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ALWAYS FIRST <jj> «f> The SUN DA Y The Atlanta Georgian HOME AMERICAN i Read for Profit---GEORGIAN WAhT ADS---Use for Results j FDITION Order It NOW o Both Phones Main 8000 VOL. XI. NO. 244. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1913. , 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE p more° lLaLJi 1 1VJ1M JAP MEAT TO SEEK TOLL CITIZEN Protest to Alien Bill Merely Pre liminary to Formal Demand for Complete Privileges. FEELING IS GROWING U. S. MUST TAKE REAL STAND Move for New Treaty Bridging California Issue May Solve Problem Temporarily. By JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES. WASHINGTON. May 16.—When a nation grounds its protest upon a non-arbitrable point there is not much warrant for the presumption that it is looking for peace. Japan’s protest, as interpreted by the message of President Wilson to Governor Johnson on April 22, and In the stenographic report of his con versation later with the newspaper reporters, makes plain that “national honor” was the basis of Japanese feel ing in this matter, and that is now the accepted idea in Washington. Whether Governor Johnson signs the Webb bill to-morrow or next day, the issue is drawn sharply between the United States and Japan upon a point that can not be arbitrated and yet must be decided. The United States can not apologize to a foreign nation for the act of one of its several States. A State lew that does not violate the terms of an international treaty or the Constitution can not be abro gated by the courts of the United States. New Treaty Possible. in case of Governor Johnson’s sig nature, then, the only policy that seems in sight for the President and Secretary of State is to form in con ference with Baron Chinda. the Jap anese Ambassador, a new treaty cov ering the point of issue between the two nations. This treaty can not be come vital and superior to State laws until it s fully ratified by the United States Senate. To satisfy Japan this new treaty must cover the point at issue in the present controversy. The most serious and entangli%g possibility rests in the idea now gen erally entertained that Japan has from the beginning used this protest as a mere preliminary to a formal de mand that its people should be eligi ble to citizenship in the United States. Claiming that the Japanese are a white people, that they are not . Ma lays. but Aryans, it is believed that Japan will demand for them this right in the United State?, and upon this demand that people may stand for peace or war. Japanese negotiations have so far utterly ignored the action of Arizona, whose land law is much more drastic than the'original draft of the Cali fornia measure. This is regarded as significant. This, in brief, is the sit uation as it stand? to-day. Practically an Ultimatum. The Japanese Ambassador is im ps-slve and absolutely silent. Upon the statement that Governor Johnson, will sign the Webb bill his protest" and the way in which it lias been filed amounts practically to an ulti matum to our Government. It is now the general feeling among officials of the State, War and Navy Departments that the time is drawing near when our State Department will have to give a direct, positive and conclusive answer to Japan. Tiie newspaper men, almost as a unit, have' propounded the question, When? to the Secretary of State. Mr. Bryan is impassive. He admitted that so long as the bill was not signed the present situation could for some tin e be practically maintained. The State Department indicates that there has been no change in the attitude of Japan since Mr. Bryan returned from Sacramento and Baron Phinda filed: his earnest protest. It is feared that japan will now reject any compromise that does not carry with it the recognition of equality of citi zenship between Japanese and Amer icans. THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia—Showers Friday and probably Saturday. Mr.andMrs.Hearst Arrive in Atlanta Friday Afternoon Mr. and Mrs. William Rahdolph Hearst will arrive in Atlanta Friday afternoon to remain for a few days. Mr. Guy Barham, of Los Angeles, accompanies them. The party have rooms at the Geor gian Terrace Hotel. Baptists Shout When New York Man Lauds Dixie ST. LOUIS. May 16.—The South ern Baptist Convention here to-day broke its established rule against ap plause when Rev. Charles H. Rust, of Rochester, N. Y., declared, “Dixie is the grandest place of all.” Hundreds rose to their feet and shouted. Pres ident E. C. Dargan, of Macon, handed the gavel to the secretary, saying it was a demonstration in which he would have to join. The convention indorsed a recom mendation of the finance committee that Bapttsts be tithed and that a minimum of $1 a year should be ex pected from each member. Rev. E. L. Wesson, of Mississippi, declared many of the delegates did not be lieve in tithing and it would be a 1U to indorse it. Dr. Dargan reprimand ed him for the use of the word “lie.” The committee on the next conven tion city agreed to recommend Nash ville. Car Plunges Forty Feet, Pinning Man C. -S. Walraven was seriously crushed in the spectacular leap of a heavy motor truck down a 40-foot embankment in front of a Tech dor mitory on West North Avenue Fri day afternoon. Walraven was riding on the seat with the driver. Just as they started down the incline in front of the school, the driver lost all control of the machine. Both men tugged at the steering wheel, but without avail. It was too late to jump when the truok hit the embankment and made its 40-foot plunge. Walraven was rescued from underneath the ma chine and was hurried to Grady Hos pital. His limbs and body were badly ’rushed. Walraven was partially paralyzed by the shock. The phyeicijfns were unable to say whether he would re cover the use gf his limbs. The driver was practically unhurt. A score of persons looked on. hor ror-stricken, as the big machine hur tled down the embankment, thinking that Walraven would be dead when picked up. Has Bilf for a Hat; Asks President’s Aid WASHINGTON, May 16.—Wilbur Carr, director of *he United States Consular Service, owes Herman R. Dietrich, former Consul General at Guayaquil, Ecuador, the price of one Panama hat. Director Carr admits it, but explains that he has been trying for the past month or two to ^et a bill frpm .Dietrich, but without success. "I shall be glad to setCe with Mr. Dietrich if he will only tel! me how much the hat cost,”he said. Dietrich v role Senator Stone April 23, saying in part: “I respectfully file charges against Mr. Carr for abuse of power and au thority. I hope that you will take this matter up at once with the President and Secretary of State with a view to punish Mr. Carr.” The hat, he says, cost $16. He wants Interest and expenses, making a total of $20.50. AUGUSTA ASKS INCINERATOR. AUGUSTA, GA., May 16.—A prop osition has been placed before the streets and drains committee of City Council for an incinerating plant to be erected here at a cost of $50,000. - - - « TAKE DINNER WITH US For Sunday dinner and every day in the week, the Mar ket Basket, in the “Want Ad” section of The Georgian, is the place to go for suggestions and for saving money. It appears every Fri day. The handy shopping guide. HEAR PLEA FOR BIG Need of Hihger Salaries for Pas tors Urged Upon Delegates to United Church Conference. NEW MODERATORS ARE INDUCTED INTO OFFICE Great Evangelistic Advances Are Described at the Northern Conference. Recommendations involving hun dreds of thousands of dollars; re ports of committees and proposals which, if carried oct, will mean vast and international changes marked the second day’s program at the three great assemblies of Presbyterians Friday. Dissection of the past year s work was started and the great advances shown, while steps for further accom plishment were inaugurated. Conspicuous among the throngs at the three meetings were the newly elected moderators, who took official possession of their gavels at the opening of the sessions. Dr. Stone Is Inducted. At the assemblage of the Northern section in the Baptist Tabernacle, Dr. John Timothy Stone, of Chicago, the “dark horse” whose spectacular rise to the head of the great body caused a sensation Thursday, was formally inducted as moderator. Ur. Stone wielded a gavel presented to him by* the Rev. R. H. Evans, of the West Af rican Church, and constructed by a native boy in the church’s industrial school on the West African coast. The chief work at the Northern As sembly formed tl\e reading of a re port of the past v-ear’s evangelistic- work by Charles L. Houston. of Coatesville, Pa. This report showed wonderful advances along that line, which surpassed that of any previous year. Dr. S. S. Palmer was delegated to carry greetings to the Southern Assembly. Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman was recommended for reappointihent co the post of representative-at-large of evangelism. Big Appropriations Asked. At the meeting of the Southern Assembly the report of the systematic benefleience committee was read. Three recommendations for appro priations were made, the first for $574,560 to prosecute the Work of the present yeVir; $287,280 for the Home Missions executive committee, and $154,280 for ministerial relief. The Rev. J. S. Lyons, of Louisville, Ky., presided. Higher salaries for ministers was the chief recommendation made at the assembly of the United Presbyte rians. This motion was presented by Walter D. Hawk, of Chicago, who declared that the present low salaries kept many good men out of the min istry. A plea to eliminate the idea •*' charity from funds supplied preach ers was also placed before the meet ing. Dr. Robert M. Russell, the new moderator, , in opening the session, brought up for scathing arraignment the apathy exhibited by church mem bers toward thpir duties. Georgia Lauded as Best Pecan State Carl d. A Urn. of Williamsport, Pa., and Dr. .1. P. Stow art, of the Penn sylvania State College, who have em barked with Northern capitalists in pecan raising In Georgia, conferred with State Entomologist E. L. Wor sham Friday in reference to extend ing their holdings of 5,000 acres in the Albany district. Dr. Stewart, in charge of the tree fruit work at the Pennsylvania State College, declared Georgia was the best pecan State in the Union. MIDVILLE ASKS STATE FOR RAIL IMPROVEMENTS The residents of Midville have a grievance against the two railroads in their town, aired in a formal com plaint to the State Railroad Board Friday. The petition asks the commission to compel the Central of Georgia and the Georgia and Florida Railway Uompanies to erect a union station there. The residents declare th.n1 the present depot accommodations are lar from <»ufticient. Rev. Dr. Stelzle ‘Prince of the *!*•+ •*••*!• on Presbyterian Moderator Stone +•+ +•+ Great Assembly/ He Declares *!••**• " •!•••{• +•+ +•+ +•+ ‘He Is as Gentle as John and Fervid as Timothy’ FIVE EXPLORERS PERISHINARGTICS Relief Expedition Reports Death of Lieut. Schroder-Stranz and Party in Spitzbergen. Chicago Man Is Chosen Despite His Earnest Protest in Hot Assembly Battle. In his spectacular election to the moderatorship of the North ern Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, Dr. John Timothy Stone, of Chicago, went from the com parative obscurity of the pastor ship of a great church to a world leadership in the religious sphere. Dr. Stone, while a power in his community, was unknown to hun Dr. John T. Stone, of Chicago, New Moderator of Presbyterian Church, U. S. A. ✓ Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian CHRISTIANIA, May 16—Death has overtaken Lieutenant Schroder- Stranz and four members of his scientific exploration party which be came ice-bound in Spitzbergen while pursuing scientific researches, ac cording to‘a cablegram received her. to-day from Captain Strazrud, leader of a Norwegian relief expedition. Two members of the party, Detc- mers and Moeser, drowned; Eberhard was frozen to death and Stave suc cumbed to illness brought on by. ex posure. Lieutenant Schroder-Stranz was reported missing and given up as Igst. The German expedition, ur.d*r Lieutenant Schroder-Stranz, was or ganized last year to circumnavigate Northern Europe and Asia. It was expected to be away from three to four years making scientific explora tions. After- a time the party managed to get word of its whereabouts to civilization. One relief party set «hk % but was forced to turn hack. RETURN FROM BALL TO FIND SON A SUICIDE SAVANNAH, GA., May 16.—Re- turning from the May ball at the Guards’ Hall shortly before midnight last night, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. •Stultz found their eldest son, Augus tus Stultz, dead in the bath room. H? was lying on the floor partially dressed, with the gas turned on. Stultz had been despondent forsoir. lime. He had threatened to take hie own life on previous occasions. Grand Jury Starts Vice War in Macon MACON, GA,. May 16.—Eradication of Macon’s restricted district by the enforcement of the State law is the plan of action decided upon by the Bibb County Grand Jury, which pro poses to indict every woman who conducts a disorderly house. An in dictment has already been returned against Corinne Morris, and it is an nounced that all of the other women will be similarly treated. It is also stated that the Grand Jury proposes to indict those who tease their prop erty for immoral purposes. This Grand Jury is' the most mili tant in the history of the city, hav ing already indicted all but ten of the saloons and all of the clubs for vio lating the prohibition law. Granddaughter of Gen, Grant Weds BAN FRANCISCO, May 16—Miss Nellie Grant, granddaughter of Gen eral IT. S. Grant and Lieutenant Com mander William P. Cronan, U. S. N.. Were married here to-day. The wed ding was a brilliant one and attend ed by society folk of San Francisco, Ban Diego and New York. Miss Grant is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse R. Gra.it of San Die go and is a niece of he late Major General Frederick Dent Grant. IT. S A Miss Grant also is <> cousin of Pi ince.-s Michael Cantai uzene Sper- enskey. of St, Petersburg. dreds of those present at the election. No suggestion of his name for the moderatorship had ever been made. "When the stam pede of approval with which his nomination was accepted, when placed unexpectedly before the meeting, and swept to victory in the wildfire of excitement which followed, no one was more sur prised than Dr. Stone. Upon him centers the limelight of the great convention to-day, and Dr. Stelzle, a lifelong friend, contributes b^Iow a strikingly in teresting light on his personality. By REV. CHARLES STELZLE. John' Timothy Stone—prince of th< Presbyterian General Assembly! Oh, yes, he's moderator, too, but he’s moderator largely because he was the prince. And he’s moderator in spite of his very earnest protest against being elected. It was tiie most dramatic thing that has happened in a General Assembly in a good many years—this election of Stone. It also was a terrific re buke of political dealing. It doesn’t really matter whether the friends of the other candidates were guilty of playing politics or not—the candi dates themselves surely had nothing to do with the business. The commissioners had evidently become impressed with the feeling that there had been a deliberate frame-up on somebody's part to elect a moderator through machine meth ods. When Dr. Storied name was sug gested. in the most-unusual manner in which it. was, that settled it—there Continued on Pace 3., Column 2. Investigator for Great Detective Be lieved To Be in City Hunting Pha- gan Slayer—Will Be on Same Plane as Pinkertons—State Won’t Aid. Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey said Friday that William J. Burns and his assistants would work on the Phagan case under the same conditions as the Pinkertons, namely, that while h» would welcome ajiy information from them, they would receive* none from his office. , Mr. Dorsey issued the following statement! “Mr. Bums is welcome. We are delighted to have af8»frr»arr, riving at the truth no matter from what source it comes. However, Mr. Burns would have to get his information first hand so far»as this office is concerned. We accept the statement without ques-t tion that Mr. Burns’ employment is iu entire good faith, but our attitude toward him is the same as our attitude toward the Pin. kertons, namely, that he will be expected to give and not to reH ceive. The work being done by the city detectives is entirely sate isfactory.” Mr. Dorsey added that there was absolutely no development of any kind in the case to-day except that considerable prog ress was being made in prepar- ing the evidence. It was reported the case would go to the Grand Jury to-day. Witnesses in the case were sum moned on the form of subpenu used by the Grand Jury. They appeared before Mr. Dorsey, however, and he stated positive ly the case would not be pre sented until next week. Subscriptions From Persons Who Withhold Names Increases the Fund—Other Rewards. The fund inaugurated to bring W. J. Burns, the renowned detective, to At lanta to clear the Phagan mystery was augmented Friday by contribu tions which bring the total close to the thousand mark. More than six substantial subscriptions from per sons who asked that their names he withheld have been received. The fund thus far made public is: The Georgian, $100. The Constitution. $100. Homer George, $10. The Georgian will be glad to receive contributions to the Burns fund, and repeats its offer of $500 reward, in addition to the $100 subscribed above, for exclusive Information leading to the capture of the slayer. In addition to the straight fund de signed to bring Burns to Atlanta, the reward «of $1;000 offered by the city and the $200 reward offered by the State still holds. Other rewards also have been offered. Colonel Felder’s announcement that Bums had signified definitely his will ingness to come to Atlanta to under take a solution o? the mystery has reVived public interest in the «omo- what flagging hunt for Mary Phagan’s slayer. Felder Offers Fee. Persons who have stood willing to contribute a fund Friday expressed a desire to swell the Burns total. Colo nel Felder has asserted that he will give his fee, as attorney for the prose cution, toward bringing Burns here, and will assist personally in the cam paign for money sufficient to assure the great detective’s presence in At. lanta. While Mr. Felder will not make public the names of persons who have sent him money for the Burns fund, he said that the first contribution had come from several prominent Atlanta women, who agreed to subscribe more if need be. Car Strikers Riot in Heart of Cincinnati CINCINNATI, May 16.—-Fierce rioting broke -out to-day In Foun tain Square, in the heart of this city, when an attempt was made to run street cars with strikebreakers. Strikers attacked the cars, smash ing the windows. A heavy detail of police attacked the strikers, firing their revolvers over the heads of the rioters to scare them. The rioters at last gave way before the police, but further outbreaks were threatened. MINE STRIKERS IN RIOT. NORRISTOWN. X, J, May 16- Five deputies ^wele shot and eight strikers were badly beaten to-day in a battle between deputy sheriffs uni striking miners from tiie. Mount Hope min*- near Wharton, N J. The Bums investigation into Phagan murder mystery began Fri day. William J. Burns, who personally will conduct the case some time short ly after his arrival from Europe on June 1, cabled his orders to the New York office and one of his best man was dispatched to Atlanta to get an much evidence as possible before thn arrival of the great detective chief. He left New York shortly after mid night Wednesday and should have been In Atlanta Thursday night oy Friday morning. He will make every effort to keep his Identity and the result of his findings secret until the time for him to report to his chief or to Colonel Thomas B. Felder. The fund to secure the services of the great detective and his assistants from New York, being raised by pub lic subscription, was considerably swelled following the announcement in The Georgian Thursday that art appeal had been made to the publics Colonel Felder said Friday morning that a number of substantial sub scriptions had been pledged by tele-, phone and he had directed the donors to send their checks to Charles T* Ryan, cashier of the Fourth National Bank. He said he had not learned the exact sum subscribed so far, bull that he had no doubt it was several hundred dollars. “I know r of more than six subscript tlons that will be made this morn ing, but I promised the people their names would not be published. Thu fund will be raised all right, and we are so confident of it one of the Burns men should be on the scene now.” Hugh M. Dorsey, Solicitor General, held a secret conference at his of? flee Thursday night with city detec tives and members of his staff. It was understood the conference fol lowed the finding of valuable infor mation or evidence in connection with the Phagan case, but the Solicitor* would make no announcement. The examination of witnesses by, Mr. Dorsey will be continued to-day, J. AVilliams, ex-policeman, who oper ates a livery stable near the pencil factory plant on South Fcrsyth Street, will be examined to-day, PUPILS - DEmED DIPLOMAS START A NEAR-REBELLION DALTON, GA., May 16.—A near- rebellion among" the pupils of the tenth gjade of the public high school has been quelled sines the pupils have had time to think It over. The announcement that the ci.y would add an eleventh grade to the school next year and would not give the tenth grade pupils diplomas this year brought about the severest o3 disappointments for the pupils wh.i had made preparations for the graciu-, a ting exercises.