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ATLANTA, GA.. MONDAY, MAY 12, 1010.
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Her ‘Fatal Beauty’
Costs Actress Job
Evelyn Carter Carrington. Too Pretty
for Role. Wins Suit Against
Producer.
NEW YORK, May 10.—Evelyn bar
ter Carrington was “so handsome’’she
was discnarged from the “Firefly The
atrical Company and she has a judg
Governor of California Gets Ur
gent Request to Delay Crisis
in Acute Situation.
PRESIDENT OFFERS HIS AID
Tells Westerners He Will Be Glad
/
to Assist in the Correction
of Alien Evils.
ment of $166 against Arthur Ham-
merstein to prove it.
Miss Carrington agreed to assume
the character—a widow of uncertain
years—for $100 a week. She appeared
once, then was dropped, and sued for
two weeks’ salary minus an advance.
"When Miss Carrington was en
gaged for the role." said Mr. Ham-
merstein on the witness stand, “we
thought she could make up to look
old, but her loveliness stuck out
through the make-up and she attract
ed attention from the other charac
ters when she was supposed to have
only a minor part."
Yaarab Temple Boosters Take
Big Convention at Dallas,
Texas, by Storm,
MAY DECIDE ON WEDNESDAY
“'Atlanta 1914” Drummed Into
Every Delegate, and Favor
for Gate City Grows.
WASHINGTON, May 12.—President
Wilson, through Secretary of State!
Bryan, has made a formal plea to j
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
follow's:
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 w'ould be a matter for the
courts, but the President feels
justified in expressing again his
desire that action on the sub
ject be deferred for this session,
and he expresses the desire the
more freely because the Legisla
tor can be reconvened at any
time if the welfare of the State
requires it.
He is fully alive 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.
If a postponement commends
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 dc
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.
Senators Applaud
Plea for Bigger Navy.
SEW YORK. May 12—"Any man
who will put in the way of the
United States the slightest obstruc
tion. either by his voice or vote, to
a progressive national defense pro-
eram, who < an see that our saftt>.
the ftpuyc w-e love ■ much a 11(1 ?h‘
peace o r the world depends on a navy
Continued on Page 2, Column 5.
Underwood Boomed
for President in 1916
His Friends Believe That the Tariff
Bill Will Make Him Popular
Candidate.
WASHINGTON, May 12.—Repr -
sentative Oscar W. Underwood’?
friends have started to boom him fur
the Presidential nomination in 1916.
They assert that tariff bills have
made Presidents and that Mr. Under-
, wood will come to the front on the
■ bill that pas^d the House last week
They are hacking Mr. Underwood
in the belief that President Wilson
, will abide by the intent of the Ba -
timore convention platform which de
clared in favor of a single term.
These friends of Underwood are
confident the Underwood tariff bill
will prove acceptable to the count! y
and will grant relief to the masses
from heavy burdens of taxation.
Called From Bride
By ‘Irritable Papa’
Costa Rtcan. Parting From Canadian
Girl, Explains, ‘Father Kills
Men When He’s Angry.’
NEW YORK, May 12.—A cable
gram from the bridegroom's father
containing the word “scoundrel"
caused Theodore Gonzales, of San
Jose, • Costa Rica, to part from his
bride of a few hours, who was Miss
Maxine Seagrave, of Toronto, after
they had boarded the steamer Car
rillo for a honeymoon trip to Central
America.
Gonzales explained to his bride
that his father was irritable at
times; in fact, he had once killed a
man when irritated, and the young
man thought it best that he go to
Port Limon alone and meet his fa
ther.
France Spain's Ally
In Proposed Treaty
Alfonso’s Visit Will Result in Pact
Binding Two Nations if Ne
gotiations Go Through.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS, May 12.—Formal announce
ment of the inception of a treaty
which v 5 o make Spain an ally of
France is expected as soon as the
result of the visit of King Alfonso and
Premier Romanson of Spain to France
is known.
It was learned to-day from an offi
cial source that Alfonso made repre
sentations to President Poincare to
show that Spain is anxious to ent^r
into negotiations without delay.
The press believes the French For
eign Office views the offer favorably.
‘Woody Tiger'Is New
White House Mascot
Mrs. Wade Hampton Substitutes Wil
son Administration Toy for ‘Teddy
Bear’ and ‘Billy Possum.’
WASHINGTON, May 12.—The
“Woody Tiger" made its official de
but to-Ua> as the official toy of the
Wilson administration. As this new
monarch of childhood entered the
front door of the White House, es
corted by Mrs. Wade Hampton, the
originator of the novel idea. “Teddy
Bear” and “Billy Possum." mascots of
previous times looked on with brim
ming exes.
The new toy is rather tierce-look
ing and somewhat resembles a
Princeton tiger in miniature.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Local thunder show
ers Monday and probably Tu.es- |
day.
By JAMES B. NEVIN.
DALLAS, TEX.. May 12.—If therv
is anybody in Dallas who does not
know that Yaarab Temple. Nobles >f
the Mystic Shrine, is here, and has
come to bi’ing the Imperial Council
to Atlanta in 1914, he must be deaf
dumb and blind.
The campaign on behalf of Atlanta
was started the very minute Illus
trious Potentate Forrest Adair step
ped off the train in this town, the
head and front of the most enthusias
tic and determined delegation that
ever went out of Atlanta after some
thing the town wanted or needed in
its business.
To be sure, the immediate thing
in hand is the session of the Imperial
Council now on in Dallas, but the
first thing an Atlanta delegate says
to a brother Noble, after making him
self known, is “How about this Im
perial Council thing for Atlanta next
year?"
Atlanta Best Advertised.
Far and away the best advertised
bidder for the honor of entertaining
the Shrine next year is Atlanta. The
fame of the Yaarab Temple has been
perfectly secure in Shrinedom f”*r
many moons, and there isn’t a visit
ing Shriner in this Texas metropolis
who hasn’t heard of that great “At
lanta spirit," and the amazing things
it has accomplished heretofore.
There is a feeling in the atmosphere
that everything is about over, so fnr
as next year s session is concerned,
except the hurrahing for and congrat
ulating of Atlanta.
Still, nobody is resting. There will
be no sort of let up, not so much as
a hint of it. until after the vote has
been taken in the imperial Council,
and Atlanta officially declared the
winner.
Forrest Adair's Nobles have under
taken to convince the Shrlners of two
things. First, that Atlanta wants the
Imperial Council to be its guest next
year, sincerely and earnestly, and sec
ond. that Atlanta can and will enter
tain and take care of the gathering
most handsomely.
"We have convinced them that we
have the hotel accommodations." said
Mr. Adair to me to-day. “That seems
to be the only thing- that ever 'has
gotten on anybody's nerves with re
spect to Atlanta's chances of getting
the meeting next year.
“Atlanta Spirit” Helps. *
“There is no difficulty in convinc
ing people that Atlanta is a tine n£a-e
to visit at any time and for any/pur
pose. Everybody has heard of At
lanta. and knows it is a gTeatf citv.
The very term 'the Atlanta /spirit’
comes readily to the Ups of pen/jle liv
ing many miles away. Some few
have wondered, however, if a city
the size of Atlanta can takf care of
the Imperial Council, and tf ,e> big in
flux of visitors it brings v nto a city
always. )
“When I show them /fiat we are
prepared to take care aft 60,000 visi
tors in first class .yTape, however,
they get away from l hat hotel doubt
in a hurry. The crqvds attending the
Imperial Council /jtherings general
ly run around forty thousand.
“T hope the folks back home un
derstand how enthusiastic our bunch
is. We have /ome here to land the
next year’s meeting, and we are go
ing to land ft. You wire the Geor
gian that I /say we are coming home
with the bacon."
Working in Pairs.
It is herewith wired.
And I believe it.
Certainfly there isn’t a man in Uiis
outfit th&t isn't rooting and_ty>osting
to beat the band for the * Atlanta
meeting next year. Generally, the del
egation (works in pairs. In this fash
ion. thej|’ scatter all over Dallas, and
stop to Vo rate wherever a bunch of
Shrinersy’an be located.
The big guns of the Imperial Coun
cil have jirtd Atlanta and 1914 drum
med into,their heads ever since they
came to town.
The conviction is deepening eve; y
minute tbtat Atlanta is to win ou
Forrest Adair already has outlined a
real, sui* enough Georgia barber i.
and a lift <f other things as induce
ments to visitors to go to Atlan .i
next : dar
K onf all qua net s. 1 hear noth! ig
out Mr M- of All .':’a and its pluck
in r *iLnf! a pJ>r«o<Tn>a*> 'v Jiou.Ofia
t' Clvij hou.s fu the Imp* rial Coun
cil’s chleitaiiiment in 1914.
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Working on Decree in
“Hearst Coal Cases"
Additional Suits Against the Trust
Will Be Deferred for a
PHAGAN
E IS DELAYED
Cyclone and Hail Do
Damage in France
Vineyards Suffer Loss. Workers In
jured and Aviators Are
Dashed to Earth.
Thousands Observe
Mothers' Day Here
Throngs Wear Flowers and Attend
Special Services—Donations to
Old Women's Home Generous.
Freight Car Bulletin
Shows Trade Is Brisk
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Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week
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More Time Taken to Strengthen Evidence
Evidence in the Pliagan ease may not be presented to the
Grand Jury this week. This was the intimation given hv Solicitor
General Hugh M. Dorsey Monday morning, as he began the proc
ess of elimination of the unimportant matter contained in the
great mass of eviednee collected by the Coroner's jury and police
officials.
The postponement of its presentation to the Grand Jury is
to permit the collection in systematic form of all the essential de
tails of the evidence. Dorsey declared Monday that the case
would not he given to the Grand Jury until he carefully had
sifted all of the evidence obtained.
He explained Monday morning that lie had no idea at what
time the ease would get to the Grand Jury, other than at the ear
liest possible moment after a "case is made out.” Foreman L. H.
Heck, of the Grand Jury, asserted the jurymen were under orders
to hold themselves in readiness for a call from the Solicitor to act
on the ease.
"While the jury has the right to ask the Solicitor to present
the ease at any ime. we will wait until he says he is reay,” said
Heck. We are holding ourselves
in readiness and can nssembLe in
a compartivly short while.”
The Solicitor said to-day that de
velopments in the case the la^t few
days led him to believe the case
would get to the jury at an early
meeting, and that it was not improba
ble it would be acted upon by Friday,
but that as progress was made in tho
case and new evidence brought to
light the necessary work in corrobo
rating it and investigating its relia
bility made some delay absolutely
necessary.
M r. Dorsey also made it clear to-
day that he was depending largely on
the efforts of his private detective,
"the best in the country," who was
working independently of the Pinker
tons or city detectives. He said tho
man was making progress in the baf
fling case.
The Pinkertons have instructions
to find the murderer, no matter who
he may be. Operatives of the agency
employed by the National Pencil
Company recently put the matter
squarely up to Luther Rosser, the
company’s attorney. He said;
Urge Diligent Search.
“Find the murderer of Mary Pha-
gan. Work in co-operation with the
police, work with anyone, work any
way that might lead you to success;
let your chips fail where they may.
You are employed to hunt th« mur
derer until he is found and conVlcted,
It matters not who is guilty.”
Five men from the detective agency
are working on the case, under tha
direction of Assistant Superintendent
Harry Scott. Through City Detective
Black the Pinkertons work In connec
tion with the city police.
Leo M. Frank was visited by Mr.
Ropser at his cell in the Sower Sun
day. They were together only a abort
while. Mr, Rosser stated he had only
paid a “social visit" and had not dis
cussed the case.
Chief of Detectives Lanford da Id
Monday that he was satisfied with the
progress of the case so far. He *aid
that the investigation unavoidably
had been slow and burdened with a
mass of evidence, much of which
would have to be eliminated in the
Tpvqpv firmripilmpn flnal ronsideratlon of the case - He
UCIOOJf UUUUUlilUCU was pleased with the new deveiop-
Vipw QpTTTotrp Plant men,s whioh hp sal ' 1 a<lrted much
V 1CW UhWdgC 1 IOjUI strength to the line of evidence hiB
men are building up.
Time.
WASHINGTON. May 12.—Prepara
tions for. framing a decree carrying
out the Supreme Court's decision in
the "Hearst coal .cases” have been
made by the Department of Justice.
The decree, which will cancel the
so-called 65 per cent, contracts of
the coal carrying railroads and coal
companies and terminate the railroad
control of the Temple Iron Company,
will be submitted to the United States
District Court at Philadelphia dur
ing the last week of May.
WJpile it is the intention of Attor
ney General McReynoldn to tile more
suits against the Coal Trust, attack
ing the relationship, direct and indi
rect. of coal carrying railroads and
coal mining companies by means of
both the Sherman Anti-Trust law and
the commodities clause of the In
terstate Commerce act, It is not like
ly that any further move will be
made until the decree in the Temple
iron case has been entered.
MISTAKES NEIGHBOR FOR
BURGLAR AND SHOOTS HIM
MOBILE. ALA., May 12.—August
Retting, member of*a prominent fam
ily here, while attempting to enter a
front window of the home of Charles
Scheuermann, on fashionable Govern
ment Street, was mistaken for a bur
glar and shot three times. He scream
ed and Scheuermann, on going to him.
recognized who he was
The Retting home was two blocks
away from the shooting. The wound
ed man had his shoes off and said he
did not want his father to know he
w as out so late.' He had. mistaken the
house. Scheuermann was not ar
rested.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS. May 12.—A terrific cyclone
swept parts of the Department of
Marne to-day. doing extensive dam
age. Following a cloudburst, there
was a heavy fall of hail. Many
workers in the fields were hurt by
being struck by the hutfe stone.«. Se
rious loss was caused to the vine
yards.
Two aviators, flying near Epernay.
were blown to earth and suffered in
juries which may prove fatal.
Girl With $700,000
Will Stay at Work
Stenographer for Curtiss Aeroplane
Company Inherits Fortune,
But Likes ‘Job.’
BATH. N. Y.. May 12. -Although
Miss Helen Klecker, a pretty 17-year-
old stenographer of the Curtiss Aero
plane Company, has fallen heir to
a $700,000 estate, she likes her “job
so well that she is loath to quit and
announced to-day that she intends to
stick as long as she. can.
Miss Klecker received the property,
which is in New York and at Havre
DeGrace. Aid., from her mother’s
family. Her mother, who has been
i ' id several years, was the direct
< est, « nd>: nf of a Russian who came to
• 'is count!?■' a number of v Mrs ago
,nd Mci-uniula'k'd a large fortune es-
: timated at $7,900,000.
“Mothers’ Day” has passed and the
world has resumed the burden of life.
However, following the celebration
people are finding the load not half s ■
heavy as before it.
Thousands of white flowers apepared
on the streets of Atlanta Sunday
Florists report an enormous oale vf
^«rnatfons and roses, the emblem
worn by the celebrants.
Returns from the contribute
boxes placed in hotel lobbies and oth
er public places show generous .1 >-
nations for the benefit of the Home
for Old Women. Thron**’** attended
the churches and heard sermons and A
music appropriate for the occasion.
Dispatches from all over the Unit d
States declare that the day had been
the most successful in the history of
"Mothers’ Day” celebration.
TAFT TO ACT AS COUNSEL
FOR CINCINNATI RAILROAD
CINCINNATI. May 12 \Y. T. I'm
ter, trustee of the Cincinnati South
ern Railroad, announced that he
would go to New Haven in a few days
to confer with' ex-President Taft on
the question involved in the Chatta
nooga rate case. The trustees of the
Cincinnati Southern received a let
ter from Mr. Taft yesterday noti
fying them that he is in a position
to act as advisory counsel.
The care involves the charge made
by Cincinnati shippers that the com
pany leasing th- Southern Railroad
is discriminating against Cincinnati
and Chattanooga shippers in rates.
Decrease of 17,799 Idle Pieces of
Rolling Stock Regarded as a
Good Sign.
No slackening in general trade is
reflected by the American Railway
Association's bulletin on the number
of idle freight cars in the United
States and Canada on May 1
On the contrary, h decrease of 17,-
799, as compared with April 15, would
indicate a quickening of business.
The decrease for the two weeks is
the largest reported since, the early
part of June, 1912.
On May 1 there was a total of 39,-
799 idle cars, compared with a short
age of 51,169 on November 7, when
the railroads were congested and in
need of rolling stock. A year ago
idle cars numbered 138,881.
The shrinkage in cars was due
hugely to the brisk demand for coal
cars, which caused a shrinkage in
that class of rolling stock from 19,649
to 8,510 cars.
OWNER INJURED DRIVING
CAR FROM BURNING GARAGE
G. Rogers was suffefing from
painful burns about the face and
hands Monday, received when he
drove his automobile from a burn
ing garagt at 521 Peachtree Street
Sunday night.
Two automobiles, valued at about
$5,non, were destroyed. One was a
Chalmers belonging to Arthur Reed,
and tlv otip.r an Everett owned by
Carl WiiL
Visitors From Orange Tour Atlanta
on Inspection of Improvements In
Municipal Departments.
Mayor Woodward and R. M. Clay
ton. City Chief of Construction, Mon
day headed a party that took the
City Council of Orange, N J., on a
tour of inspection of Atlanta's sewage
disposal plants.
The party left the City Hall at 9
o’clock, expecting to spend the entire
<'ay viewing the various municipal
improvements 1n progress of con
struction. The visiting officials are:
P. Alden Smith, Henry T. Stetson.
Charles F. Coyne, Charles A. Lemas-
ter, John Keaster. Patrick A. Quinn,
Owen C. Dolan, Owen Z. Casey, Chris
topher Freeman, Dan F. Gallagher:
and Stewart Lindsey.
GRANDDAUGHTER OF POET
TO MARRY HARVARD MAN
B( >ST
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Harvard
MO. of New York City. The wedding
will take place the last week of
June.
Miss Dana is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Richard H. Dana, of Brat
tle Street, Cambridge, and a grand
daughter of Poet Longfellow. She
is a sister of Edmund Trowbridge
Dana, whose marriage to Miss Jessie
Holliday, an English artist, and sub
sequent ■ xpei ience hs a vegetarian
and iriotorman attracted considerable
attention.
Police Hold Mob
Bent on Lynching
Negroes Threaten to Take Colored
Slayer of Negro Boy From
Three County Officers.
Members of the County Police De
partment are Monday congratulating
Lieutenant J. M. Carroll and Police
men J. W. Williams and L. W. Allen
on their escape from a mob of 200
negroes, who Sunday afternoon
threatened their lives when they re
fused to hand over Doc Burnett, tho
negro slayer of a fifteen-year-old col
ored boy, Charlie Simon. The mob
was bent on lynching Burnett.
The mob approached the officers
i the Marietta Road as they were
waiting for a. street car to take their
prisoner to the Tower.
"We are going to get that nigger
even if we have to kill you.” the lead
ers shouted to Lieutenant Carroll.
He stabbed Simon in cold blood and
we are going to string him up.”
The officers drew their revolvers
and took their positions ready to
fight to a finish. The negroes re
tired.
Burnett, in the Tower, later de
clared the trouble had been caused
by an argument about a girl. Eye
witnesses. though, declared Burnett
drew a knife and stabbed the boy
without provocation. He died before
medical aid could reach him.