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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, MONDAY, MAY 12, 1913. "TAG DAY" SECURES LARGE SUMS FOR UNFORTUNATE CHILDREN TAG DA! RECEIPTS CERTAIN IUSH NEW REI l! didn't The person who had any appear- mice of prosperity was a marked than. Few vst aped without the signs of re peat <i surrender. Many proudly wore as many as a half dozen of the lav- IVe have Beautiful Bedding Plants 3c each. Atlanta Flora! i Co., 555 E. Fair Street. KY, 24-N, View* ATLHft i k ^ ee ^‘ 'v«d. c s?sht 11 matinees Miss Billy Long Cj. MONDAY In i F*. «lb 1.033 la„G WED. anil SAT. _ « flro Yo a :scr.: 25c Records Sure to Go. • the Tag Day campaign was : res.-; long it became known all records would he broken. The d last year was $5,100. By noon lay the girls were bringing in 1 ' full of nickel.-, dimes and i > to headquarters in the Peters lira; The huge display of wealth - on tied up-4n bags and the of- ddv am uo 'Si*i oj ursitoq Sdoy of the Bank of Kngland. 1 • ‘ campaign was well organized, average business man had s breakfast, the girls were t headquarters. By at this same business man street car or in his auto- route to his office, the med with hundreds of tags FORSYTH (,“,‘™ | AicJ. Daily [ , Evening 1 —— Next Week *; PAUL DICKEYS 0 APOLLO TWO—HE WHUFF & WILPS -BILLY WELLv CLARrfcCE WHBUK CO- MAYO & ALL MAW L CTfJiR ADAM & tU [ , . in* escape. On every re was one or more of the smiling girls stationed. If in getting by one ving a tag it was ilv stopped until the doors of all They swarmed •oves. Not many ny resistance. He from Governor Brown down to the. most humble attache. "1 am sure we are going to break a record for the amount of money taken in,” said Mrs. \Y. S. Elkin, of tlie central committee. “Even if we don’t we will have broken one record and that Is in the number of pretty girls we have had to tag the people. I never saw so many in my life. Money Is Flowing in. ‘The money is simply flowing in from all directions and the returns up to the present are very encour aging. We can scarcely keep up with the demand for more buckets and tags. Everybody seems enthusiastic and those who art* giving are doing so cheerfully and a great many have stopped in and made voluntary sub scriptions of very substantial amount*." Mrs. J. Prank Meador, stationed at the entrance to the Atlanta National Bank, was apparently vying with the tellers laboring in the banking room. “Business is line," she smiled. T have nearly $100 already in my buck et and everyone seems willing and anxious to contribute. I have just gotten one donation of $20 and any number of others ranging from $1 to $5." Buckets Get Too Heavy. Mrs. Frank Dabney, Mrs. L. C. Mc Kinney and Mrs. James Ison, .sta tioned at the Steiner-Emery Build ing. were getting the money by the j bucket full and during the morning it j became necessary for them to make frequent trips to headquarters*, across the street, in order to relieve them selves of the weight of silver. A particularly attractive group of girls is that on the Aragon Hotel block. Mrs. Charles Godfrey is in charge there, and she says that this Tag Day is much belter than last year’s. Miss Maude Arthurs Weir, a pret ty Canadian girl, came all the way 1 from Toronto to help the "taggers.' ) Miss Weir was here last year and j said she would not miss an Atlanta Tag Day for worlds. Her contribu tions have ranged from 3 cents to $1. .Miss Cobble Vaughan say* the men call her "girlie,” "bright eyes" and "cutie” but they pay for the privi lege. Misses Annie Sykes Rice. Doug lass and Edith Dunson all agree that the men are "perfectly nice and sweet." One Policeman is Lucky. The policeman in front of the Can dler Building says he has the pret tiest girls in town on his beat. Mrs. Massengale Is chaperoning this group. She says receipts are much larger than they were in 1912. Miss Mainer Lee Hardin is of the opinion that the men would have a Tag Day, too, if they knew how much fun it is. Miss Marian Perdue finds the men very nice and generous, not one in a hun dred refusing to help. Mrs \Y B. Sea brook is at the Em pire Life Building, in charge of a j >nrtv of girls. She expresses herself I is delighted with the contributions. | Miss Frances Seabrook. of Westmin ster. Md.. is helping her. and says 'that the Atlanta men sire much more liberal than those of Baltimore. At the left. Judge \V. T. Newman, of the United States Court, is shown being tagged by Mrs. Kneipp; in the center is Mrs. Frank Mead or: at the right. Mayor “Jim” Woodward appears tickled to death that fora change he doesn’t have to use the veto power. CITIZENS OF CALIFORNIA TO J SACRAMENTO, May 12.-—Referendum of the anti-alien bill to tUe people of California has been determined on by the Demo cratic leaders of the State. This was learned to-day following the receipt of a telegram from President Wilson to Governor Johnson asking him to veto tile measure. The bill was scheduled to reach Governor Johnson to-day from the Committee on Enrolled Hills, where it lias been held up. The session of the Legislature ends to-day, and under the provisions of the constitution 30 days ensue during which time the Governor may sign or veto the bill. At the end of that time if it receives no action at the hands of the Executive it becomes a law. Governor Stays Silent. The Governor to-day admitted re ceiving the message from President Wilson, transmitted through Secre tary of State Bryan, hut refused to comment on it. It was generally be lieved here that eventually he would sign the measure. Theodore A. Bell, national Democratic committeeman. Is here watching the situation closely. He is the leader of the referendum plan. It was learned that petitions call ing for a referendum vote on the measure have been prepared and stmt to various central points in the State. The moment the anti-alien land bill becomes a law these petitions will be circulated. It is confidently expected that a sufficient number of names to Insure the call of a referendum elec tion will bt secured within a few hours ifter the circulation of the pe tition starts. The result of a referendum would | he to delay the whole matter until 1914. unless a special election Governor Johnson will call a special session to hold an election if the ref erendum petition goes through. Wilson Asks Johnson To Veto Anti-Alien Bill. were! called. This would have to he au-j thqrized by the Legislature, and a I special ses-ion will be nec essary to I call the election. It is believed that 1 WASHINGTON. May 12.—President Wilson, through Secretary of State Bryan, has made a formal plea to Governor Johnson, of California, to veto the alien-land bill. The message to California’s* Gov ernor was framed at the White House last night. It sets forth in diplo matic language the urgency of the situation created by the demands of Viscount Chinda, the Japanese Am bassador. The message to Governor Johnson follows: Two Courses Open. The President directs me to ex press his appreciation of your courtesy in delaying action on the land bill now before you. un til its provisions could be com municated to the Japanese Gov ernment and considered by it. His Excellency. Baron Chinda. has, on behalf of his Government, presented an earnest protest against the measure.* As you have before you but two alterna tives. viz, to approve or to veto, it will avail nothing to recall to your attention the amendments suggested to the Legislature; and as the President has already laid before you his views upon the subject, it is unnecessary to reit erate them. He passes over the questions affecting treaty rights for two reasons; first, because the bill passed by the Legislature is avowedly intended to conform to treaty obligations, and. second, because any conflict complained of would be a matter for the courts, but the President feels justified in expressinj asain liis desire that action on the sub ject be deferred for this session, and he expresses the desire the more freely because the Legisla- tur can be reconvened at any time if the welfare of the State requires it. He is fully aiive to the impor tance of removing any root of discord which may create antag onism between American citizens and the subjects of Oriental na tions residing here, but he is im pelled by’ a sense of duty to ex press the hope that you will see fit to allow time for diplomatic effort. The nations affected by the proposed law are friendly na tions—nations that have shown themselves willing to co-operate in the establishment of harmo nious relations between their peo ple and ours. President Offers Aid. postponement commends If itself to your judgment the Presi dent will be pleased to co-operate in a systematic effort to discover and correct any evils that may exist in connection with land ownership by aliens. The decision of the administration to urge Governor Johnson, to use his power of veto to postpone any land legislation was reached after a series of conferences between the President. Secretary Bryan and John Bassett Moore, counselor of the State Depart ment. and frequent calls at the de partment by' Ambassador Chinda. It was realized that any further attempt to have the bill enacted by the Cali fornia Legislature amended would be fruitless, since Secretary Bryan’s trip to Sacramento was unavailing and the Legislature is to adjourn next Tuesday. Until Governor Johnson’s reply is received the Government probably will make no reply to the protest of Japan further than to acquaint the Ambassador with the fact that every possible effort has been made to have action in California delayed, pending a settlement of the problems involved by diplomacy. LOWER HOUSE ADJOURNS UNTIL NEXT THURSDAY WASHINGTON. May 12.—Affer transacting only routine business the House adjourned to-day until Thurs day next. Steel Exports in 8 Years Are Doubled James A. Farrell; Testlfyirrcf io Gov ernment Suit, Says Money Value He'S More Than Trebled. NEW YORK, May T2.—Data con cerning the business done by the United' State;:' Steel Corporation And the United States Steel Products Company, a main subsidiary,, was given out to-day by James A. Far rell. president of the corporation, when he took the witness stand at the resumption of the suit charg ing violation of the Sherman anti trust law. The export business of the steel produets concern, according to sta tistics presented ..by. Farrell, has doubled in tonnage, jn the past eight yeai*s blit more than trebled in mon ey' value/ Fatrefl daft! the discrep ancy was due to. the fact that Eu rope now uses higher priced steel. tornado wrecks town. GREAT BEND. KAN’S., May 12.— A tornado is reported to have wreck ed Dilwyn, a little town in Stafford County, * last night. 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