plied in terms of warm cordiality. The treaty of 1832 was effected by ■lames Buchanan, who was then minis ter at St. Petersburg, and fount Nessel rode. Russian minister of foreign af drs. At that time no mention was ■ uid" by either government of personal ’ghts independent of commercial ights, and it was this very technical- | by which resulted in its abrogation | "Ighty years later. At tlie time the treaty was made it . .'as looked upon as a shrewd diplomat- i ■ victory for Buchanan and he was ; recipient of numerous congratlila- Hons. Tlie terms of the treaty were ' onsidered to be broad, although the thought of both countries was, doubt iess, that it related to commercial af fairs only. Southerner Barred First. The first case of record in which an American Jew a as denied passport Into Russia was in 1852, when the Russian government refused to vise the pass port of A. Dudley Mann, who was aft- , '■rward assistant secretary of state and envoy to Brussels from the Southern ' "iifederacy during the Civil war. Mr. Mann complained to Secretary of ■State Everett that the first article of die treaty had been violated. But that ■statesman did not concur in his view of it. He said the treaty covered com mercial relations only and called •Mann’s attention to the stipulation that the inhabitants of the two states should have the same protection and security as natives of the country wherein they reside ''on condition of their submit ting to the laws and ordinances there prevailing, and jiartieularly to the reg ulations in force concerning commerce and that the right of sojourn and res idence must have reference to that subject. Chasing Greased Pig Is Thriller of Athletic Meet at Fort SOLDIERS compete in field sports Op "'A jw* *** • • ■ ---HoA « ——————• I’rivai ■ Heller, of < 1). / ' 'X. ■' <■ A / I I winning tin* li.iihl rart win-el ~ \ xx'x * // / JEOa. ,\ \x\ ’ jjOr ! / Third Battalion Wins Prize for Butts Manual Gur Drill. Dashes Thrilling. I Soldiers of the Seventeenth regi | inent at Fort McPherson are still talking j of their field day snorts and trying to i make bets that the men of tiie Seven- I teenth can "clean up" with the Elev- I enth cavalry or any other bunch if an i Inter-regiment meet can be pulled off. There were some sports on the Mc i Pherson parade ground, in spite of the > chilly breeze. Private Ferguson, of G company, carried off the real prize of i the- day when he ran down the greased I pig, clasped the squealing trophy tri umphantly to his breast and hurried to the kitchen. But there were others al most as greasy as Private Ferguson, even if they didn't have the sticking power. The Third battalion pulled down the prize for the Butts manual drill, which i consists in handling an army rifle in ■ the most approved manner. The Sec ‘ ond battalion was next, and the First was last, according to the report. Private Clark, of Company D, won the 100-yard dash in 111-2 seconds, with Sergeant Naughton, of M, second, and Private Quigley, of D, a close third. Private Richards, of Company K, won ' the 220-yard sprint in 25 seconds flat. I with Mulhearn, of Company E. and I Wolitsky, of M, second and third. I Privates Strohmeyer and Monkie i wicz, of Company B, put it all over i Privates Doherty ami Mayfield, of Com | pany E. in the human wheelbarrow race, Longerbeam, of Com pany L, had an easy time in the slow mule event. The sack race was won by Scharf, of Company F, with Kee, of F, and Ross, of I, second and third. The hand cart wheel race was won by Miller, of D, with Mahoney, of M. second, and Brad bury. of L, third. Company E carried off tli< prize~for the lockstep broom I raw. RELATIVES DIVIDE ESTATE OF SUICIDE AND WIFE HE SLEW COLUMBUS. GA.. Dee. 28.—Through an agreement reached by attorneys rep resenting tile parties interested, the Robarts will contest vase was brought to a close yesterday when Ordinary Wfliiarn Redd signed an ordei allowing attorneys representing Mrs. < . M. liar low to set up a will to her sister’s prop el ty. Last August Mrs. Blanche Robarts. sister of Mrs. Barlow, was shot ami killed by her husband, who also shot i himself, dying later from the wound. I Just before Mrs. Robarts died, she made ja yerba will, In which she gave her property to her sister, Mrs. Barlow. Mrs Barlow, through her attorneys, undertook to set up this will, which was-contested by members of the Rob arts family. The agreement leached between the contesting factions gives Mrs. Barlow a house and lot and automobile which belonged to her sister, valued at SB,OOO, : while the insurance on the life of A. M. I i Robarts goes to the Robarts heirs. It amounted to $4,500. SODA WATER BOY. HEIR TO $5,000. STICKS TO HIS JOB JACKSON. TENN.. Dec. 30.—Walter Key, working In a local drug store as a soda dispenser, has been notified that tie is heir to $5,000, which was left to him by his grandfather, W. D. Davis, who died at Benoit, Miss., two years ago. Key, who is only 21 years of age, ran away from his home in Jackson. Miss., a number of years ago and was located after considerable inquiry. He Is ap parently unchanged by Id- good for tune. declaring that he will continue to dispense soda. TITE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1912 Private. Ferguson, of Company C. with the greased pig which failed to elude his grasp although it got tiwa.v from his competitors. Rockefeller and Morgen Buccaneer s Progeny KNOW YOUR ANCESTORS? SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 30. —Down at Carniel-by-the-Sea. Dr. David Starr Jordan is preparing a bomb .-hell in the ' shape of a little book that is expected ■ to blast in the world’s opinion of itself. I Dr. Jordan is, among other things, I president of the Eugenics commission ' of the American Readers association I and his essay will be ostensibly written ■ for them. Equipped with tones and charts and aided by the most expert genealogist on the Pacific coast, Dr. Jordan has traced I about 1,000 American families, repre- | senting several million of us. back through our ancestry. I Dr. Jordan has reached these find ings: 1. At least half of the citizens in this country of English ancestry are de scendants of one “supe’-woman” and members of one colossal family. 2. Isabelle De Vermandois, daughter of a crusader and wife of the Duke of Warren, living In the twelfth century, is the common progenitor of the teaming millions whom Dr. Jo dan stamps as the "fittest of the English speaking race." 3. John D. Rockefeller and J. P. Mor- and their millions of “poor rela tions” will now be able to prove it. •1 Rockefeller and Morgan have an cestral lines which also run back to that of Prince of Buccaneers. Sir Fran cis Drake. 5. Washington. Jefferson, Lincoln, the two Harrisons, Cleveland and Roosevelt are shown to be “quite definitely re lated." (>. President Emeritus Charles W. Eliot, of Harvard, and President Nich- BEN HILL YOUTH GETS PRIZE FOR BEST ACRE OF CORN IN FULTON Euris W.illaee, of Ben Hili, Fulton I county, today is the proud possessor of a pure-bred Berkshire boar, valued at $25, which lias been given to him by the Central of Georgia railroad for having grown the best acre of corn in Fulton county this year. Young Wallace is a member of the Fulton County Boys Corn club. His best yield, as evidenced at the recent corn show at the capital, was 83 bush els from a single acre. In addition to receiving the fine boar offered by the Central of Georgia rail road to the winner in Fulton county, he also received the prize of the Fulton County Boys Corn club. Wallace was given his choice be tween the Berkshire boar and a short course at the date College of Agricul ture at Athens, during January, as the prize of the railroad. He won the third highest state prize • •SOME INGREDIENTS • IN JORDAN’S BOMB: • • ’ • David Starr Jordan has discov- • • ered: • • Rockefeller and Morgan are de- • ! • scendants of Sir Francis Drake, • j • prince of buccaneers. • • Washington, Jefferson. Lincoln, • ■ • the two Harrisons, Cleveland and • • Roosevelt are related. • ; • Dr. Charles W. Eliot, Nicholas • j • Murray Butler. the Timothy • • Dwights and himself are of com- • • mon ancestry. • • All of the millions of descend- • • ants of Isabella Vermando, da ugh- • • ter of the Crusader, are the fittest • • of the English-speaking race. • . | • • ••••••••••••••••••••••••a* Jolas Mm ray Butler, of Columbia, the ; two Timothy Dwights and Woolsey, of Yale, and Dr. Jordan himself happen to fall into a college president trust, due to their common ancestor. 7. Practically any family which can trace its line back to Isabella Vernando Is mentally and physically sound and its progeny stand a more than usual chance to inherp the earth 8. The mating of Mother Isabella’s progeny is a st“p toward the ideal of ■ eugenics. 9. True love, with the initiative of the individuals tempered by an under standing of eugenics, is far and away a better method of bringing about this • selective ideal than a resort to state regulation or parental interference. TURKEY FAMINE IN WAKE OF CHRISTMAS; NOT A WAIL HEARD! Here at the fag end of the holiday season, when it doesn't really matter except to epicureans, turkeys are get ting beyond the financial reach of many Atlanta people. Saturday evening a 1 high point in the flight was reached, and Sunday several of the restaurant men, who did not Include turkey in their 1 bills of fare gave as the reason that 30 cents a pound was too much to pay; others, that tuikeys were not to be ob tained for love nor money. It is a safe" bet that the groanipg board of Atlanta’s Sunday dinner was • groaning in most places rather for the i lack of the holiday bird than with its weight. “White meat, or dark?” was no part of the host's ritual yesterday. t Turkeys are scarce. A turkey famine • might have been a calamity a month ■ ago. But a present shortage of the 1 supply has failed to arouse a wall of grief. Private Leavitt, one of the contestants in the slow mule race. SEARCHING SIDELIGHTS ON GEORGIA POLITICS BY JAMES B. NEVIN. Secretary of State Phil Cook believes that Georgia could greatly increase its revenue from automobiles used within ; . s . s the state, and at the same time not inflict an unwel come burden upon automobile o w ti ers and operators, by wisely revising its law as to th collection of auto mobile taxes and their subsequent disposition. “Very few auto, mobilists within the state now,” said Secretary Cook today, dis cussing this mat ter, “really pay an ad valorem tax at ill. While some of this loss of Justly due revenue may arise from pure tax dodging, 1 firmly believe the greater part of it arises from ignorance of the tax laws upon the part of automobile owners. “Automobile owners come to my of fice and pay the required $2 license to operate, and believe that the $2 is all the tax the state requires of them. As a matter of fact, automobiles should be returned to the state' tax receivers for taxation. Just as any other personal* property is returned—according to their honest value. “In some states, automobile owners are required to pay the ad valorem tax at the time the machine is registered— that is, when it is new, and about Vo he licensed. In-thls way both the license and the property tax are collected at the same time, anil confusion and mis takes are avoided. "Where the tax is collected in this manner, it goes Into a fund kept sepa rate and distinct from the general state funds, and is used solely for good roads purposes— to help out the smaller and poorer counties in that tine work, for Instance. Automobile owners, knowing their taxes are going into such a fund, are greatly reconciled to their payment. Many a bridge or causeway erected In some poor county has made glad the heart of automobile owners that they were given an opportunity to partici pate in a state fund that made such construction possible. "The state would not need, under my plan, a roads commission. All we would need would be a good engineer, to work with the various counts au thorities when necessary, or independ ently, upon whom would rest responsi bility for the work taken over under the special fund. “That the automobile tax, in its ad valorem aspect, is not paid in Georgia, as the law stands today, is attested In the fact that every county shows from five to twenty times as many automo biles registered for license as are re turned for taxation In one south Georgia county, for Instance, there have been 177 automobiles licensed, whereas , only nine have been returned for taxa , tlon. “The next legislature should look into . tills matter.” ' Tile Washington Post was impressed j decidedly, It seems, when the reasons advanced by the Georgia legislature for LEAVES NEVADA TO ESCAPE RETURN TO GEORGIA FOR TRIAL J SAVANNAH. GA.. Dec. 30—Requi sition papers sent to Nevada for John H. Schroder, wanted in Savannah for child abandonment, will be honored by the governor of Nevada, but Schrpder has now left that state, and it will be necessary to take the matter up with the governor of California. Schroder was in Nevada for the purpose of se curing a divorce at Reno from his Sa vannah wife. After his release at Reno, having won the first tight against his extradition to Georgia, Schroder immediately left there, going to a point in California, where he is said to be now residing. This course will, of course, tie up tlie divorce proceedings in Neva/ia. If Schroder had remained in Reno two weeks longer and no light was made, he would have been granted his divorce. Now the proceedings are hanging fire, atfd Mrs. Schroder is preparing to fight. refusing last summer to assent to the direct-election-of-senators amendment to the Federal constitution were read in tiie national house last week. In commenting editorially upon the Georgia resolution, The Post said: The Georgia protest questioning the validity of the direct elections amendment, or rather the manner of its passage through the house, admittedly is a strong and persua sive paper, evidently the work of constitutional lawyers of the High est caliber. It will be recalled that while the senate adopted the amendment by a two-thirds ma jority of all its members, tiie vote in the house fell short of that r< - I quirement of the constitution. But Speaker Clark, deciding in accord ance with precedent, declared the amendment adopted on the ground that as two-thirds of those in at tendance voted “aye,” it stood ap proved. Holding out for a strict construction of the constitution, which reads “two-thirds of both houses shall propose amendments,” the protestants assert that the course taken was unconstitutional, as being in derogation of the right of the state to conseAt to no changes in the organic law “except such as are proposed in strict con formity to its terms.” While conceding that the techni cal point raised by tiie Georgia leg islature is debatable, the constitu tional lawyers in congress are in clined to rest their case on the con struction handed down by earlier congresses, holding at tiie same time that it is up to the several legislatures to decide. The resolution returning to congress the proposed amendment, without ac tion, and in protest of its manner of passage by tiie national house, was drawn by Representative Alexander, of DeKalb, and was adopted by a unani mous vote of tiie legislature. Charles S. Barrett, president of the great National Farmers union, Is the only man of record in Georgia history who has had the signal and unique honor of being mayor of a lone and iso lated mountain, minus inhabitants oth er than squirrels, possums, Jaybirds and woodpeckers. Once upon a time, some enterprising citizens in Mr. Barrett’s then vineyard of endeavor decided to incorporate a mountain In the neighborhood, not be cause It needed Incorporating especial ly, but because they thought it would acquire added importance, perhaps as a summer resort, if it were given a legal status and a name that might be put upon the map. Having decided to confer munici palityhood upon this lonesome moun tain. It was necessary, of course, to provide a mayor for the same; so Bar rett was legislated Into the Job, de spite his misgivings and doubts. There wasn't a house and there wasn't a cave dweller on the entire tract Incorporated as a town, and when Barrett was notified of his mayoralty honors, he didn’t know what to do Being then, as now. a wise man in his generation, he resolved the doubt by doing nothing. He sat steady In the boat. He didn't even go to the trouble to get sworn in; and, as there were no ARMY MEN PLAN IN VIEW OF 10 Clash With Great Britain Over Canal Considered Probable by Military Leaders. Atlanta army officials will watch with more than usual interest the approach ing trip of Brigadier General Robert K. Evans. U. S. A., commander of the Department of the Gulf, to Washington lor a conference with Secretary of War Stimson, Major General Leonard Wood, and others, on plans to reorganize tho army General Evans leaves January (1. ami will be in conference with the army men January 8. Although the roster of the United States army shows 87,259 men. this iji eludes troops now doing service in the coast artillery, in the Philippines, in Hawaii, and Panama, who are not available for immediate service in a mobile army. Less than 40,000 men ar« ready for immediate service at anj given point, and it is the purpose oi ' the army chiefs to increase the number to a total of 1,000.000. capable of repell ing any invading foe. Seek Trained Reserves. The former term of enlistment was three years, but the new order makes a i seven-year term, with three or four years service and the balance spent in reserve. Trained soldiers, subject to recall for service, declare war maker ’, will be able to uphold the honor of the country where recruits would fail. There is deep concern among irmy men over the Panama canal, and the impression Is that war with Great Brit- T aln is inevitable If the United States finally exempts coastwise American ships from paying toll; also that tho country faces extreme humiliation if It takes a position favoring England and the other powers. Army leaders declare that if the United States insists on the exemption of American ships, it Is only u question of time before Great Britain will send ships and forces down to take the canal. Ship Exemption Might Bring War. With four naval vessels to one owned by the United States government, it is pointed out. she could do that handily, land there would be little appeal, either I through the medium of peace or that of i war. Which nation will care to tackle the United States first remains to be I seen, but it will be the one which Is hit | the hardest. Jealousy of Germany by England, and vice versa, lias heretofore kept America, safe, but the violation of the Hay- Pauncefote treaty, if exemption of ships is a violation, likely will bring on war with the latter country. And America, so the wise men say, will be caught en tirely unprepared. Plausible congressmen declare that should England and the United States go to war, the latter country would take Canada and also resist success i fully my invading force, but those who I look gravely at the situation point to I similar declarations mid the actual per- Iformances in the war of 1812, when American soldiers wen- easily turned ; back from the Canadian border and England Hus only bested through cir cumstances beyond her control. Treaty Is Not Clear. Eliliu Root, formerly secretary of war, and the present secretary are un alterably opposed to exemption from tolls, and In this position they oppoti-t President Taft, w ho has fixed tolls fur all classes of ships, excepting America’)/ vessels engaged in coastwise trade. The Hay-Pauncefote treaty provides, among oilier things, th treatment of all nations' ships alike, and the mooted question is whether "all tuitions" in cludes the I’nited States or means “all other nations.” This treaty stipi iseded the Clayton- BuJwer treaty of tlie early '3os. Th: latter pact, it is said, made it almos Impossible for the United States ever to build and maintain a canal like t.i.t through Panama. ) inhabitants in tite new town, there Has nobody in sight for him to swear at. By and by. a couple of squirrel hunt* I ers got on a “jag" in that town, ami Barrett had them ai ri ~ted. He inform ed them, much to their astonislimen. that thej were “drunk and disorderly, also discharging firearms," inside the city limits—and lie lined them $5 each! That was his first and last official an as mayor of Abernathy—the incorpo rated mountain. Afterward tlie “town" charter lapsed, and Abernathy became nothing more than a memory and a song. Eormer Speaker John N. Holder Is an Atlanta visitor today. Mr. Holder is a "statesman out of .» job" nowadays, for the first time since he became 22 years of age. He doesn't mind, however —indeed, he is one of the most Chippei- of all the “lame ducks” that come to Atlanta occasionally. Mr. Holder made a gallant race for congress in the November election, but Thomas M. Hell, the present represen tative from the Ninth, won out. It is an open secret in the Ninth, however, that the former speaker of the house will make an effort to “come back” by and by, and there are many who predict that it yet will be Con gressman Holder. "Bud” Blalock, of Fayette county, for mer representative and senator, and late aspirant for the agricultural com missionership, is said to have an eye out for the office of collector of inter nal revenue for Georgia, under Presi dent Wilson. This fine, fat job. now held by Henry S.. Jackson, also is said to be the goal of Judge Newt Morris' ambition, al though it has been whispered that Mor ris may be "taken care or' In Washing ton city. 3