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I " ' THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NKWS, WEDNESDAY. MAY 14. 1913. Here He Is Again; Man of Mystery Heralds a Story Real Estate Operator Denies , Being Interested in Any Way in Brown Tangle. J. G. Reeve*, the real tat«‘ opera tor accused by Edward M. Br&wn, 20 | Havden Street. <>f eluplng with his bride «n tcmi plet5 denial Wednesday n Mr Reeves at the •Te> morning whei the real estati ing his Riant reek summary vcngefcn hut that his visit was mad< H sations Omitted he had been I Station Tuesday trown declared he met iperator and after see- tature decided not to » fapon him, m business. He added that if Brown were tlyre 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 ai False. What Brown has to say about my going to Macon with his wife is un true. Some time ago I sold Brown a lot On Monday he was in the offle* to Ret his papers, lie asked that 1 come to see him and bring the pa - pers. I was informed of this when 1 came in and 1 went down at about 6 o’clock that same afternoon with the papers Mr Brown told me a long tab* of woe a ho ut his wife and him sepa- ratinR. He said he had Rotten tire I of keeping the whole family. He then told me he had decided to ro to New York and wanted to put his lot hack on the market. When 1 departed Brown accompanied me up the street At Peachtree and Broad Streets we parted. ‘ I did not know anythlnR about IDs wife going to Macon, what train she was going to leave on or anything else until I 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. I 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 fer sale She said she had 300 acres of land out near Hawkinsville (ia Then she asked me if I would' go and see it We talked about the proposition. After they departed for Macon I returned to my residence. ‘‘1 kneew nothing of Brown s ac cusations until Tuesday noon. I was very much surprised when they in formed me at the otflee that Brown had been there before me. Tuesday at 10 o’clock 1 went again to the I ter minal Station a second time to keep a business appointment, and if. as Is said. Brown were there I did not see him and did not know that lie was hunting for me. He had never Intimated the evening before that ue had any feeling toward me whatever in the matter.” 3 Days in Digging Of Sinking Vessel NEW YORK. Mtty 14. Tly story of thrsp frightful flays spout in thr rin ging of a sinking ship was told by thrff of the six survivor* of tin- Russian hark Helnrirh Emma, who wr-rs brought into port to-day- Tarrifto gains off Caps Hattoras on March - can d I i cinri< l> Emma to spring m leak. The ship quirklj became waterlogged and nrmanuco aide, and wat' i Oiled life holds almost to the decks The crew then took to the rigginp. where they remained un til March "E when the steamer San Jose effected a difficult rescue Buckhead Resident, Badly Hurt by Auto SIXTY-FOUR GIVEN DENTAL DIPLOMAS EXPERTS STUMPED Twentieth Annual Commencement! State Railway Commission Is Un- of Atlanta School To Bo Held Monday Night, The dcgrcf* of doctor of dental sur- I gery will be conferred on 64 .voting linen at the twentieth annual com mencement exercises of the Atlanta I 1 )ental (’ollege at the Atlanta Theater 1 Wednesday night * Included on the program attending the delivery of diplomas will be a valedictory address by M. T. Me- | MIlian anti music by Mathiesen’s j Band The degrees will he conferred iJjy Judge W R. Hammond. l>ean 1 William Crenshaw, of the college, will read his annual report, which will de clare the past year to | most successful in th< i institution. Following the exercises, the ( lass will be guests of tin have been the history of the H .lust it bout C. L. Reed, of Buckhead. i dy Hospital with several gas' the head ami a broken leg. as the re sult ivf being struck Tuesday night by an automobile driven by J. D Hayes, Hayes Rrotheis tailoring es- ? is again. hen you thought that The Georgian’s "Man of Mystery," with the three ties ranging down Ills shirt front, had vanished as unaccountably as he first made his appearance, pres to, up he hobs! Returning, he explained lhat his ap pearance, disappearances and reap pearances ill are for the same pur pose -that of exciting your interest and curiosity. The picture of the "Man of Mys- t«• i■ > ” was published three days in The <;• Tgian without any explana tion or comment There was not even a line to say whether he -was a for eign nobleman or the latest suspect i in some daring crime. After tin office of The Georgian bad been deluged with letters asking the identity of the strange personage came trie explanation. It was simply this: f The Georgian is about fa pub lish a groat serial story. It may he said with assurance that It Is the most interesting story At lantans have read in years. 'Phis picture typifies the story. The first instalment will appear in next Monday’s Georgian Whai should be the title. Judg ing solely from the picture? Five dollars in gold will he paid to each of the live best literary judg ments received. 'The title has already been se lected It Is now In a -rated on \ elope in the hands of T. J. Poe- pb . eashler of Hie American Na tional Bank. originality, literary value and analytical clearness will be con sidered in awarding the prizes. Address all answers to "Lit er ir\ Kdltor," The Georgian, \t- Jaiila, Tne contest closes Sunday night. No answers posted after midnight May IS will he con sidered. Uncle Sam Is Ready to Wash His Money W ASHINGTON, May-1-4 The Fed. • ml Government> "money laundry" will he In full swing this week when the Treasury Department will begin the operation of four currency wash ing machines, turning out dally 100,- ind ironed notes which school faculty banquet at the Cafe Durand. Following are the graduates: Charles Ferrill Amaeker, Berry Les- d r Aycock. Jr . .lames B. Buraon, Orus C. Barker. Fail Dow Beyers, Fi nest Alexander Branch, Marion Lee I:»(M’kinglon, William Robert Brady, Arnold Arthur Conway. William Brit- lon Campbell, Whitfield Cobb, G. Lowry <’lament, Allen Castellaw, Wil liam Ft! ward Coombs, William H. ('lemons. Fnoch Houston Chamber- lain. Benjamin T. Carter, Edward Clifton I’ook, Paul McMillan Davis, Miguel T. Diaz, Clarence A. Duncan, William Oscar Finch, Sanders hovyler, I high Lancelot Futch, James Cleo- phus Gardner, Elbert R. Gilbert, Hen ry A. Grimes. William V. Hutchins, Frank Kellv Haynes, John Edgar I loll. William R. Hicks, Elias P. In gram. Oscar Lorenzo Joyner. Albert A. Lofiin, Sum Levy. Luther D. Loughridge, William J. Martin, Jo seph P. Martinez, Jr., Robert H. Ma bry, James R. Moore, James Henry McDonald, Molcolm Thomas McMil lan. George Lewis McNeel, Latimer C. Nobles, Henry C. Pierson, Jr., Alfred Guimby. Alonzo L. Rogers. James burner Sims. James Frank Stainbaek, L«(*n A. Simpnton John Rowland Strickland, (’only Smith. Ernest P. Shaw, William George Sanchez, liem- uel A. Taylor. Theodore P. William son, Charles Maurice Wheeler, Wil liam Keith Whitsop. L. Nett Wilson, I Marvin H. Wilson. Ransey Weathers- brc. 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 Haw#iorne and i>r. William J Morton, c onvicted in New York of misuse of the mails, and many other prisoners serving terms in the Atlanta penitentiary, has beon determined by the Federal Parole Board, but the results are withheld from the public. Hawthorne^and Morton will have A'erved the necessary one-third of their sentences July 25, and, provided the Parole Board Find Attorney Gen eral M( Reynolds approve, they will be released at that time. 000 of tablishmei H P dm Street „ ..wv. taken to police headquar-1 ters and later released on $2<>0 bond. Eyewitnesses declare that the acci dent was unavoidable, the car mov ing under regulation speed and the born being sounded continuously Mr. Hayes, with a party, was re turning from a meeting of the Ep- worth League, and in turning into Five Points struck Mr Reed. Monte Carlo Loses $13,000 to U, S. Girl otherwise would he destroyed. As the question of forbidding the washing of money because of the al leged danger of counterfeiting is being agitated in Congress, on the re sults of this week'-M "wash" will de pend the decision on the efficacy of the ' money laundry." l.t is <lalined the laundry will save the Government half 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 nnitally. Juuk Substituted for $20,000 in Gems NEW YORK. lm ere ar- t»; Ha cisco, with several bags or money which she won gambling at Monte L «’ario and aboard ship. Miss Haley announced that she; could not just remember how much] hfld won at the famous gambling resort, but thought "maybe It was more than $13,000." *rc er winning*, pools that » May 14. An express to have contained dia- i ,'elry worth $20,000. was j s t v \rmstrong. of this ow York jewelry firm te & Go., .several days j it at rived at its desti- ckuge contained a few t! ami scraps of paper, ore put to work on the’ iyxprcss* employees who package were closely « •° trace of the missing been found and no ar- j Make State and Coun ty tax returns now. Office corner Pryor and Hunter Streets. T. M. Armis- tead, Tax Receiver. CHECK FOR TAXES, MISSING 3 YEARS, FOUND AND PAID MOULTRIE. GA Georgia ’Northern F as just paiu a cheel ? the tax collector on December 20. It* ! county.for that former Tax Pol son, who since had embezzling county f The chee- was foi ♦ax collector, while desk. It was turned bond&mtn, w ho had snort agp? Best Gasoline - 19c per gal. Oi! 35c per gal. ' = Open at Night =■ Day & Night Service Co. 1 12 Houston Street Just <jff Psachtrse St. able to Classify It Under Geor gia Freight Tariffs. Members of the State Railroad Gommlaslon walked solemnly about a five-foot length of dogwood ,jg Tuesday. Then they sat down and scratched their heads. Th< log had given them more trouble and anxiety than the compilation of their volumi nous annual repori. Even J. Price Webster, rate expert, was In a quan dary as to the rate classification the ommonplace appearing piece of wood should receive. The log was hipped by express trom Savannah and fhe Railroad Gornmiasion was petitioned by three separate interests to classify it. Each interest had a different rate it wished imposed. The Pelham & Havana Railroad, running out of Cairo, warned it classed under "handles, beams and other woods for manufacturing pur pose*." This rate is 14 cents. * The man who received the ship ments for export to Germany, where 1 ax handles and spokes arc made of the rough wood, thought the regu- | lar lumber rates, about 9 certs, was ju»t. The Atlantic (’oast Line, which de-I livers the wood at Savannah, de- 1 manded that the Railroad Commission j fix the regular cordwood rate, $2.10 I a cord. But the Commission has no clas-j si Oration that exactly describes that five-foot length of dogwood in its! offices. It has been unable to render , a decision. Lawyers Ask Court Information Bureau He Meant Well At Any Rate. "1 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 milch I was a passenger. 1 was on my way home and when the car started from the comer 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 passenger.-. 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 rib- seat,’ he said, with a winning smile. “ ‘Thanks so much,' was the lan- i guid answer, but l don’t wish to de- j prive you-alls.\ " ’No depravity—no depravity,’ ejac ulated the other, and half the car was convulsed." 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 kaw, a former New York financier and member of the Brokaw family there, kidnapped their small son. “Buster,” and fled wlth-him on a train for Chicago A year or so ago Brokaw kidnaped his non in New York and fled with him to Colorado Springs. He charged his wife with conduct that aroused her w rath 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 w ife’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, i* dead; W. 1). 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 I fired. Perry’s wounds are not c*»n- I sidered serlou*. The killing grew out of a dispute over the woman, about whom one man had already been killed Perry’s son, Otis, shot and kille 1 former Ghief of Police James Floyd, of Girard, last year, and is now await ing trial 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 w as got under control after It destroyed several buildings, including the post- office. 200 Eagles Attend > Annual Dutch Lunch Members of the Atlanta Lodge, Fraternal Order of Eagles, are still chuckling over the good times they had in their hall in the Steiner-Em- ory Building Tuesday night, when the annual dutch lunch and smoker waw held. More than 200 members attended. The club rooms, repainted and dec orated, were used for the first rime 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 iiy 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 1s a decrease of about 3 per ceni from the month of March. i A court information bureau will be 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 come 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 and hearings. Arnold Broyles, County Clerk, ac companied the committee or> its mis sion. The members of the commit tee are: Burton Smith. Judge T. P. West moreland. E. C. Alston, B«n J. Con yers. Hudson Moore. E. M. Under wood. Jack J. Hastings, Arminlus 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. 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 the 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 reacting the last issue of the country weekly wnen customer came in. The customer was a woman. She Wanted a piece bf red calico, and had a sample of the goods to show r exactly what she did want. "’Uncle George,’ said she, ‘I wan- ter git some goods like this here. Is you got any?’ " I reckon 1 is,’ sa‘id Uncle George, ‘but sposin’ you-alls comes around to-morrow' when I’m a-standin’ up an’ I wait on you.’ ” A BUSINESS COURSE $10.00 MONTHLY This Method of Paying for Tui-! 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 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. ENGLISH LADIES’ RUBBER-SOLE OXFORDS To-day and Thursday Onl Tan Bluchers, with heels and spring he V/hite Buckskin Oxfords with heels. $5, $4.50 and $4 values. All sizes, all widflis. Now is your opportunity to get a pair of I ib- ber-Sole Oxfords at the right price. TWO DAYS ONLY GOOD 5HDE5 ^o« EVERYBODY 25 WHITEHALL ST. ‘Alfalfa Bill’ Quits Smoking ‘10-Centers’ WASHINGTON, May 14. Repre sentative "Alfalfa BUI" Murray, of Oklahoma, announced to-day that hereafter he will smoke five-rent ci gars usually, and ten-centers only on special occasions. "Extravagance is in the blood of every American,” said Representative Murray to-day. "And 1 don’t propose while 1 am in Congress to fall a vic tim to the wilev of luxury. I am go ing to lead a simple life and when 1 go out of Congress 1 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 H.—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 order and rioting than has yet been experienced was expected. The strikers to-day maintained their intention to have no negotia tions with the company until the un ion 1% recognised. White City Park Now Open Ponce DeLeon Rink Now Open. A Her! s Semi-Annual Half-Price Suit Sale Begins To-morrow Morning at Eight o’C/odt 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 cary over nothing from season to season. We are sure that the suits which we offer you now at half their original sel- mg are better suits than we’ve been able to offer you before at such prices. Tiis has been an unusually good suit season, both in quantity and quality. In tis sale you’ll find very many recent arrivals, and every one is good. They all goin this half-price sale, and positively there are no unworthy ones. You have the unrestricted choice of black, white, blue, shepherd checks, ad all the popular spring colors. Silk suits also included. $20.00 Suits $10.00 25.00 Suits . . 12.50 30.00 Suits .... 15.00 35.00 Suits ... . 17.50 40.00 Suits... . 20.00 $45.00 Suits. . $22.50 50.00 Suits. 55.00 Suits 60.00 Suits 65.00 Suits 25.00 27.50 30.00 32.50 $75.00 Suits . . .$37.3 85.00 Suits... 42.3 90.00 Suits ... 45. i 95.00 Suits ... 100.00 Suits ... 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 checks go in this Half-Price Sale. $12.50 Dresses $6.25 $18.50 Dresses $ 9.25 $25.00 Dresses $12.50 15.00 Dresses 7.50 20.00 Dresses 10.00 30.00 Dresses 15.00 $35.00 Dresses $17.. 40.00 Dresses 20. Sale begins Thursday at 8 o’Clock. J. P. Allen & Co. Whitehall