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ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 1913.
TRIBUTE 10
Confederate Memorial Day
Exercises to Be Held at
Oakland Saturday.
REV. CHARLES LEE, ORATOR
Veterans, Militia and Children
to March in Parade—8,000
Unknown Graves Here.
Seeking to Insure
Morgan Art Works
For $50,000,000
Negotiations Begun in London to
Cover All of the Late Finan
cier's Collections.
LONDON, April 19.—Negotiations
have been begun for the placing In
London of a large amount of insur
ance on the Morgan art treasures. It
Is believed the total Insurance will
probably exceed $50,000,000, covering
books and manuscripts now In the
private library In Madison Avenue
during their transit to the Metropoli
tan Museum and while there, as well
as the collection now in the museum.
Mr. Morgan rarely insured his art
objects. Even the treasures shipped
from the South Kensington Museum
to New York were not insured against
marine risks. But J. P. Morgan, Jr.,
who Is now responsible for their safe
ty, has ordered all the collections in
sured.
Measures Drawn for Introduction
at Meeting Monday Plan
Their Extermination.
MUZZLES FOR ARISTOCRATS
Atlanta Is preparing to pay Us
yearly tribute of reverence and love
to the dead who died for the bonnle
blue flag. Arrangements are prac
tically complete for the observance
of Confederate Memorial Day next
Saturday,
The story of the arrangements is
the story which comes each year of
woman’s devotion. Women of the
Atlanta Memorial Association, wom
en of the Daughters of the Confed
eracy, girls of the new generation
who are members of ^the Children of
the Confederacy are twining wreaths,
Bhaping mosses and flowers, working
with the Inspiration of love.
Most of the women are the wives
or widows of daughters of Confed
erate soldiers, and they are working
with a choke in their throats and a
tender smile that Is accompanied by
(ears. They are women of the South,
and their work to them Is sacred.
Women Plan Memorial.
The women of the Atlanta Memo
rial Association, of which Mrs. W. D.
Ellis Is President, have planned most
•f the arrangements, except the de
tails of the parade and order of
march, which has been In the nands
of Adjutant General Nash.
Veterans of the war between the
States will be the central figures In
the parade, although there are few
of them now. With a catch in her
voice that was thwarted only by a
smile, Mrs. Ellis talked of them yes
terday.
Plans will be made to provide car
riages that manv of the old soldiers
may ride. But there are some, she
said, who will not ride, vigorous old
men who ate jealous of their man
hood and of the name which once
they hal of fortitude and strength,
and who will march In the parade as
proudly end as bravely as the school
boy cadets.
But some must ride; more, propor
tionately, than last year.
The squads of gray-clad men will
he smaller than last year. Once
they were companies; now they are
only groups. Last year about 125
were in the parade, representing four
camps. Out in Oakland Cemetery
are nearly 9,000.
The songs that are sung on Memo
rial Day have all the note of sad
ness, betokening the realisation that
in a few years there will be no "com
rades" at the graves of the Confed
erate dead—only daughters and chil
dren, devoted women who keep alive
a memory that to them is sacred.
Saturday's hymns are; "God be w r ith
you till we meet again,” and "In the
Sweet Bye and Bye."
Gen. Lee's Cousin Orator.
Rev. Charles Lee, a cousin of the
Confederate leader, will deliver the
oration at Oklaland Cemetery Satur
day. Dr. Lee Is rector of St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church, of Macon, Ga., and
widely known as a public speaker. At
the solicitation of the Memorial As
sociation he will come to Atlanta
Dr. Dunbar Ogden, of the Central
Presbyterian Church of Atlanta, will
make the invocation.
The singing will be accompanied
by a band, and led by Mrs. Louisa
Young. If the pians of the Memorial
Association are carried out, the chil
dren of the public schools will be at
the cemetery to sing. Memorial Day,
falling on Saturday, offers a difficul
ty In this regard, to offset which a
petition has been presented W M.
Slaton, Superintendent of the city
schools, asking him to allow th£ chil
dren a half holiday Friday, in return
for their part in the exercises Sat
urday afternoon.
The women of the Memorial Asso
ciation, forty or forty-five in number,
will be at the cemetery all day Fri-
day and Saturdav morning on their
consecrated mission of decorating the
graves. It is their plan to place a
Confederate flag or. each grave whose
occupant is known, besides the
wreath that is ‘he usual tribute.
Of all the Confederate dead in the
six acres at Oakland, though, but 900
have been identified. Five acres are
dotted with close set graves of the
unknown who died in Atlanta’s de
tense and in the effort to check Sher
man's march to the sea. More than
b,000. it 1- estimated are “unknown."
Three of the graves are those of
Continued on Page Eleven, Column 4.
Mexican Rebels and
Federals in Battle
Durango Scene of Engagement, Re
sumed To-day, After Raging
All Friday.
MEXICO CITY, April 19—Severe
fighting between 1,700 rebels, und^V
the insurgent leaders Contreras and
Pereyra, and 700 federals, under Gen
eral Anaya, is going on at Durango,
In the State of Durango. A private
dispatch received here to-day stated
that the battle yesterday was waged
until long after darkness and was re
sumed to-day, each side having taken
up new positions.
Eighty-five men were reported
wounded and killed. Federal rein-
Better That All be Killed,
Van Dyke Declares, Than
One Case of Rabies.
The call of the wild has come to
the perfectly nice, well-bred dogs of
Atlanta's first families, and they are
roaming the streets In company with
hundreds of scrawny, hungry dogs of
no homes and of vicious temper.
The situation is viewed as a men
ace by at least three members of At
lanta's city council, who to-morrow
night will propose legislation to pro
tect the city against the "tramp dog"
evil.
Alderman McClelland will offer a
Victory Sure, Says Forrest Adair
C INCE the citizens of Atlanta have responded so enthusiastically to our call for
the money necessary to entertain the Imperial Council of Shriners in 1914,1
feel that the representatives from the different States should not hesitate to ac
cept our invitation, which will be extended at the Dallas meeting. I want partic
ularly to urge all representatives of the South Atlantic States not only to vote,
but to begin active work now, using their influence upon all other representa
tives to favor Atlanta. I believe that
Atlanta will have the hearty co-opera- A A
tion of this entire section, and that we
will win by an almost unanimous vote.
Dr
forcementa are being rushed to the
relief of the Durango garrison.
The rebels made a concerted attack
on two sides of the town, but were
driven off by artillery. Crops are being
destroyed. According to the news
paper El Diaro. arms are being car
ried into the States of Yucatan, Cam
peche, Tabasco and Chipas and the
federal territory of Quintana from
British Honduras. Anti-government
feeling is strong in Yucatan.
Wayman Lost Money
Serving the People
State’s Attorney Denies He Plans
Investigation of His Predecessor,
Who Killed Himself.
CHICAGO, April 19.—Because of
the illness of Mrs. Wayman, the in
quest over the body of her husband,
John E. W. Wayman, former State’s
Attorney, who shot himself Thursday,
has been continued until next Thurs
day. Testimony concerning the fam
ily history of Mr. Wayman was taken
yesterday. All of those on the jury
were former friends of Mr. Wayman.
State’s Attorney Maclay Hoyne de
nied that Mr. Wayman was under in
vestigation by him or any of his as
sistants in the State’s Attorney’s of
fice.
Friends of Mr. Wayman stated to
day that when his term expired as
State's Attorney he had less money
than when he went into office.
Skirts to the Knee,
Atlantic City Rules
Wearers Must Keep Off Boardwalk,
Too, in Costume, Unless
Wearing Robes.
ATLANTIC CITY, April 19.—Prud
ish ideas will not govern the Atlantic
City authorities this summer in de
termining the length of bathing skirts.
It has been officially determined
that skirts must reach "a little above
the knee,” but the distance will be
largely a matter of discretion. No
other restrictions will be placed on
the beaoftwalker except that she must
confine her perambulations to the sea
shore and not intrude upon the board
walk. No one will be allowed to walk
through the city in a bathing suit un
less covered with a robe of some
character. —
resolution providing for a dog wagon,
and the establishment of a pound in
which stray dogs may be held, either
for redemption or to be killed.
An ordinance, to be presented by
J. R. Nutting, will provide that all
unleashed dogs be muzzled.
Supporting the ordinance, Dr. A. H.
Van Dyke, council member, will join
forces with Alderman Nutting. Dr. Van
Dyke Is the avowed enemy of the
tramp dog, and has Been working
toward laws to put them out of ex
istence. He would show them no
mercy.
"Better That All Be Killed.”
"It is better that all the dogs in
the city be killed, irrespective of blood
or owner, than that one child die )f
rabies,” he said yesterday. "The sit
uation is appalling, endangering the
homes of the city. Pet dogg, the play,
mates of Atlanta children, arc the
companions of the worthless curs of
the street. There Is no restriction
anywhere, and as a result the num
ber of persons being treated for rabies
In the State Pasteur Institute is great
er than ever before and Is increasing
with each month.”
Alderman Van Dyke fathered an
ordinance which passed council some
time ago, providing that all dogs be
muzzled, but which was vetoed by
Mayor Woodward because of tech
nical legal objections. The Nutting
ordinance which will be presented fa-
morrow night meets these objections.
“It will pass," Dr. Van Dyke said.
“The resolution for the dog wagon
will pass, too. They ought to, because
they are necessary to the health of
the city."
Besides the danger from hydropho
bia, he pointed out. there Is the dan
ger to health which comes when
starving tramp dogs overturn gar
bage cans, scattering the refuse over
the streets and thus spreading disease.
But the evil against which he Is
most bitter, he said, is the danger
to children at play on the streets
from attack by wandering dogs, and
the danger which comes when the
home pets are bitten and contaminat
ed by the tramps.
Laws Not Enforced.
Laws providing for license tags and
muzzles for dogs, and for a dog wagon
and a pound, are on the statute books
of the city, he said, but are not en
forced. This is due somewhat to the
fact that the nound site has been used
otherwise, thus removing the means
of carrying out the law. By the Mc
Clelland resolution, room must be
found at police headquarters for the
dogs that are taken up by the wagon
crew.
It is estimated by the three enemies
of the tramp dogs that several thous
and of these menacing animals
are at large in the city, with no pro
vision for public protection against
them. Bon ton and canaille of At
lanta dog-dom mingle, with danger to
the pet animals, and thus a conse
quent danger to the homes in which
they live.
Some of the scenes Atlanta will see in 1914 if the Shriners come here. These pictures were
taken at Ihe Shriners convention in Los Angeles, and show some of the floats and a view of
a patrol drill.
House Will Hear of
Assault on Sims
Colleague to Offer Resolution Citing
Millionaire Banker for Attack
ing Congressman.
WASHINGTON. April 19—On Mon
day Representative Garrett, of Ten
nessee, will offer a resolution haling
before the bar of the House the Wash
ington banker, Charles C. Glover, on
a charge of assaulting Representative
Thomas Sims, of Tennessee, in Far-
ragut Square here yesterday.
Mr. Glover, in commenting on the
case to-day, said:
“I struck a defamer. He made in
famously false statements against
me.”
Mr. Sims said that Glover had a
wild look when he met him in the
square yesterday.
‘T need protection if congressmen
may be assaulted in the public streets
in this manner,” said Sims.
PROF. PECK, OF LOVE SUIT
FAME, DANGEROUSLY ILL
ITHACA, N. Y„ April 19.—Harry
Thurston Peck, formerly editor of
The Bookman, and for 28 years pro
fessor of Batin at Columbia Univer
sity, is critically 111 at the City Hos
pital here, following a nervous at-
Montenegrins Cease
Bombarding Scutari
King Nicholas Again Is Enjoined to
Unite With Allies for
Peace.
Special Cable to The American.
VIENNA. Apr!] 19.—King Nicholas,
of Montenegro, has ordered the bom
bardment of Scutari to cease, accord
ing to a report telegraphed here to
day from Cataro.
Urged to Join Peace Move.
CETTINJE. MONTENEGRO, April
19.—Montenegro was again enjoined
to-day by Bulgaria to join the other
governments of the Balkan league in
accepting Europe’s arbitration in the
Balkan war.
Bulgaria, Servia and Greece have
signified their readiness to end the
war, but Montenegro still holds out.
REPUBLICAN LEADERS
PLAN PARTY REVISION
WASHINGTON, April 19.—Formal
demand upon the officers of the Re
publican National Committee to take
action toward securing a Republican
convention next fall for a revision of
the party’s rules is expected to result
from informal conferences that have
been going on here for some time
To Identify Crooks
By Motion Pictures
Philadelphia Police to Supplant Ber-
til Ion Measurement* With
New System.
PHILADELPHIA, April 19.—Tho
Philadelphia Police Department will
be the first in the United States, if
not in the world, to supplant the
present Bertillon finger system of
photographing criminals with the
motion picture film.
By the new system a criminal mav
be identified by some peculiarity in
his actions. A notorious criminal
will be made to walk before the pic
ture camera, so that a good view of
him can be had from all angles. Five
feet of film will be used for each
subject.
After the film is developed, it will
be placed in a motion picture ma
chine in the detectives’ roll room,
and the assembled sleuths will see
on the white screen before them the
man who “acted” for the machine.
^Professor' Peck reigned from the i amonf? the lpadcrs who favor the con ’
Columbia faculty two years ago. I vention idea. It is understood thal
Senator Cummins and others active
in the convention idea are preparing
to bring about Xjie national gather
ing.
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years
when he was sued for $50,000 by Miss
Esther Quinn, a stenographer, for
alleged breach of promise. The suit
was dismissed, but another was en
tered and ie still pending.
FINED $280,000 FOR
LITTLE ALCOHOL TRICK
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS, April 19.—A Parisian man
ufacturer has been fined $280,000 for
trafficking in alcohol slightly disguised
by coloring in order to avoid duty
his customers in the provinces being
able to purify the alcohol and apply
it to varluu& purposes.
Thirty-two-Page Book, With Pictures
of 22 Atlanta Hostelries Which
Have Pledged Reservations for
15,000 Visitors, One of Arguments.
“We have the hotels.’’
Having made the declaration, the Shriners of Atlanta yester
day proved it, in a unique document which they framed as one
argument why the 1914 national convention of Shriners should
be brought to Atlanta. Copies will be sent to every Shrine in
America immediately.
The proof is a 32-page book, full of reproductions of photo-
! graphs and drawings of some of the hotels of Atlanta. The pic
tures in themselves will tell the story, and are accompanied by no
| supplementary arguments, and no statement, except this:
“Atlanta, known as ‘the Convention City of the South,’ has
unequaled advantages for taking care of large gatherings, having
better hotel facilities than any city in the country, excepting New
York, Chicago, and possibly Los Angeles.
“Atlanta's Auditorium-Armory is probably the best appoint
ed building of its character in the South, ami many notable con
ventions have met here.
“The historic battlefields, beautiful parks, army post, at
tractive residential districts arid splendidly paved public high-
ways, with many other unusual features, render Atlanta a most
desirable and entertaining point for visitors.”
RESERVATIONS FOR 15,000.
The book contains pictures of 22 capacious hotels, all of which
and more the Shriners of Atlanta have enlisted in the campaign
to bring the convention in 1914 to this city. Reservations already
have been made at the solicitation of the steering committee for
more than 15,000 visitors, the rooms assigned to each have been
designated, and the allotments thus guaranteed by written con
tract will be taken to Dallas next month by Atlanta’s representa
tives as one exhibit in Atlanta’s showing why the convention
should come here.
“Hotels are always a big consideration in determining where
shall be held the convention,” said Forrest Adair, Potentate of the
Atlanta Shrine, yesterday. “In this regard Atlanta will have the
best of the argument that can be raised by any city in the United
States. This book is one of our best bets—but only one of a num
ber of arguments for Atlanta. We are going to get the conven
tion. ’ ’
The hotels whose pictures
were obtained for the publica
tion constitute less than half
those available for the visitors,
he said. First in the book is a
representation of Atlanta’s most
architecturally attractive combina
tion In hotels—the twin construction
at the entrance to Ponce DeLeon
Avenue, made up of the Georgian
Terrace and the apartment building
of the Fulton Properties Company,
which faces It. Other hotels, in the
order of the presentation of their pic
tures, are Virginian, Aragon, Peach
tree Inn. Klmbail, Terminal, Pied
mont, Childs’, Pickwick, Southern,
Winecoff, Seoville, Ansley, Gate City,
Imperial, Cumberland, Majestic, Em
pire, Dakota. Marion, Folsom’s.
Only Three Other Viewa.
Except for the hotel pictures, the
book bears only three other views—
the Masonic Temple, the exterior and
Interior of the Auditorium and a view'
showing part of the business section
of Atlanta. The last is a startling
panorama of a sky line Jagged with
many skyscrapers and of a network
of streets filled with trolley cars, au
tomobiles and pedestrians.
The compilation of the book of ho
tels represents only one of the ac
tivities of the Atlanta Shriners dur
ing the past week. Effort along an
other line has been the work of en
listing other cities of the Southeast
section of the United States in At
lanta’s cause.
Mr. Adair finds considerable en
couragement for Atlanta’s effort In
the support that already has been
voiced by many cities of this section,
through the boards of trade or
through the Shrine members. Num
bers of letters, he said yesterday,
have come to him telling of the sup
port which everywhere is promised
by Southerners.
The Atlanta Shriners have outlined
to some detail the mode of entertain
ment of the great convention crowd,
even before the promise of the con
vention is assured. Illumination un
paralleled, arches and decorations the
most elaborate, open theaters filled
with the country’s best talent, barbe
cues. dinners, dances, receptions, au
tomobiles for the asking. These are
merely the start of what the visiting
Shriners will find In Atlanta, Mr.
Adair declared.
Plans Only Half Completed.
, “And wg haven’t half competed ea-
tertalnment arrangements yet,” he
said. "That can come later. There
are twelve months In which Atlanta’s
hospitality can spread itself on every
kind of amusement and entertainment
that can bo conceived- and rest as
sured that great things will be
dreamed out.”
All these details will be presented
In the argument for Atlanta that tho
Dallas convention will hear next
month. The executive committee of
Yanrab Shrine, of Atlanta, are emis
saries of the city, and will bear its
Invitation.
John Temple Graves, former At
lantan, now editor of The New York
American, will frame Atlanta's invita
tion In a speech before the conven
tion. But more potent probably even
than the oratory of Colonel Graves
will be the work which the Atlanta
men of the ranks say they will ac
complish among the delegates, pre
senting at every turn Atlanta’s claims
and Atlanta’s invitation.
Tentative List of Arguments.
Here, framed tentatively by Po
tentate Forrest Adair and others
among the Atlanta Shriners, are ar
guments to be presented in Atlanta’s
behalf at Dallas:
Atlanta, to bear evidence of its
desire for the Shriners, pledged of
its money $80,000 in one day, to
underwrite expenses of the con
vention.
Atlanta promises the gladdest
hand and the most elaborate en
tertainment to the Shriners.
(There will be lots to say here,
declare the Shriners of Atlanta.)
Atlanta has every natural at
traction, including roads, drive
ways, golf links that are unsur
passed.
Atlanta's climate at the time of
the convention Is rot to be
equaled for delectable qualities,
anywhere.
Atlanta is the heart of the his
toric South, and offers itself as an
attraction because of its inherent
sentiment and tradition.
Atlanta wants the Shriners.
All this the nobles of Yaarab Shrin®
have mentioned as a rough draft of
the appeal that Atlanta will make to
the Shriners "assembled in Dallasi
Then, besides, they will talk about
Atlanta, and Atlanta again, and the
wonders that here await the Shriners
In 1911. And then—
But there’s no end to the argument
by Atlanta Shriners that th-y nobles
should come to Georgia lu 191
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