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r\ ” < i* l THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, WEDNESDAY. MAY 14, 1913. !' i [ Here He Is Again; Mail of Mystery SIXTY-FOUR Gil Heralds a Story [j^ DIPLOMAS E It Real Estate Operator Denies Being Interested in Ary Way in Brown Tangle. J. G. Reeves, the real estate <u tor accused by Edward M. Brow eloping with months, made a < Brown's accusal Hayden Street bride of four plete denial <» Wednesda.v m* Mr Reeve- at the Ter v morning: 4’hen the real estate ing his giant ^ | Twentieth Annual Commencement of Atlanta School To Be Held Monday Night. admitted he had been •: • 1 Station Tuesday Brown declared he met operator and after sec stature decided not to reek summary vengeance upon hint, but that his visit was on business. He added that if Brown were then he did not see him. Mr. Reeves denied, however, that he went to Ma con with Mrs. Brown or that he had ever shown her any attentions. His statement, in full, follows Brands Charges as False What Brown has to say about my going to Macon with his wife is un true. Some time ago l sold Brown a lot. On Monday he was in the office to get his papers. He asked that I oome to see him and bring the pa pers • was informed of this when T came In and I went down at about o’clock that same afternoon witli the papers , ■ , - Mr. Brown told me a long talc «»r woe about his wife and him sepa rating. He said he had gotten tired of keeping the whole family, lie then told me he had decided to go to New York and wanted to put his lot hack on the market When I departed Brown accompanied me up the street. At Peachtree and Broad Streets we parted , . I did not know anything about ids wife going to Macon, what train she was going to leave on or anything else until 1 saw her at the Terminal Station, where I had gone to meet some prospective real estate pur chasers. Asked to Inspect Land. Mrs Brown came in with her mother and another, woman. 1 hey came up to me and asked about the Macon train schedule. I went to as certain it When I returned Mrs Brown's mother said she wanted to talk to me about some land she had for sab She said she had 300 acres of land out near Hawkinsville. (.a. Then she asked me if I would go and see it. We talked about the proposition. After they departed for Macon 1 returned to my residence 1 kiieew nothing of Brown s ac cusations until Tuesday noon I was verv much surprised when they in formed me at the office that Brown had been there before me. I uesday at 10 o’clock I went again to the I er- minal Station a second turn to keep a business appointment, and if. as Is said. Brown were there l did not see him and did not know that lie was hunting for me. He bad never intimated the evening before that tie had any feeling toward me whatever in the matter.' 3 Days in Rigging Of Sinking Vessel NEW YORK. May 14 The slurs of three frightful days spent in the rip- Slnp; of a sinking ship was told by three of the six survivors of the Russian hark Helnrteb Emma, who were brought Into port to-ilay. Terrific gales off Cape Hatteras on March 26 caused the Heinrich Emma to spring a leak. The ship Quickly became waterlogged and unmnnage able, and water tilled tiie holds almost to the deeks. The c rew then took to the rigging, where they remained un til March 2H. when the steamer San .lose effected a difficult rescue. Buckhead Resident Badly Hurt by Auto O L RsmI of thickhead is at Gra dy Hospital w ith several gashes about the head and a broken leg. as the re sult of being struck Tuesday night by an automobile driven by J. 1' Hayes, of the HHyes Brothers tailoring es tablishment. S Peachtree Street Hates was taken to police headquar ters and later released on J2i>0 bond Kyewdtnesses declare that the* acci dent was unavoidable, the car niov Ing under regulation speed and the horn being sounded continuously. Mr. Hayes, with a party, was re turning from a meeting of the l\p- worth League, and in turning into Five Points struck Mr. Reed. Monte Carlo Loses $13,000 to U.S. Girl Here lie la again .hist w hen you thought that The i Georgian’s “Man of Mystery.” with the three ties ranging down his shirt ! front, hail vanished as unaccountably j as he first made his appearance, pres- 1 to, up he hobs! Returning, he explained that his ap pearance. disappearances and reap pearances all are .for the same pur-j pose that of exciting your interest and curiosity. The picture of the “Man of Mvs- j tery" was published three' days In The Georgian without any explana- j tlon or comment Thei" was not even a line to say whether he was a for eign nobleman nr the latest suspect in some daring crime After the office of The Georgian ; had been deluged with letters asking the identity of the strange personage’ came the explanation, it wait simply tills: Tiie Georgian is about to pub lish a great serial story. If may he sai<l with assurance that it Is the most interesting story At lantans have read in years. This picture typifies the story. The first Instalment will Appear in next Monday's <ieorgir.n. What should l»o the title. Judg ing solely from (lie picture? Five dollars in gold will be paid to each of the live best literary Judg ments received. The title has already been se lected it Is now In a -rated en veVope in the hands of T ,T. Pee ples, cashier of the American Na tional Bank. • trlginallty, literary value and analytical clearness will be con sidered in awarding the prizes. Address all answers to “Lit erary Editor,” The Georgian, At lanta. Tue contest closes Sunday night. No answers .posted after midnight May IS will he con sidered. Uncle Sam Is Ready to Wash His Money WASHINGTON. May 14 The Fed eral Government’*» “money laundry” will be in full swing tills week when the Treasury Department will begin the operation of four currency wasit ing machines, turning out daily 100,- 000 washed and Ironed notes which otherwise would be destroyed. As the question of forbidding tlie washing of money because of the al leged danger of counterfeiting is being agitated in Congress, on the re sults of this week’$ wash’’ will de pend the decision on the efficacy of the money laundry.” It is claimed the laundry will save i h» Government ha if a million dollars or more yearly. Advocates of the washing machine claim it will reduce the output of the Bureau of Engrav ing and Printing by 20,000,000 notes a nnually. Junk Substituted for $20,000 in Gems The degree of doctor of dental sur gery will be conferred on 04 young men a4 the twentieth annual com mencement exercises of the Atlanta Dental College at the Atlanta Theater Wednesday night. included on the program attending the delivery of diplomas will he a valedictory address by M. T. Mc Millan and music by Mathiesen's Band. The degrees will he conferred by Judge W. R. Hammond. Dean William Crenshaw, of the college, will read his annual report, which will de clare the past year to have been the most successful in the history of the institution. Following the exercises, the class will he guests of the school faculty at a banquet at the Cafe Durand. Following are the graduates: Charles Ferrill Amacker, Berry Les ter Aycock, Jr.. James B. Burton, ortis C Barker. Earl Dow Revere. Ernest Alexander Branch, Marion Lee Brockington. William Robert Brady. Arnold Arthur Conway, William Brit ton Campbell, Whitfield Cobb, G. Lowry Clement. Allen Castellaw. Wil liam Edward Coombs, William H. Clemons. Enoch Houston Chamber- lain, Benjamin T. Carter, Edward Clifton Cook, Paul McMillan Dayis, Hguel T Dias, Clarence a. Duncan* William Oscar Finch. Sanders Fowler, Hugh Lancelot Futch, James Cleo- pbus Gardner. Elbert R. Gilbert. Hen ry A Grimes. William V Hutchins. Frank Kelly Haynes. John Edgar Holt. William R. Hicks. Elias P. In gram. Oscar Iiorenzo Joyner. Albert A Loflln, Sam Levy. Luther D. Loughridge. William J. Martin, Jo seph P. Martinez. Jr., Robert H. Ma bry. James U Moore. James Henry McDonald. Moloolm Thomas McMil lan. George Lewis McNeel, Latimer O. Nobles, Henry C. Pierson, Jr.. Alfred Quimby. Alonzo L. Rogers. James Turner Sims. James Frank Stainbaek, Leon A. Simonton. John Rowland Strickland, (’only Smith. Ernest P. Shaw, William George Sanchez, Lem uel A. Taylor, Theodore P. William son. Charles Maurice Wheeler. Wil liam Keith Whitson. L. Nett Wilson. Marvin H. Wilson, Ransey Weathers- beo. William Andrew Wood. William Cosby Wright. Jr.. Clarke B. Weeks. Action on Hawthorne Parole Kept Secret WASHINGTON. May 14.—The eli gibility for parole during the next few months of Julian Hawthorne and Or. William ,T. Morton, convicted in New York of misuse of the malls, and many other prisoners serving terms In the Atlanta penitentiary, has be.m determined by thd Federal Parole Hoard, hut the results are withheld from the publie. » Hawthorne and Morton will have /nerved the necessary one-third of their sentences July 2f>. and, provided the Parole Board and Attorney Gen eral McReynolds approve, they will be released at that time. MTS STUMPED State Railway Commission Is Un able to Classify It Under Geor gia Freight Tariffs, Members of the State Railroad Commission walked solemnly about a five-foot length of dogwood iog Tuesday. Then they sat down and scratched their heads. The log had giv«n them more trouble and anxiety than the compilation of their volumi nous annual report. Even J. Price Webster, rate expert, was in a quan dary as to the rate classification the commonplace appearing piece of wood should receive. The log wa« shippedydJy express from Savannah and (hie Railroad Commission was petitioned by three separate interests to classify it. Each Irfterest had a different rate it wished imposed. The Pelham & Havana Railroad, running out of Cairo, wanted it classed under “handles, beams and other woods for manufacturing pur poses.” Thir rate is 14 ecu's The man who received the ship ments for export, to Germany, where ax handles and spokes are made oft the rough wood, thought the regu lar lumber rates, about 9 cen*s. was! Just The Atlantic Coast Line, which de livers tiie wood at Savannah, de manded that the Railroad Commission fix the regular cord wood rate. $2.10 a cord. But the Coirnnlssion has no clas sification that exactly describes that five-foot length of dogwood in its offices, ft has been unable to render a decision. Lawyers Ask Court Information Bureau A court information bureau will he established if the County Commis sion grants the request of the Atlanta Bar Association made Wednesday. A committee from the association urged that Atlanta’s court system had be- •ome so extensive and complicated that it was a public necessity to have a man employed who could keep law yers and other parties interested in formed as to the time for trials artd hearings. Arnold Broyles, County Clerk, ac companied the committee on its mis sion. The members of the commit tee are: Burton Smith. Judge T. P. West moreland. E. <\ Alston, Ben J. Con yers. Hudson Moore, E. M. Under wood. Jack J. Hastings. Arminius Wright, Arthur Heyman and Archi bald H. Davis. If you have anything to sell adver tise in The Sunday American. Lar gest circulation of any Sunday news paper in the South. ROUND- AtsotiLTovot He Meant Well At Any Rate. “I was amused last Sunday after noon.” said a gentleman who lives in Ormewood, “by a little Incident which happened on a Soldiers’ Home car on which I was a passenger. 1 wan on my way home and when the car started from the corner of De catur and Peachtree Streets it was pretty well crowded. Several of the rear seats were occupied by negro men Half a dozen blocks out the car stopped and a negro woman got on. She was dressed in the latest fashion—hobble skirt and all and she had some difficulty In negotiating the car steps. “She got aboard. however, and caused a stir among the negro men passengers. They recognized her as some 'tony' cook going visitipg to show off her flashy Sunday clothes and they bestirred themselves to show her every courtesy. "One of the negroes jumped up from his seat and waved an eloquent hand in the direction of the vacated place. “ Take dis ‘-eat.’ he said, with a winning smile. 1 Thanks so much,’ was the lan guid answer, but I don't wish to de prive you-alls.’ “ No depravity—no depravity,' ejac ulated the other, and half the car was convulsed.” The Laziest Man Was This One. “I have heard of lazy persons,” said the drug clerk, “but the worst was one that a well-known physician told me about the other evening when he dropped in here to get some supplies for his medicine chest. “According to tlie doctor this man lived down in Arkansas in one of the small river towns. He was the proprietor of a general store. “One afternoon he was sitting down behind the counter reading the last issue of the country weekly wnen a customer came in. The customer vyas a woman. She wanted a piece of red calico, and had a sample of the goods to show exactly what she did want. “ ‘Uncle George,' said she, ‘I wan- ter git some goods like this here, fs you got any?’ " I reckon I is,’ said Uncle George, ‘but sposin’ you-alls comes around to-morrow when I’m a-standin’ up an' 1 wait on you.’ ” SHE KIDNAPS SDN Denver Police Suspect Wife’s Charge Against Brokaw Was Ruse to Get Boy. COLORADO SPRINGS. COL.. May 14.—While her husband was in jail, charged with assaulting her with a frying pan, Mrs. Tillie Seaman Brokaw. wife of Clarence Pierce Bro- k&w, a former New York financier and member of the Brokaw family there, kidnapped their small son. “Buster," and fled with him on a train for Chicago. A year or so ago Brokaw kidnaped his €<on in New York and fled with him to Colorado Springs. He charged his wife with conduct that aroused her wrath and brought forth vigorous denials. Brokaw did not file suit for divorce and later Mrs Brokaw came West and resumed living with her husband. A few days ago Brokaw was ar rested on his wife’s complaint on the charge that he assaulted her with a skillet. When the case was called yesterday Mrs. Brokaw' secured a postponement. Now. the police be lieve the charge against Brokaw was trumped up in order to get him Into Jail while his wife fled the State with their only child, who was responsible for the reconciliation and whose cus tody both always demanded. Girard Officer Kills Another Over Woman COLUMBUS, GA., May 14 —H. C. Elliott, a policeman, is dead; W. D. Perry, another policeman, Is wound ed, and Mary Lou Webster, a wom an of questionable character, is in Jail to-day as the result of a pis tol duel In Girard, Ala., last night. Elliott shot Perry twice before Perry 1 fired. Perry’s wounds are not con sidered serious The killing grew out of a dispute over the W’otnan, about whom one man had already been killed. Perry’s son, Otis, shot and killel former Chief of Police James Floyd, of Girard, last year, and Is now await ing triaJ. Both Elliot and Perry have families living In Girard. PRAIRIE FIRE HITS TOWN. SASKATOON, SASKA., May 14 —A prairie fire to-day threatened the town of Andrews with destruction, but was got under control after it destroyed several buildings, including the post- office. A BUSINESS COURSE $10,00 MONTHLY This Method of Paying for Tui-I tion Places a Business Edu cation Within Reach of All. The Crichton-Shumaker Busi ness College down in the Kiser Building is a credit to the South. It is probably the most elegantly ; equipped and most perfectly sani tary institution in the whole coun try. The $10 per month rate for pay ing tuition recently instituted by this well-known school marks a ; new era in business education in the South. Under this arrange ment the pupil pays only for what he gets. Both teacher and pupil are placed absolutely on their i merit The industrious pupil does not pay for the idle pupil. In fact, it is the only logical, common ! sense way of conducting an educa tional institution. Catalogue and full information will be mailed on request. 200 Eagles Attend r Annual Dutch Lunch Members of the Atlanta Lodge, Fraternal Order of Eagles, are still chuckling over the good times they ha'd in their hall in the Steiner-Em ory Building Tuesday night, when the annual dutch lunch and smoker waa held. More than 200 members attended. The club rooms, repainted and dec orated. were used for the first time Tuesday night. All the rooms on one side of the long hailway have been arranged so they can be thrown open, into one room, where the feast served*. The session was presided over John Y. Smith, president of the lo cal lodge No. 1. SLUMP IN PARCEL POST. WASHINGTON, May 14.—Approx imately 59,500,000 parcel post pack ages were handled throughout the country during the month of April. This is a decrease of about 3 per cent from the month of March. ENGLISH LADIES’ RUBBER-SOLE OXFORDS To-day and Thursday Only Tan Bluchers, with heels and spring heels. White Buckskin Oxfords with heels. $5, $4.50 and $4 values. All sizes, all widths. At Now is your opportunity to get a pair of Rub b&r-Sole Oxfords at the right price. TWO DAYS ONLY GOOD 5H0E5 fO« EVERYBODY 25 WHITEHALL ST. 'Alfalfa Bill' Quits Smoking '10-Centers' WASHINGTON, May 14.—Repre sentative “Alfalfa Bill” Murray, of Oklahoma, announced to-day that hereafter he will smoke flve-cent ci gars usually, and ten-centers only on special occasions. ‘ Extravagance is in the blood of cverv American,” said Representative Murray to-day. “And I don’t propose while 1 am in Congress to fall a vic tim to the wiles* of luxury. I am go ing to lead a simple life and when 1 go out of Congress I will be ready to put on my blue Jeans and do any bit of carpenter work that Is necessary on my farm down In Oklahoma.” Worse Rioting Near In Cincinnati Strike CINCINNATI. May 14.—Prepara tions to resume service In all street car lines in the city with cars manned by strikebreakers were made to-day, and further trouble with greater dis- l order and rioting than has yet been I experienced was expected. The strikers to-day maintained their Intention to have no negotia tions with the company until the un ion is recognized. White City Park Now Open MACON. GA.. May 14. An express) Ponce DeLeon Rink Now ear- i)f San Fran NEW YORK. Max 14 ..There ar rived here to-day on the liner Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse pretty old Miss Teresa Haley. ,-isco. with several bags o? money which she won gambling at Monte Carlo and aboard ship. Miss Haley announced that she could not just remember how much she had won at the famous gambling resort, but thought “maybe it was more than $13,000.” Aboard ship her luck at poker add ed about $1,000 m - e to. her winnings.! She also won four ship pools that netted her a goodly sum CHECK FOR TAXES, MISSING j 3 YEARS, FOUND AND PAID! MOULTRIE. GA . May 14.-The Georgia Northern Railroad Com pan > j has just paiu u check for $595.63 given j to the tax collector of Brooks County on December 20. 1909, for taxes due 1 t” have contained din - OuBTl mends and icwelry worth $20,000, was | :, ipp. -I In Ri' s A Nrmstrong. of fills ' city to the Now York jewelry firm t »' Make State and Coun- ;“t . ty returns now. Office i- • r. put to work on the ^ corner Pryor and Hunter utr• closely Streets. T. M. Armis- N 1 ,h missiug fpoH Toy Ppppivpr i , •,t i.!« i ' n ■,>un■ I 'nd no ,n - ■ ‘ LGdl.1, X <Xa Xv“L“l Vui. rests have been made. [ • _ the county.for that former Tax Col ^son, who since had gd*. • - r * e check was foi collector, while or F. L. s los Gib Best Gasoline - 19c per gal. Oil 35c per gal. = Open at Night Day & Night Service Co. k. It vi bondsmen, ebert age. e turned ho had 12 Houston Street Just off Peachtree St. Allen’s Semi-Annual Half-Price Suit Sale Begins To-morrow Morning at Eight o’Clock It has ever been our custom since this house opened for business to hold a Semi-Annual Suit Sale---because it is, and always will be, our policy to carry over nothing from season to season. We are sure that the suits which we offer you now at half their original sell ing are better suits than we’ve been able to offer you before at such prices. This has been an unusually good suit season, both in quantity and quality. In this sale you’ll find very many recent arrivals, and every one is good. They all go in this half-price sale, and positively there are no unworthy ones. You have the unrestricted choice of black, white, blue, shepherd checks, and all the popular spring colors. Silk suits also included. $20.00 Suits 25.00 Suits 30.00 Suits 35.00 Suits . 40.00 Suits. $10.00 $45.00 Suits. . $22.50 12.50 50.00 Suits.... 25.00 15.00 55.00 Suits .. . 27.50 17.50 60.00 Suits ... 30.00 20.00 65.00 Suits . . . 32.50 $75.00 Suits 85.00 Suits 90.00 Suits 95.00 Suits 100.00 Suits .$37.50 . 42.50 . 45.00 . 47.50 . 50.00 65 Spring Wool Dresses at Half-Price All our smart tailored Spring Dresses of Serge. Ratine. Bedford Cord, in black and many colors and shepherd cheeks, will go in this Half-Price Sale. $12.50 Dresses $6.25 15.00 Dresses 7.50 $18.50 Dresses $ 9.25 20.00 Dresses ..... 10.00 $25.00 Dresses $12.50 30.00 Dresses 15.00 $35.00 Dresses $17.50 40.00 Dresses 20.00 Sale begins Thursday at 8 o’Clock. J. P. Allen & Co. 5/53 Whitehall