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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, MONDAY. APRIL 28, 1913. BIT A-FLUTTER High Rental as Vice Cause to Be Probed Illinois White Slave Committee Wiil Force Landlords to Tell of Their Profits. TREATER REFER April ius* of immoral High reto •mmitte High rout, i # First Coupons Will Appear in I he. •, proving Georgian Thursday—Others >>h Through Week. provide healthful vscreti- -ieutenant Governor “ft (Omprls many to live In insufficient quarters, deprives yourc-T | girls of needed privacy and lower* I their pride. It also exhausts tin farn- I iiy’g vitality so that parents have n. FINE BILL AT THE ATLANTA |" !h ‘’ 1 n !*Jren the time .. i >i attain ion net • I sar.v to steer them clear of terap f a- Boys and Girls Plan to Get Shet- | Landlords will be summoned to of their profits, and experts will be lands To Be Given Away heard on the actual valuation of Mr I property on which hijfii renuu* are Dr. A. J, McKelway Takes the South to Task for Conditions. Great Congress Meetings. I A m. j tiling ! Kmithcrn Htal Without Cost. I iiarsfi Atlaiiiane ai "a inter* a ' over t ae free pom ami fie- theater seats to be given readers of The Georgian anti The Sunday Am rkar. of course, when the plan was* an nounced we expected there would be u flutter. But there been mors than flu It el •he-.e is a regular gale of ex citement. Everyone on the street cars j? 'aikinfr about the generous offer — u.u‘\e heard them. If v ou want to H»*e n su endid play free of a!’ coal, don’t fail to secure tjte Accessary four coupons. The first iWill appear in The Georgian Thurs day. The coupon? will follow Friday, Saturday end Sunday. Send there four coupons by mail with * * .f-ad- d.^ased and stamped envelope, and ^e w i 1 mail you a theater ticket,, one of the best in Atlanta a best theater. There’s no trick to it, no contest, no expense. It’s absolutely free. Something Worth While Offered. The Georgian f*e!s that In giving .-eats to the Atlanta Theater it is of fering something worth while to every theatergoer The Atlanta Theater never presents any but first-class attractions, and the | Billy Long stock company '« no ex- j ceptlon to its invariable rule. Miss Billy Long, say those who al ready have seen her play “Wildfire,” which Lillian Russell made famous, say she is more than a good actress: that she is one of the beat. Lillian Russell herself could give no more satisfactory portrayal of the lending role, and Miss Long in ably supported. Good Company Playing. The Atlanta Theater is anxious that the Atlanta public shall not confound this stock company with the ordinary summer reperloiro aggregate ». This ts an infinitely superior organization. Tho Atlanta Theater feels that when the as leaders of The Georgian and Sunday American have passed their discriminating verdict on the! performances, and the merits of Miss Billy Long and her supporting players fhu? are advertised, u 11 Atlanta will flock to the theater through the sum mer. Insuring the success of the un dertaking. That is why the Atlanta Theater is co-operating c o heartily with The Georgian in the distribution of free seats. But the boys and girls are more in terested In the free ponies and carts, Following the announcement in The Sunday American that such pretty and valuable prizes were to be award ed to dorms of children in Atlanta, n perfect flood of nominations poured into our offices. Already ( uotigh chil dren have indicated their willingness to compete for the ponies and carta that It Jr plain the contests will l»c spirited. Particular! on Another Pago. But this doesn’t mean that you haven’t an even chance. The contest is not yet started. Pull particular- appear on another page of tliiB issue And watch for the intelligent little Shetland ponies which are on tiu way to their new homes. \\> will lake pams to show them. Look them over and pick out the one you want tor your very own. Then set to work *"tc win it. You’ll And it pleasant. « \- citing and profitable. Lillian Lorraine and Movie Owner Rewed Spring Guano Sales Largest Ever Known Heavy Rain* Cause of Record- Breaking Movement During the Past Week. Common idl fertilizer* experienced a heavier movement last week than at my linn* during the season. The unusually hea\ > demand is believed to have resulted from the heavy rains, which doln ed the farmers with their work. Fertilizer men nr#* • xpectlng thi« week to prove the banner week In sales, indications pointing to a. heavy demand as the season nears sn end. The total amount of fertilizer used by Geoigia cotton planters this season is expected to surpass by a great flgur" the records of former years Air Tragedy Claims British Lieutenant Biplane Stops Suddenly 400 Feet i Above Earth, Then Plunges Downward—Cause a Mystery. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. FARNBOROUGH. ENGLAND, April 28 Lieutenant. Rogers Harrison, British Army aviator, was killed here to-day by a fall of 400 feet in tho Cody biplane which won the $2.1,000 army prize last year. Lieutenant Harrison, one of the most, daring of the aviation corps, was maneuvering over the nerodoine here when the machine suddenly stop ped, hung suspended, then dropped suddenly. The btplnne was considered one of the hast in the world. Experts can not account for the accident. Arraignment of the for permitting what j ho terms the slavery of ehifdren ir he mills and factories by Hr. A. J. j McKelway, of Washington. S nit hern i oerctary of the National Fluid Labor ! ’ongress formed the big featur< of | the departmental conferences of the* ) Houthern Sociological Congress thi< j morning. } i>i AJ« Kohva.v poke «>n “The Lx- ent of Child Labor in the South” at tin ronference on child welfare at the First Methodist Church, the moil Important meeting of the day. In ad- lit ion to Hr. McKelway** forceful ex position of the child labor problem in the South and his remedial sugges tions, other nddreyses on the subject wer * given. Principal J. A. Burn*, >f Oneida, Ky . known throughout the United States i- “Hums of the Mountains,“ on "The Children if the Southern Highlands.” Other conferences this morning were as follows: organized charities, at the VCosley Memorial Church; courts und prisons, at the First Baptist Church Sunday school room; public health, at tin* First Baptist <’hurch; travelers’ aid, at the rir-t Methodist Church Sun- lay school room; church and social _ e-i vi ■*. at tho Central Congregational j Church: race problems, at the Bap-1 ti;-t Tabernacle. Great Session* Held. Although one of the principal speakers failed to arrive, the tw:> general sessions of the Sociological Congress held yesterday afternoon and evening at the AuMtorium an.l ODDITIES —iu the— DAY’S NEWS PASTRY TABOO AT HARVARD. Pie*, puddings, iri'ftm puffs and oth er pastry tire taboo at Harvard Uni versity. Cereal* In various fonus havo hoop substituted and arc vary popular with tho studento STRANGLES HERSELF WITH A SHEET. Although strapped han i and foot to a boil In tho 1 ri- ini’ de partment of St. Francis Hospital, Pittabutg, Pa.. Mr*. Edith PoUin- aged 41. tore n strip from the hod shoot with lior tottti and hands and strangled herself to death. FIGHT OVER CHURCH GO).1.1a'. TION Twenty-flVo persona were cut and bruised, one seriouajy, In a dis pute over which faction should take up tho collection at tho Greek East- , services tn St. Mary's Greek Catho lic Church, Non Salem. Pa. Specie policemen quelled the turmoil, hut the collection was not taken up. DANCES HERSEl.F NEARLY To DEATH.~r Mrs John Kusliis. of Hea rer Falls, Pa., a bride of three da* r. trying to establish a mark of .'too ounces at )1 a dance at her wedding festivities, collapsed v.-ithln seven dances of her goal and may Jle Ac cording to a Polish custom, each male guest was to give the bride a silvc dollar for each dance with her. Snow Girl Becomes Mrs. Frederick W. Gresheimer Second Time in Thirteen Months NEW YORK. April US PREVENTED BURIAL ALIVE.— | Unusual precautions against being hurled alive were taken by Mrs, Mn- j rianna Rlcolardl, of New York t ity. Lillian Lor- | sr,e requested that no one he allowed rain*, whose “swing song ' In the t.> touch her laxly for five hours aftei • Follies of 1910" lifted her into the her death and that it should not b< ^ . , , , e.nlialmcd Her instructions were front rank of stage relebnt.es-. again I ',. n ^'?ed out She was burled In a bur ls the bride of Frederick \V. Gres- j J,,-.proof steel ,.-<>ffln. heim^r, a moving picture and real estate man. Their marriage Friday | was their second in thirteen months. • “Yes,” Miss Lorraine told * report- ’ #j. “v e were married again. You 1 know Mr. Gresheimer and I wem at the Wesley Memorial Church at* onsldcred the greater* sociological | gatherings in t.lio history of the work Fifteen hundred people heard -id ■ Iressps b> men who have devoted | their lives to educating America aloft^ Civic, economic and moral lines. The speaker who failed to arrive was Richmond P. Hobson, <’ongresi- mon from Alabama. Mr. Hobson was delayed by a storm on the <’hesi- peake, where he was a spectator at the navy target practice, and it is doubtful if he will come to Atlanta .it all. A stirring address on “The .Social Program of the Church,” by Hr. Wai te: Itau.'« hhenlmsh, one of America ? greatest sociologists, was the big fea ture of the afternoon session. 1> Uuusehenbush declared that the church could and should do much toward solving the child labor prob lem the greater problem, he declared, that confronts the people of the Southland. Whit *Thy Kingdom Come’ Moan*. Ur. Owen R. Lovejov, of New York, general secretary of the National Uhild Labor <’ommitt.ee. spoke on 'The Gof-pel for Modern Industry.” “ ‘Thy kingdom come,’" declared Ur. Love Joy, “means the coming of lhe day when child labor will be done away with, when every little tot nhall have its quota of sunlight and hnp- plness, 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 of this country will awake to the 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'* Bureau, at Washington. 1). delivered a strong address at the evening session of the congress. “Hump*. to maintain its armies, must know of the advent of each child.” Miss Lathrop said, "and if thin information is valuable in maintain ing armies, how much more valuable it would be in times of peace.” Others who delivered addresses yes terday included Bishop Wilbur Thir- Uield. (f New Orleans, and Dr. T. M. Moon, of Toronto. Canada. MONEY LOANED TO SALARIED MEN AT LAWFUL RATES ON PROMISSORY NOTES Without Endorsement Without Collateral Security Without Real Estate Security NATIONAL DISCOUNT CO. 1211-12 Fourth National Bank Bldg. through a ceremony a year ago last month, but the fact that h» was not free from his former marriage made it illegal. Oh! 1 can't explain. It was aomothing about the lav. As to her possible return to the aiMg* Mis. Gresheimer is undecided. FRATS ONLY •TOLERATED' AT MERCER, SAYS HEAD MACON, April 2t.-*-The altitude of the officials of Mercer University t - v ard the Greek letter “frat?” is made k'.own by President S. Y. Jameson in r*r»iv to the executive committeu of B e Kipps Sigma Fraternity, whb n sough'- permission to name e local ad- >jygx whose duties it would be to bring th* members of this frat and tn* faculty into a . or. “Frata a:e onl; * . *atej a <»: replied Dr. Jameson RATTLER USED HIM AS BED.— buries Unrrfrc. of New York, is rc»- ivering from a harrowing experience i Redwood Uanvon. near Oakland. < ’al. He aw ok :it night to find a large rattk'Hiukc t oiled on Ids breast reati'- to strik*-*. He did not dare t*> nmvt'. A. daylight the snake seemed j to doze* and < ‘arrere drew his pistol I and blew off its head. r Where Shall 1 Go? Women Gamble for High Stakes Man> \vi men air gamblers for \ very high stake?. They stak-- their ) ’health and good looks upon every- ; ! thing working out all right when si- ( : tacked by those ailments which their J ‘ sex alor are < :tll*»q upon t<* suffer • cum* can he ignorance 1 us cotiarquencea or an s rider go medical exami- ; often l«e avoided ) Tl f tlic danger- us aversion '- 1 umh nation. This na by recourse to 1 Vegetable Compot and h.armlesa i from r«*ots and ; *• 1> forty years i «< • :«;?n v-unen from -k 1’ perte tkl Must h;t\. a kov ltiatlf. a sjit'c tii-ptietl. an t‘let-- tric * wire fixed, shoos haU'-soled, gun repair ed. a trunk mended- or .. thousand and one tiling, attended to. but where shall I go! The Business Guide iu the "Want \d" section of llie Georgian an s'.' S thr (paestioil Free Pony Co • # NOW OPEN £ VERY Boy and Girl that wants to own a Shetland Pony, Cart and Harness should enter this popular Contest now! An equal chance for every Contestant to win one of the Twelve Pony Outfits offered by Hearst’s Sunday American and The Atlanta Georgian. Eight pony outfits will be given away to white boys and girls in Atlanta and suburbs. The distribution will be made as follows: ■ One pony outfit to the boy or girl receiving the greatest number of votes in each of the following districts: District No. 1—East of Marietta Street and west of Pied mont Avenue, from Georgia Railroad right-of-way to city limits. District No. 2—East of Piedmont Avenue and west of Edgewood Avenue, from Georgia Railroad right-of-way to city ilmits. Includes Druid Hills, Edgewood, Kirk wood and Decatur. District No. 3—South of Edgewood Avenue and east of South Boulevard to city limits, east and south. Includes South Kirkwood and Ormewood. District No. 4—West of South Boulevard and east of South Pryor from Georgia Railroad right-of-way to city lim its. Includes South Atl inta and Lakewood Heights. District No. ')—West of South Prvor to Central of Georgia right of way. West of railroad to include Oakland City, Port McPherson. East Point, College Park, Egan and I lapeville. District No. <i—West-of Central of Georgia right-of-way to city limits, from West Hunter Street south to Oakland < 'ity. District No. 7—North of West Hunter Street and west of Marietta Street to city limits, north and west. One pony outfit to the carrier or newsboy employed bv THE GEORGIAN* and HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN* receiving the greatest number of votes east for newsboys and carriers. Four prize pony outfits will be given to Out-of-town boys and girls. They will be distributed as follows: Two pony outfits will be given to the white boys or girls in the State of Georgia, o itside of Atlanta and suburbs, v. ho receives the greatest mi -her of votes and next great est number, respectively. One outfit will be given to the white boy or girl receiv ing the greatest number of votes cast for contestants out side- of the State of Georgia, anvwhere that THE GEOR GIAN and HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN are sold. One outfit will be given to the out-of-town agent em ployed by THE GEORGIAN and HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN who receives the greatest number of votes cast for agents. Nominations for contestants will be received during the period beginning Monday. April 28’th.and concluding at mid night, Saturday. May ".1st. Voting coupons will appear daily in THE GEORG IAN and in every issue of HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, beginning with THE GEORGIAN'S issue of Thursday. Mar 1st, and concluding with THE G E O R G I A N ’S issue of Thursday, July 31st. The contest will dose at midnight July 31st. THE GEORGIAN’S Daily vote coupons will count for five votes each, and THE SUNDAY A M E R IC A N vote coupons for fifteen votes each in favor of the contestant whose names they bear. Votes will be credited for paid-in-advance subscriptions received, according to the following table: Votes. Daily and Sunday, 1 year 3,500 Daily and* Sunday, 6 months 1,700 Daily and Sunday, 3 months 800 Daily and Sunday, 1 month 250 Daily only. 1 year 2,000 Daily only, 6 months 9.50 Daily only, 3 months 450 Daily only, 1 month 1.5<) Sunday only, 1 year 1,300 Sunday only, 0 months (>50 Sunday only, 3 months 300 Sunday only, 1 month loo The above vote credits will apply to old subscribers who pay subscription arrearages or for a term in advance as well as new subscribers. No vote credit will be issued for subscriptions for less than one month nor more than two years. in the <-vent of a tie vote tor any of the ponv outfit "prizes, the contestants so tying will each receive a ponv outfit. \ oto coupons dipped from TIIE GEORGIAN and SUN DAY AMERK’AN must be voted within fifteen days from date of issue. Coupons that are more than fifteen days old will not be- credited to any contestant. Except for the separate prizes offered to THE GEOR GIAN and HEARST’S SUN AY AMERICAN carriers, news boys and out-of-town agents, no employee of these newspa- ers. nor any member of employee's family, will be eligibh- as a contestant. If you know some bright boy or girl who would .like to own a handsome pony, cart and harness, send us his or her name on this NOMINATION BLANK Only one Nomination Blank can be voted for any con testant. 1 nominate, as a candidate in The Hearst’s Sunday American and Atlanta Georgian Pony Outfit Contest: N ame Address Nominated by Address GOOD FOR t OOO VOTES mu Hearst’s Sunday American and The A tlanta Georgian