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Fair to-day and cooler.
Fine day for church-
going, automobiling,
tiding and reading The j
Sunday American.
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Atlanta Edition of The American
Consists of the Following Sections
1— Late New*.
2— Part II.
3— Society and Foreign.
4— Opera.
6—Sport* and Want*.
6— Editorial,
7— City Life.
8— Magazine.
9— Comic*.
BE SURE TO GET THEM ALL.
VOL. I. NO. 3.
Copyright. 1913, by
The Georgian Company.
ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 1913,
★ ★★
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BULK OF HIS
Opening Words Commit Soul to
Savior and Urge Children to
Keep Christian Faith—Relig
ious Spirit Is Manifest
Widow Gets $1,000,000 in
Trust, $100,000 Annual In
come and City and Country
Homes—3 Daughters Share.
Two Sons-in-law Draw $1,000,-
000 Each—Art Treasures Go
toJ. P. Morgan, Jr.—$3,000,-
000 to Relatives and Others.
NEW YORK, April 19.—"I commit
my soul into the hands of my Sa
viour, in full confidence (hat, having
redeemed it and washed in His most
precious blood, He will present it
faultless before the throne of my
Heavenly Father; and I entreat my
children to maintain and defend at all
hazards and at any cost of personal
sacrifice the blessed doctrine of the
complete atonement for sin through
the blood of Jesus Christ, once offered,
and through that alone.”
This is the striking utterance which
begins the last will and testament of
John Pierpont Morgan, who died at
Romo on March 31 last, whose body,
heaped over with flowers from the
crowned heads of Europe, was a fort
night later brought back to his own
land, and last Monday was borne to
its last resting place at Hartford,
Conn.
Ever since the funeral the publica
tion of the great financier’s last will
has been awaited with keen expecta
tlon. and it is safe to say that of all
the interesting testaments of eminent
citizens of America that of Mr. Mor
gan is by far the most Interesting.
No Idea of Fortune.
As to the amount of the estate,
there is nothing in the will to give
any accurate idea, and the executors
declare no announcement will be
made on this point until the ap
praisal has been made for determin
ing the State inheritance tax.
The amount of bequests and trusts
named by specific sums is under $20,-
000,000, but the entire residue of the
estate is left to J. P. Morgan. Jr., who
is designated by his father to be
come the chief heir, not only to his
fortune, but to his many charitable
and artistic activities.
Mr. Morgan has apparently pro
vided with painstaking care for every
contingency that might affect his
family or his banking firm and to his
executors, his son. John Pierpont
Morgan, Jr., his two sons-ln-law,
William Pierson Hamilton and H. L.
Satterlee, and his friend. Lewis Casa
Ledyard, he gives careful directions
under many clauses as to alternate
course of procedure.
Grandson Is Trustee.
His grandson. Junius Spencer Mor
gan, Jr., a young man of only 21.
now a student at Harvard, is repeat
edly nominated to take up important
duties in the event of death of his
father, John Pierpont Morgan, Jr.
The question most frequently asked
has been as to the disposition of Mr.
Morgan’s collections of pictures and
other art treasures. Mr. Morgan
makes plain what his own hopes on
this point have been, and leaves his
son entire freedom on the matter.
His will declared he left the mat
ter of establishing a permanent dis
position of these collections until too
late, and says: “It would be agree
able to me to have the 'Morgan
Memorial,’ which forms a portion of
the property of the Wadsworth Ath
naeum at Hartford, Conn., utilized to
i-ffectuate a part of this purpose,
do not, however, by the expression of
these wishes, intend to impose upon
my said son, or my said grandson,
any duty or obligation, legal or moral
nor to qualify, in any manner or in
any degree, his absolute and unquall
fled ownership of said collections,
should they pass to him under this
will.”
The public charitable bequests are
comparatively small, and are in the
direction of those objects to which
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Morgan’s Estate
Is Largest Ever
Given in the U. S.
Lowest estimate of val-
ua of real estate, In.
iuranoe, bank, railroad,
industrial and other
etooks $40,000,000
Value of art collection*,
conservatively esti
mated 60,000,000
Total $100,000,000
How it compares with other in
herited fortunes!
John Jacob Aetor $87,216,691
E. H. Harrlman 69,686,664
Cornelius Vanderbilt 68,350,000
Russell Sage 79,000,000
John L. Kennedy 66,658,000
Marshall Field 70,000,000
Jay Gould 78,000,000
W. H. Vanderbilt 40,000,000
Mr. Morgan left $3,000,000 to
each daughter, $100,000 a year and
residences in town and country to
wife, residuary aatat* absolutely to
hie only son.
Colonel Aetor left $5,000,000 to
wife, $5,000,000 to daughter, and
residuary to hi* aon, Vincent.
Mr, Harriman and Mr. Sage left
their entire fortune absolutely to
their wives, without reserve.
Cornelius Vanderbilt left $1,000,-
000 to eldeet son and namesake and
more than $60,000,000 to hit sec
ond, Alfred.
Jay Gould left $5,000,000 special
bequest to eldeet *on, George, and
divided all the rest equally among
hie five children, boys and girls
alike, giving each one more than
$10,000,000.
W. H. Vanderbilt gave $5,000,000
to each of five daughters, to be
held in trust; bulk of the estate to
three sons, Cornelius, W. K. and
George.
Marshall Field left about $10,-
000,000 to public museums and
charities and tied up $55,000,000 to
be held intact during the life of
his daughter and grandchildren.
Two Children of
Isadora Duncan Die;
Auto Leaves Bridge
Governess and Babies of Noted
American Classic Dancer Drown
in Seine at Paris.
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS. April 19.—The 6-year-ol<1
son and 4-year-old daughter of Isa
dora Duncan, the dancer, were
drowned to-day when an automobile
in which they were riding plunged
over a bridge into the Seine River
within sight of the Chateau de Bearn,
the dancer's home. A governess who
accompanied the children was also
drowned. The chauffeur was thrown
clear of the river when the car crash
ed through the bridge railing and es
caped serious injury.
The hccldent occurred at the Cour
Bevole Bridge on the Paris to St.
Cloud road and about 15 miles from
Paris. Rene Fauchois, the playwright,
was calling upon the dancer's broth
er at the time the accident occurred.
Fauchois saw the crowd gather, and
when a servant brought the first news
of the accident he prevailed on Miss
Duncan to keep to her room. Two
hours later she was told that her
children had been drowned. To
night she is seriously ilil as a result
of the shock. All of the bodies were
recovered.
Electric Storm Ties
Up the Street Cars
Power Is Shut Off to Eliminate Dan
ger—Telephones Are Also Put
Out of Commission.
AT5PIT*
Caruso, Scotti, Amato and Bori
Coming in Advance of Rest
of Metropolitan Company.
TWO BIG SPECIAL TRAINS
Great Tenor in Fine Voice and
Season Promises To Be Best
in Atlanta’s History.
Urges Conciliatory Policy Toward
Japan on Alien Land
Legislation.
DISREGARDS ALL PROTESTS
Alarmed Over Growing Anti-
American Feeling in the Ori
ental Kingdom.
A sudden and unheralded electric
storm blew up from the west last
night, and gave Atlanta a bad half
hour of wonder as to what might
happen. Nothing did, except the
street car traffic was stopped for
about ten minutes when the power
was shut off at the plant of the Geor
gia Railway and Power Company to
eliminate the danger of contact with
lightning.
A number of telephones in the city
were also put out of commission.
The storm was not anticipated in
the weather reports, all of which
have been heralding fair weather. A
fair Sunday Is promised by the
weather man.
Other sections of Georgia were
visited with greater severity than
Atlanta last night, and considerable
damage is reported In some quarters.
ODD FELLOWS GIVE DEGREES.
The degree team of Fulton Lodge
No. 23, I. O. O. F„ will conduct the
initiation of a class of 20 candidates
at the regular meeting of Capital
Lodge No. 60, Tuesday night. The
third degree will be conferred upon
the candidates.
By IRVING WEIL.
NEW YORK, April 19.—Caruso,
Scotti, Amato and Bori, the beauti
ful, departed for Atlanta this after
noon at 4:08 o'clock, and will arrive
In Atlanta at 5 o’clock Sunday af*-
ernoon. The train on which the other
stars and the remainder of the com
pany is traveling is in two sections.
Each section contains a baggage car
and a dining car.
The scenery for the seven operas
that Atlanta is to hear from Monday
evening to the following Saturday
was shipped on a special train, made
up exclusively of baggage cars, early
Saturday morning, and this shipment
represented some $250,000 of the Met
ropolitan's investment as it exists in
New York.
The second section of the special
train was filled with all the principal
singers of the company, with the ex
ception of the four who left Saturday
afternoon,
Carloads of Temperament.
Operatic artists are sensitively tem
peramental personages and they have
to be treated as such, so that every
comfort that can be provided Auring a
railroad journey was on tap, so to
speak, when the singers boarded their
sleepers. Tijs was considered of so
much importance that it was intrust
ed to no less a person than Ernest
Henkel, one of the chief figures in the
Metropolitan management.
Why did Miss Bori and Messrs. Ca
ruso, Scotti and Amato—the last two
ought to have their names printed
vertically, one beneath the other, in
order not to wound the sensibilities
of either, since they are both leading
baritones—why did these four leave
earlier than the rest? Chiefly because
they did not sing here at either the
Saturday matinee or evening per
formances.
It was a merry little party of five
—for W. J. Guard, general press rep
resentative of the Metropolitan per
sonally conducted them on the trip
to Atlanta—that met at the opera
house and then proceeded in an auto
mobile to the Pennsylvania Terminal,
where they boarded the Southern
train, on which the best accommoda
tions had been reserved for them.
Caruso in Great Voice.
Signor Caruso has rarely been in
such bubbling spirits as he was when
he left and it is probable that At
lanta will hear him In his most splen
diferous voice. At his season’s fare
well on Friday evening he actually
went so far as to make a brief speech
of thanks in English after the au
dience had applauded itself tired.
At no time during the Metropoli
tan season in New York has Caruso
been singing so well as he did dur
ing the past week. Messrs. Scotti
and Amato also are in excellent voice,
and the final performances In New
York went with a vigor and sponta
neity such as might reasonably not
be expected at all at the fag end of
the season. Atlanta is going to have
the finest week of opera in Us expe
rience.
The departure of the rest of the
company to-night, after the final New
York performance, was accomplished
without a hitch. Time was when
these things were done in a wild rush
that was a good imitation of chaos,
but times have changed.
Babel at th* Station.
There was still a deal of excite
ment, for operatic folks are excitable
people, and the confusion of tongues
in the Pennsylvania Terminal was a
veritable babel of French, Italian and
operatic Engllfh, but beneath all the
apparent tumult the quiet of ordered
plan was discernible, the foreordered
cogs of the machinery did their work,
and when train time was announced
every one was in his place and there
was a Mace for every one.
The first section of the special left
punctually and in it were the chorus,
ballet, orchestra and stage hands.
In the other train, to mention only a
few. were Mme. Frances Alda, wife
of General Manager Giulio Gatti-Ca-
sazza: Miss Emmy Destinn, Miss
Freida Hempei, Mme. Louise Homer.
Mme. Bella Alten and Miss Leonora
| Sparks, as well as Riccardo Martin,
: Paul Althouse, Carl Jorn, Umberto
• Macnez and Albert Reiss. Dint Gtlly,
| Putnam Griswold and Herbert VVIth-
| erspoon.
WASHINGTON, April 19.—Presi
dent Wilson, thoroughly alarmed over
the rising tide of anti-American feel
ing in Japan, caused Secretary Bryan
to send a telegram to Governor John
son, of California to-day, urging a
conciliatory policy toward the Orien
tal nation in the proposed alien land
legislation. *
The step was taken by the President
over the protest of the California del
egation, the members of which declare
that the national government has no
right to interfere in a matter so vital
Genevieve Clark's Life Mission
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Calls Father Her Ideal of a Man
Two views of Miss Genevieve Champ Clark, daughter of the
Speaker of the House of Representatives. Above as a student,
aud below as a charming girl of the younger social set.
I For other new* of the opera, see
Special Grand Opera Section in this
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to the social and industrial life of
that community.
Here is the message to Governor
Johnson:
“The President directs me to say
that while he fully recognizes the
right of the people of California to
legislate according to their judgment
on the subjebt of land tenure, he
feels it his duty to urge a recogni
tion of the international character of
such legislation. Being anxious to
preserve and strengthen the long
standing friendly relations existing
between this country and the nations
of the Orient, he very respectfully but
most earnestly advises against the
use of the word ‘ineligible to citizen
ship.' He asks that you bring this
view to the attention of the legisla
tors. He believes the Senate bill as
telegraphed to the Department of
State is greatly to be preferred. That
bill limited ownership to citizens and
those who had declared their inten
tions to become citizens.
(Signed) "W. J. BRYAN.’’
Japanese Start Trouble.
The telegram was the result of a
two-hour conference between the
President and the State Department
officials. Confidential reports were
read which tell that the warring po
litical factions in Japan are making
use of the California incident to
arouse feelihg among the uneducated
masses which could easily precipitate
war.
The following interviews obtained
by The Sunday American correspond
ent indicate clearly the attitude of the
California delegation:
Representative Kent: “Japan is
running its usual bluff. The pre
tense that the Japanese nation does
not recognize racial distinctions in its
international relations is absurd.
There are racial distinctions which
must be reckoned within international
intercourse, and Japan should ac
knowledge this and take a broad
view of the question.”
Says Delay Is Dangerous.
Representative Raker: “If the
California Legislature will only go
ahead and pass its legislation the
disturbance will subside and the alien
act can then be calmly viewed
through the ordinary diplomatic
channel. The legislation itself is not
half so dangerous as the delay which
gives opportunity for agitation and
Japanese jingoism."
Congressman Kahn: "What is all
the turmoil about? Is California to
be prohibited from doing what the
United States Government and many
of the State Governments have al
ready done? States where the race
problem does not enter have anti
alien laws. California is clearly with
in its rights and is dealing with a
problem far more vital to its future
than that which existed when other
States adopted similar legislation. I
hope there will be no further delay
by the Legislature.”
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Speaker’s Daughter Will Take Up Work After
a Pleasure Trip Abroad.
NEW YORK, April 19.—Miss Gene
vieve Clark, daughter of Speaker
Champ Clark, has a life mission. Just
before she sailed for Europe yesterday
with Mrs. George Harvey, wife of the
publisher, she gave an example of
what co-education has done for a girl
of 19 years, when* she declared that
when she relumed she would take up
active work for the betterment of
conditions of the mountain inhabi
tants of the South.
Miss Clark, like Mrs. Woodrow Wil
son, has made a deep study of this
interesting subject and so impressed
is pretty Miss Genevieve with the
possibilities for good In this work sho
has decided to make it her life work.
Has Unusual Mind.
Miss Clark has a mind extraordi*
narily developed for a girl of her age.
She has the capacity for blending
youthful vivacity with wisdom beyond
her years with an ease which makes
her both charming and brilliant.
“What Is your ideal of a man?” she
was asked. “My father,” was the re
ply. When a*ked why, she promptly
answered:
“It’s because he is so intensely hu
man; because he has such a sure vi
sion; because he knows people so well
and is kind. Nobody in the world has
a kinder heart combined with a better
nnriar«tanriir»«r men than mv daddv
He has* always been my ‘pal’‘and all I
know has been made real through
him. His judgment of men Is amaz
ingly accurate and his sympathy is big
and broad.”
“Do I believe in votes for women?
Why, of course I do. Why should not
men and women have an equal oppor
tunity in governmental affairs? I am
one of those that feel that the vote
for American women is practically
won, so why give reasons for voting?
It’s here and it will only take time to
distribute the vote from coa*t to coast.
Wants to See Italy.
“I am going to Europe for a pleas
ure trip, for I have just finished school
and want recreation. I want most of
all to see Italy. But I have a pair of
American girl’s eyes and ears, and
don’t intend to lose time In gaining
new knowledge.”
“What are your plans for the future
—work or marriage?” Miss Clark
was asked. She smiled as she replied:
“Maybe both—who knows? But I
have yet to meet a man like my papa,
my Ideal. If I do, nothing can keep
me from *to the strains of “Lohen
grin.’
“My present plan Is to return to my
mother’s alma mater, the University
of Missouri, after my trip to Europe.
“I intend to specialize later on in
educational work among the moun-
tain folk of TeitnAggee and Kentucky.”
Charges Are Very Serious, but He As
sumes Full Responsibility for Them
and Asks the Men He Has Named
to Sue Him for Libel and Damages.
Maddox Says Allegations Are a Mass
of Lies—Ragsdale and Spratling
Also Make Brief General Denial.
Sensation in Council To-morrow.
Alderman John E. McClelland yesterday afternoon filed
charges against three Aldermen, accusing them of having acted
in violation of the law to their own profit.
The accused are Aldermen J. W. Maddox, I. N. Ragsdale and
F. J. Spratling. Maddox alone replied at any length, branding
McClelland’s statement as a mass of ‘‘lies.” The other two con
tented themselves with the declaration that they would be ready
to prove their innocence when the Council committee meets.
The investigators will be formally appointed to-morrow aft
ernoon and sensational developments are looked for. Alderman
John S. Candler will be chairman of the committee. Here is a
copy of McClelland’s statement addressed to Judge Candler, fur-
uished to the newspapers:
CHARGES AGAINST MADDOX.
Hon. John S. Candler, Chairman Special Investigating Committee
City Council, City.
Dear Sir: Under the resolution approved April 11, 1913, and
in furtherance of the orderly proceeding of your honorable com
mittee, I do hereby ehurge as follows:
That Alderman J. W. Maddox is engaged in the business ot excavating
and removing dirt aud rock, and has violated section 100 of the City Coda
of 1910, provided as follows:
It shall not. be lawful for any member of the General Council
to be interested, either directly or indirectly, in any contract with
the city of Atlanta, the Mayor and General Council, or any one or
more of them, having for itk object the public Improvement of the
oity, or any part thereof, or the expenditures of its moneys. Any
violation of this section by any member of the General Council, Bhalt,
on conviction thereof, be punished as prescribed in section 4310 of
the Code of this State (being section 1039 of Criminal Code of 1895).
1 charge that said Alderman has repeatedly, openly and notoriously, ac
cepted and performed sub-contracts for the removal of rock, dirt, and grading,
from persons, firms and corporations who had contracted with the city of
Atlanta for the construction of public improvements. Said direct contracts
having been made and entered into while said Maddox was an official mem
ber of the Board of Alderman of the city of Atlanta.
I further charge that his said conduct was so openly violative of said
section that the then presiding Mayor of the city of Atlanta, Honorable
Courtland 8. Winn, requested said Maddox to either abandon said contracts
or to resign his official position, in order that the charter law of the city
might be respected and obeyed.
I further charge that said Maddox declined to comply with the request
of Honorable Courtland S. Winn, and that he neither resigned his said posi
tion as alderman, nor abandoned his contracts; and that he continued to
openly violate said section.
I further change that the object of said section was to pevent any olfi.
cial from using his position to advance his personal interests; and that said
conduct upon the part of said Maddox was detrimental to the interests of
the public, and that he did, as an official, use his official position for th*
purpose of advancing his pecuniary interests.
CHARGES AGAINST RAGSDALE.
I charge that I. N. Ragsdale, a member of the Aldermanlc Board of the
city of Atlanta, is, and has been, engaged In the barter and sale of live
stock, and that, since his election to the Aldermanlc Board, he had occupied
a position on the Board of Fire Masters—a department of the city which
is constantly engaged in the purchase and sale of live stock.
I charge that said Ragsdale, directly or indirectly, formed with others
a dummy partnership, known as J. R. Lawhon & Company, and that said
Lawhon contributed no substantial capital to said firm; and that the capi
tal of said firm was almost entirely contributed by said I. N. Ragsdale, di
rectly, or Indirectly, and another firm which likewise dealt largely with the
city of Atlanta in live stock.
I charge that said J. R. Lawhon & Company since the election to office
of said Ragsdale has been constantly buying and selling live stock for the
city of Atlanta through the said Ragsdale, as the official representative of
the city of Atlanta and member of the Board of Fire Masters.
Said dummy partnership was formed and said transactions were had by
said Ragsdale for the end and purpose that he would be colotably protected
from section 100 of the Code of 1910, which is above fully set forth.
I charge that said Ragsdale has further, in violation of said section
directly, sold live stock to the city of Atlanta, and has had warrants and
vouchers Issued to him directly by the city, transferring to him public funds
in payment of said sales.
1 further charge that live stock, the property of the city of Atlanta, has
been condemned as being unfit for use, and that the disposal of the same
was delegated to the said Ragsdale; and that he did sell said live stock,
without pi blic advertisement or competitive bids, to his dummy partner
ship, Lawhon & Company, or others interested with him, for sums less than
the real value of said stock.
I further charge that said transaction constituted a deliberate disregard
of the obligations and trust imposed upon, and assumed by, the said Rags
dale as a public official of the city of Atlanta, and were In denial of the legal
restrictions imposed by said section 100 of the Code of the city of Atlanta.
CHARGES AGAINST SPRATLING.
I charge that F. J. Spratling, a member of the Aldermanic Board of the
city of Atlanta, was nominated at a primary held in the fall of 1911, which
said nomination was the equivalent of a legal election; that he wae there
after duly elected a member jf the Aldermanic Board. After sold