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ORDER NOW YOUR SUNDAY AMERICAN BOTH PHONES MAIN 8,000 Read for Profit---GEORGIAN WANT ADS---Use for Results VOL. XI. NO. 240. ATLANTA, GA.. MONDAY, MAY 12, 1010. 2 (' K NTS K V ER Y W11ERE WILSON MS HIHJHKS BILL 8[ TOD 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. % 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 -{•••!• +#4. *•+ *•+ +•+ Not Likely to Go to Grand Jury This Week *;* • v v • •!* v • •»* v«r %*••!* •!•••!• *!*•*!* r**!* +•+ 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 ON. .Via v 12, The wigage- tilt in is aim oun ced of Miss uelia F. I). ma. (i f Hr a til e Street. <2 i inbridge. an d Rol bert H. H utchinson, 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.