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THE ATE A Vi A GEORGIAN VXD NEWS, MONDAY. APRIT, 28. 1f>13
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High Rental as Vice
Cause to Be Probed
lllmoi* White Slave Committee
Will Force Landlords to
Tell of Their Profits.
F
GRIEVE UKn 7
Several Hundred Members ot
Nomadic Tribe Are in A1 lanta
for Ceremony.
fill '.Hi
rnris Henat
tblfl WMK.
bjcct of inquiry by th* I!
httu slave tommitt
family
Bound by the tie t>f grief in Ut iith.
several hundred men. women aXi<1
children made up an odd profession t*>
Oakland Cemetery this morning. Th-y
were members of the tribe of nomad
Irish Horse traders, known >*
triieve as the Clan O’Hara, and the
were burying their (lead who had died
In Uie last year.
' The tribe has been in Atlanta sev-
eial weeks, waiting for the day »» E.
funeral-. They * awn- her*- from the
North, and from tin- WfH, tiav* . n*
sver the country in big wagon rubins.
Atlanta is their burial ground, aim |
they come each year for the rlb-s.
j The tribe members followed sever j
coffin's to the cemetery to-day. tiny
white coffins of lildren, larger vs bib
coffins in which ley the bodies of
young girls, and one large black • as-
bet, within nrhidi. was the body «»f
one of the giandmot u rs of the trio*
All the dead were women. Four nr
Voung ■ i.ildren. two a) inatur< .voni-
en. ami one is a girl-woman, 19 yar-
atd M;,« Alatnle Nelson, who iti year-
youthful was a wife and mother I/«*r
both has been In Atlanta since* last
June, awaiting the day of burial. The
bodies of the others have been here
less than that time, in the chapel of
Greenberg A' Hond. to whom tin no
mads always-* intrust the details of
their tribal burial.
Father Kennedy", in the Church «»f
the Immaculate Conception, conduct
ed the services this morning. From
the church the tribe made its way to
Oakland Cemetery, where the ««i' ? -
tnotty was* concluded at the lot which}
the tnl>e owns.
Wagons Baar Mourners.
The funeral procession was uniqm
Behindfthc somber line of hears* v
came, 1 i»e. free wanderers, riding i
<*rriag.-s and wagons that huv
known the road. Sturdy and weather-1
beaten, the vehicles were typical **i
the people they bore. \ number **f
the tribe rod* in unwonted automo
bile*.
Months that have elapsed since the
death of most of those who were
buried to-day have not .“erred to les
sen the grief of th* tribe, it seem* i.
to-day. In the long lino of carriage -
aero many women who crooned and
wept. Very young children were
frightened and quiet, older children
frankly crying. II- re and there a
man, to whom probably one of tha
•even was very near and dear, was
Sobbing loudly: most of th* men.
though, rode with faces set and stern.
No Expense Spared.
The tribe, reputed to be wealthy,
•pares no expense in the burial of its
dead. The caskets were elaborate and
costly, the hearses were luxuriantly
fitted, and every other appointment of
the ceremony whs in keeping.
The tribe members probabh will
begin to leave Atlanta immediately,
now that the ceremony that brought
them to this city is over. Next year
they will see each other here again,
at the last of April. When the nine
solemn occasion will come, and the
game tie of death will be revealed. It
la the one tie among the lnemb- v-,
and it Keeps them close together in
heart
Tin dead burled to-day were Mrs.
Mamie Nelson. .*ge 19. who died in
Montgomery. Ala.; Mrs. Bridget Sher
lock, who died at Sparks, On., October
1, 1911!; Bridget Oosteila, age 2 years,
who died at HlaektHiear, Uu.. Novem
ber 4. 191_’: Maggie < 'arroll, age 14
died at Alenc. Ha., September 15, 1912;
Annie Sherlock, age 49, died at Bax
ley. Ha.. October 1 .*», m2: Bridget
Alack, age IS months, died in Vln-
oauia. and Mrs Bridget O'Hara, who
died in Savannah.
Lillian Lorraine and
Movie Owner Rewed
• how Girl Becomes Mrs. Frederick
W. Gresheimer Second Time
in Thirteen Months.
NfclW VORK. April i’s Lillian kor-
raine. whose swing song'' in the
“Follies of 1910" lifted her into the
front rank of stage celebrities, again
is the bride of Frederick \V. c.res-
heitner, a moving picture and real
estate man. Their marriage Frl*Jt»>
was their second in thirteen months
“Yes," Miss Lorraine told a report
sr. “we were married again. You
know Mr. Gresheimer am! I went
through a ceremony a year ago last
month, but the fact that he was not
tree from bis former marriage made
it illegal. Ob! I can't explain. It was
something about ih* law
As to her possible return u* the
stage Mrs. Gresheimer is undecided, j
FRATS ONLY 'TOLERATED'
AT MERCER. SAYS HEAD
MA*'ON. April '> The attitvd* «*i
I tie ofti .ais ot Ab rc* i l’nivcrsitj t
r-ard the Greek letter “frills" is made
known by President S. V. Jameson in
reply to the ex**, uth e - oinmittc** of
the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. \\ hicii
sought permission to name a local ; d-
isei whose duti>-« it would be to
^C.ng the : i oinb* . • "t lies lv.i .*?.*’
fa■ Ilit> nto A •*►■'. lei. ;
"Fiats ate only tolerated at Met-
r i. replied Dr. Jameson.
WIFE OF FORMER MAYOR OF
LOUISVILLE AUTO VICTIM
> **«UI8VIL.LK. KY. Apii -8. Mrs.
J *»*•*« Worth Bingham, wife of for-
c m vA*y°' Bingham died to-day
< ru«tot* uries suffered yesterday v. to .
< vapor m °W)e in which t»h<* was rid-
} fui w> struck b> an electric car.
^ Intern Callahan, nephew of M.-
| 5 stoma* was sHghth hurl \l -
14 !5’ 8 r n fa tAo children and * be
chest. L mg Milk \* • r- un-
"High rental exhaui
ability to provide healthful *ecr**‘
lion." s.ild Lieutenant Govern**!'
O’Hara. ‘’It c*»mpels many to live .1
insufficient quarters, dejuivea young
girls of needed privacy and lower*,
their pride. It also exhausts th* fam
ily's vitality so that parents have n :
th»* opportunity to d»*vote to their
children the time and attention neces
sary t<» steer tii *m clear «*f tempta
tion."
Landlo!*.* will lx summoned to tell
of their profits, and expert* will be
hoard on the actual valuation of ♦he
property on which higl
charged.
I Dr. A. J, McKelway Takes the
South to Task for Conditions.
Great Congress Meetings.
A scathing arraignment of the
Southern States for permitting wlia*
Ik terms the slavery of children ir
h* mills and factories by Dr. A. J
M*TColway. of Washington. Souther)
secretary ol tlit National Child Labor
'’ongre.-a. formed th*- big feature of
ntals an* ; t j UJ aI .( nu , n tal conferences of the
j Southern Sociological Congress tills
morning.
Dr. McKelway
Spring Guano Sales
0 T~i rr 1 “’'t uf ( 'hlld Dahor in the Sout
Largest Lver Known n.* *„i,t.un.* *m child we^m
^ j First Methodbt (Tiurcli, the
Heavy Rains Cause of Record-
Breaking Movement During
the Past Week.
Commercial feitili/.eis experienced
a heavier movement last week than
at any tipie during the season. The
unusually heavy demand is believed
to have resulted from th** heavy
rains, which dela- ed the farmers with
their work.
Fertilizer men are expecting this
\n eek to prove the banner week in
sales, indications pointing to •« heavy
demand as the season nears an end
The total amount of fertiliser used by
Geot gin cotton planters this season is
expected to jgirpass by a great figure
the records of format* years.
Air Tragedy Claims
British Lieutenant
Biplane Stops Suddenly 100 Feet
Above Earth, Then Plunges
Downward—Cause a Mystery.
Spsclal Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
FARNHoKorOH. WN'tlhAND. April
s. Lieutenant Rogers Harrison,
British Army aviator, was killed here
to-day 1»> a full of 400 feet «i the
Cody biplane which won the $25,000
army prise last year.
Lieutenant Harrison, one of the
most daring of the aviation corps,
was maneuvering over th*- acrodonie
here when the machine sudd* nly stop
ped. hung suspended, then dropped
suddenly.
The biplane was eomtiderod one *»f
the best in the world. Kxperts can
not account for the accident.
ODDITIES
—iu the—
DAY’S NEWS
l*ASTI!Y TABOO \T HARVARD.
Pies, puddings, cream puffs and* oth
er pastry are taboo at Harvard l Di
versity. ('trails in various forms
have been substituted and nr** very
popular with the students.
KTUANGI.KS HKRSKLF W ITH A
SHKKT. Although strapped linn
and foot to a bed in the insane de
partment of St. Francis Hospital,
Pittsburg, I'n., Mrs. IMith l’*>lllns
aged 41. tor** a strip from the bed
sheet with her teeth and hands and
strangled herself to death.
FIGHT OYKR FlirRi’H COLLFa*-
TU iN. Tw«»nty-flv*‘ persons were cu; 1
and bruised, one seriously, in a dis
pute over which faction should take
up th collection at the Greek K ish* ,
services in St. Mary's Greek Outho-
lie Ohurcii. New Salem, Pa. Spe- i 1!
policemen quelle*! the turmoil, but tlu-j
collection wurf not taken up.
DAXt’FS HERSKLF NKAKl.Y TO
DEATH. Mrs. John Kuzins, of Bea
ver Falls. Pa., a bride of three da>*.
trying to establish a mark of !*001
dances at $1 a dance at her wedding
festivities, collajised within seven
dances of her g<»al and may die. Ac
cording to a Polish custom, each male
guest was to give the bride »i lilv*
dollar for each dance with her.
—
PRRVKNTED m'HlAL A1.1VK.
Fnusual precautions against being
buried alive were taken by Mrs. Mu - j
Hanna Rlcclardi. of New York »’ity.j
She requested that no one be Allowed
to touch her bode for five hours after
her death and that it should not b*
embalmed. Her instructions were!
varrh-d out. She was burled in a bur- !
g Err-proof steel coffin.
‘The Fx-
Houth" at
it the
most
Important meeting of the day. In ad
dition to Dr. .McK**Jway’s forceful ex
position of the child labor problem in
h«- Soutii nd Ids remedial sugges
tions, other addresses on the subject
* 1 giv* n. Principal J. A. Burns,
*1 Oneida, Ky„ known Xhroughout the
1’iwted States As “Burns «»f the
Viountains,*' spoke on "The (Children
>f the Mouthern Highlands."
Other conferences tills morning
were as follows:
Organised charities, at the Wesley
Memorial Hhurch: * ourts and prisons,
at. the First Baptist Ghurch .Sunday
school room; public health, at th.
First Baptist Hhurch; travelei>’ aid,
at the First Methodist Church Sun-
'ay school room; church and social
service, at th* Central Congregational
Church; race problems, at the Bap
tist Tub* made.
Great Sessions Held.
Although one of the principal
speakers failed to arrive, the two
general sessions of the HociologiC t»
Congress held yesterday afternoon
a.nd evening at the Auditorium and
it th* Wesley M. modal Church are
considered t li« • greates- sociological
gatherings In the history of the* work.
Fifteen hundred people heard nd*
.Tosses by men who have devoted
their lives to educating America along
civic, economic and moral lines.
The speaker v/h*» failed to arrive
was Richmond R Hobson, Congress
man from Alabama. Mr. Hobson wad
delay* (i by a storm on the Chesi-
peake, where he was a spectator at
the navy target practice, and it is
doubtful if he will come to Atlantu at
•ill.
A stirring add rest* on “The Social
Program of the Church.” by Dr. Wai
ter RuuKchbenbush, one of America’s
greatest sociologists, was the big fea
ture of tin- afternoon session. Dr
Ttauschenbush declared that th«
church could and should do much
toward solving the child labor prob
lem the greater problem, lie declared,
that confronts the people of the
Southland.
What ‘Thy Kingdom Come' Means.
I>r. owen R. Lovojoy, **f New York
general secretary of the National
Child Labor Committee. spoke on
'The Gospel for Modern Industry."
" ‘Thy kingdom come.' " declared
Dr. Love Joy, "means the coming of
J the day when child labor will be done
•iw.»n with, when **ver> little tot shall
have its quota of sunlight and hap
piness. of hours of play and recrea
tion. The time will come eventually
when the little ones will get their
share of the joys of life when the
men and women «*f this oountr> will
awake to tin* awful curse of child la
bor and that time is not far off."
With a brilliant plea for a bureau
of vital statistics in Georgia. Miss
Julia Lathrop, director of the Federal
Children’s Bureau, at Washington, D.
<’.. delivered a strong address at the
evening session of the congress.
“Europe, to maintain its armies,
must know of the advent of each
child," Miss Lathrop said, “and if this
information is valuable in maintain
ing armies, how much more valuable
it would be in times of peace.”
Others who delivered addresses yes-
teriluy included Bishop Wilbur Thir-
kicld, <f New Orleans, and Dr. T. M.
Moore, of Toronto. Canada.
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Where
Shall I Go?
ig experience
ar Oakland
iwokc at night to find a
siuik* coiled on his breast
strike. H did n-*t dove tc
; daylight the snake seeince
ind Carrt'i’t drew bis pistol
off Us head.
coverin'.; from .1 ha’ 1
I in Rt»dwciHl ''unvi-ii
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lar* ratt
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Women Gamble tor High Stakes
Man> wotoen are gamblers for
very idgh stakes The>' stak*- tlieir
h.-alih and x-hm! looks upon ever> -
U*ing working out all right when at
tacked by thosi- ullmerns which their
a*r\ alone are called up* n t<* suffer
'file only excuse can b* ignorance
i of the dangerous consequences **r an
• aversion to undergo meiihal oxaml-
1 nation. This tnay often be avoitied
[by rc-oun**- to !.>dta it'inkham's
VegetabF t’on*pound, •« perfc< t.\ -afe
ard harmless iTiucdj. compount cti
i from root* and tur»*e. which for nrur-
' h for :* ei*is 1 as been curing -
an
ills
**n fr*
Musi iiav< u kt'\ mailo.
a sale ojumhmI. jiu ulcr.
Ii'ii* xvii'c lixud. shoes
hali'-soled, sfim repair
ed. a trunk nieuded-
or a tlnnisaml ami one
things attended to. l>ut
where shall 1 go?
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