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) j TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, FRIDAY. MAY 1f>, 1913. | i United Assembly Lauds Wilson for Moral Stand, but Omits Secretary of State. X proposition to include Secretary of State Bryan in a message of con gratulation to President Woodrow Wilson for the stand he has taken in moral and political questions was turned down by the United Presbyte rian Assembly Friday morning. The motion to send the message to President Wilson was • made by the Rev. J. W. Springer, of Pittsburg, just' prior to the adjournment of the Fri day morning session. The wording of the motion was “that the moderator of this Assembly be Instructed to take steps for sending of a joint message from the moderators of this Assem bly, the Northern Assembly and the Southern Assembly to President Woodrow Wilson, congratulating him on the stand he has taken on the Im portant moral and poltlcal questions of the day.” Rev. J. A. Mahaffey requested that Secretary of State William J. Bryan he Included in the message, but the idea met with opposition from a num ber of commissioners. “There are other secretaries who rank as high as Mr. Bryan,” declared Rev. Mr. Springer, “and we should not include the Secretary of State unless we include the others also.” Dr. Robert M. Russell, moderator .*f the United Presbyterian Assembly, also objected to including Mr. Brynn In the message. “There are other men in the <’abi net who have taken position* that are as praiseworthy as that of Mr. Bry an,” declared the head of the Assem bly. "I do not think we should include any of them, but should send the mes sage only to the head of the nation.” Dr. Russell announced that he would confer with the moderators of the other assemblies and formulate the Joint message. The Georgian-American Pony Contest VOTE COUPON Hearst’s Sunday American and Atlanta Georgian PONY CONTEST VOTE COUPON, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1913 5 VOTES NOT GOOD AFTER MAY 31, 1913. Voted for Address \ CARRIERS’ AND AGENTS’ BALLOT. Hearst’s Sunday American and Atlanta Georgian Pony Contest Vote Coupon, Friday, May 16, 1913. 5 \mTgrC NOT GOOD AFTER May 31, 1913, Voted for. Address .. SCHOOL BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ BALLOT. Mason Tangles Police Deadlock *!••*!• • v v • -J- ’^Sv v • v *!'•*!* Won’t Use His Power to Break Tie •1* • v v * v v • d* •!*•-> v © v v#v Factional Lines Drawn Tighter r Nation - Wide Prison Inquiry i Is Expected of Assemblies Carlos Mason, Head of Police Board. Jap Trouble Ignored By Exposition Chief 1 WASHINGTON. May 16.—D. C. I Collier, president of the Panama- II ’altfornia Exposition to be held in i 1915, at San Diego, Cal., Is not wor- | rled over the Japanese situation. While In Washington he has com pletely Ignored the controversy, de claring that plans for the exposition "111 not be altered on account of the tense state of affairs on the coast. Collier does not expect war with Japan, but is predicting great artistic and Industrial advancement In the perigd during which the alarmists de clared California will be ravaged by a Japanese invasion. Nearly everybody in Atlanta reads The Sunday American. YOUR ad vertisement in the next issue will sell goods. Try it! Senators Deny Panic And Tariff Are Akin WASHINGTON. May 16.— A Cam paign of education to prove that the panic of 1893 was manufactured and did not result from the passage of a radical tariff bill has been under taken by the Democrats of the Sen ate. Senator Thomas, of Colorado, already has made a Speech to this purpose. The campaign has been forced by the attitude of the more rabid mem bers of the opposition who have pro claimed the probability of panic and ruin. “No panic ever resulted from the passage of a tariff bill,” declared Sen ator Thomas. “The panic of 1893 was a manufactured panic.” Militia Keeps Mob From Triple Slayer FORT WORTH. TKXAS, May 16.—« Two companies of National Guards men were still on duty at the county jail here to-day following several at tempts by a mob to break do^n the doors and lynch Tom Lee,* a negro, who shot and killed Policeman Ogle- tree, Frank Soles and Will Moore. The mob early to-day raided and wrecked many negro stores and houses. Estimates on the damage done by the mob ran as high as $25,000. One of the attacks on the jail was made with a 90-pound railroad rail with which the rioters rammed the heavy steel door. The police fought for several minutes before the mob was driven back. * i \ Asks Georgia Grads To Help Association Harrison Jones, chairman of the Committee on alumni bureau of the University of Georgia, has Issued * all for donations from graduates to strengthen and perpetuate the Alum ni Association. Mr. Jones outlines in a circular let ter an aggressive campaign by the committee, which include^ the com piling of an accurate list of living alumni and the establishment of a monthly bulletin as a form of com* munioation between graduates. Mr. Jones asks $2ft from each alum nus He states the class of 1907, of which he was a member, has sub scribed $200, and other contributions are coming in steadily. Assisting Mr. Jones are Charles M. Strahan, *83, Athens; A. Pratt Adams, ’$9, Savan- riah; George T. Jackson, '97, Augusta, and Thomas W. Connally, '04, At lanta. Deny Servian Prince Will Wed U. S. Widow Special Cable to The Atlanta G°orgian BELGRADE. SERV1A, May 16.— Semi-official denial was made hero to-day of the persistent reports that Mrs. Hughes Pratt, a rich American widow, is to marry Prince Arsene Karageorgevitch. a brother of King Peter of Servia. It was announced that Prince Arsene has been in the field with the Servian army since the outbreak of the Balkan war. If. in spite of denials, the marriage takes place. Mrs. Pratt will be the first American woman to become the slster-in-iaw of a reigning monarch. SUICIDE C LAS PS M EDA L GIVEN HIM BY CONGRESS PHILADELPHIA. May 16.—Casper Knohel. 69 years old, last surviving member of fourteen Pnlon cavalry men who captured Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, at tempted suicide to-day at his board ing house here by inhaling gas Clasped in his hand was the gold medal given him by Congress for his part in the arrest of Davis JUDGE CLELAND’S VIEWS OF THE PENAL SYSTEM The* greatest enemy of the church to-day is the penal sys tem. Christ found the weak spot in criminal prosecution when He paid to those wh«» were persecut ing the evil woman: "Let ye who are without sin cast the first stone.” Presenting prlsonem with Bi bles and sermons on “The Prodi gal Son” does little or no good. The half'-milllon-dollur refor matories offer university courses in crime and bestiality. It is as logical to send a man to Jail to make him better as it la to shut him up in n garbage can to improve his digestion. Thousands are sent to Jail, not because they are criminals, but because they are poor. Two of the great divisions of the Presbyterian Ohurrh-— th# Northern and the Southern Assemblies- now* in session in Atlanta, will be called upon Friday to adopt or reject a plan, pro posed by Judge McKenzie Cleland, of Chicago, to inaugurate a wholesale investigation of the penal system of every State In the UYiion. Judge Cleland 1ms prepared Ills plan in the form of resolutions, and will appear before the two Assem blies to urge their adoption. The res olutions were unanimously adopted by the Unltfcd Presbyterian Assembly Thursday afternoon. They call for a commission of “five members, to in vestigate and report to the next As sembly whether the present methods of dealing with offenders Is in har mony with the teachings of Christ, and wherein the church may the bet ter perform Its duty and fulfill Its ibligation to the prisoner.” Dr. R. M. Russell, the moderator, has an nounced that he will announce the names of the United Presbyterian commission on FYlday. Expect to Lay Plans Here. It Is probable, in the event that the Northern and Southern Assemblies ndopt the plan of Judge Cleland and appoint commissions, that a Joint meeting of the throe commissions will be held in Atlanta, to plan the work of Investigation. Much comment has been heard in hotel lobbies and In the Assembly headquarters since the United Pres byterians adopted Judge McKenzie's resolutions. The general muniment appears to be that the church is re miss in its duties and 1h neglecting one of ItH greatest opportunities If it fails to take up the prison work. It is expected that the resolutions will be unanimously adopted by both the Northern and Southern Assemblies. In an address delivered prior to the introduction of his resolutions, Judge Cleland bitterly assailed the penal systems, declaring that they are the greatest enemy of the church. Asserts Church Is Remiss. “From the policeman in his brass buttons and blue coat, who thinks might Is right and who opens his Hr- tie court on the street corner and sends some poor soul to Jail,” declared Judge Cleland. "up to the million-Uol- lar reformatories Which offer univer sity courses in crime and bestiality, the penal system is against the teach ings of the church and of Christ. “The church Is not doing Its duty if It does not hearken to the appeal of the wretches who are confined in the prisons. Think of It! A vast moving population of 800,000 souls a year, ig norant and helpless and practically without religious comfort! It is true that we give them Bibles and ser mons on the ‘Prodigal Son’ to he k p them survive the horrors of imprison ment, but this does little or no good. “Is not the entire penal system at war with the principles for which the church stands? Tfoe minister on Sun day preaches brotherly love, and on Monday th© police courts open and tell the people that the church is wrong. “Too Many Who Have Sinned.” "Christ found the weak spot in crim inal prosecution ‘when He told those who Drought the evil woman before him: 'Let ye that are without sin cast the first stone/ There is the same weak spot now. Too many people are handling the courts and the prisons that have sinned In a greater measure than the men they try and condemn to a living death.” Judge Cleland declared that the hor rors of the penal system of the United States are such that no tongue can describe them. He declared that the people aland for It because of igno rance. and give the system a good moral character to which it Is not en titled. It Is as logical to send a man to Jail to make him better as at Is to shut him up in a garbage can to Im prove hln digestion. God never made man to live In a jail, and 1 charge that the sole reason there are to-day in America 100,000 professional crimi nals. with earnings of $800,000,000 a year. Is the penal system.” Scores Prison Factories. Judge Cleland made a stirring plea, that the church awake to the fact that the p risen Industry has become a commercialized project through the machinations of contrac tors and politicians, and urged action that would take the control of the penal Institutions nut of their hands. “Thousands are sent to Jail,” he declared, "for no other reason than that the. jails and prisons must be kept busy coining dollars for the contractors und the politicians. “Sentences are changed to keep good workers longer in confinement. A case In point Is that of a woman who died In a Georgia chaingang aft er eighteen months' service. After her death It was found that her original sentence had been twenty months. The sentence was changed to twenty years because she was a hard and willing worker. "The prison Is not a corrective in stitution. Forty per cent of the persons who go to Jail go back again. 1 know of one woman who has been in the Chicago prisons 176 time*. Thousands aro sent to Jail, not be cause they are criminals, but because they ure poor. They commit a minor Infraction of the law, are unable fo pay a small fine, and aro then sen*, to Jail, where they learn vicious hab its and become real criminals.” Refers to Ollie Taylor. Judge Cleland poured much sym pathy upon the head of Ollie Taylor, who, common reports hath It, was sen tenced to reformatory for eleven years for stealing a bottle of Hoda water. Judge Cleland declared that he did not blame the people of Geor gia or the Judge w'ho sentenced the boy, but laid the blame at the door of the system which made such things possible. Judge Cleland charged that the Jails are tilled with poor, Ignorant Immigrants, guilty of some minor breach of the law of which they know next to nothing.” W- A “Benjamin” Blue Serge Suit $25.00 For Beauty, for Style, for Service It’s a Genuine LEADER. The name of ALFRED BENJAMIN & COM PANY, America’s Foremost Tailors, guarantees all this. Additional guarantee is in the suit itself. A blue serge Is pre-eminently the suit for SERVICE, as it always looks well and is appro priate to any occasion where a sack suit can be worn. And the tailoring is the very BEST—the BEN JAMIN sort. Come in and slip on one of these suits. Select the style you like best, and see how neat and dressy it looks. And remember the price, Twenty-Seven Fifty Carlton Shoe & Clothing Co. Thirty-Six Whitehall Photograph Taken by Georgian Staff Man. Mayor Denies Making Fight Against Chief Further Than in Seietion of Sergeant. Although Chairman Carlos H. Ma son, Chairman of the Police Com mission, stands as the pivot in the split of the commission over the promotion power of Chief Beavers, he will not use his powerful Intluence to aid either faction, but, according to his own statement will vote simp ly ns an individual member of the commission. “I voted to allow the chief to nom inate the new sergeant,” he said, “but I did not know who he intended to nominate and I don’t think any body else did. I have no more in terest In this matter than any other member of the commission and I I don’t intend to take any greater part | In it than any Individual member.” j Mayor Woodward emphatically de clared he was making no fight on Chief Beavers further than that In- I volved in the election of a sergeant. The crux of the situation is the op posing personal preferences of the members of the commission for the new' sergeant. The fight Is significant chiefly from the fact that Commissioners W. A. Vernoy and Charles R. Garner, hith erto stuunrlT supporters of the Chief, are against him in this fight. Hlnce the adjournment of the com mission after a tie vote which pre vented an election Tuesday night, the members of the two factions have become niortj firm In their pos itions, Chief Beavers lias not nam ed his man. Roundsman Whatley Is the only candidate nominated. Oth ers are being suggested as a. com promise, Chairman Mason said he probably would call a special meeting of the commission to settle the matter. It Is generally agreed that the split is the most serious that has occurred In the commission since Chief Beavers became chief-in-fact with his vice The ittitude of Chairman Mason gives the whole situation jl puzzling Cornell Man Tells Students to Borrow ITHACA, N. Y„ May 16.—That a needy student would do better to borrow the money to pay for his col lege education than attempt to work his way through was said by Prof. G. \\\ Cavanaugh- of Cornell Univer sity in addressing a group of stu dents. “The big problem for you working students,” he said, “is how to get the social contact with your fellow which you lose by spending several hurs a day waiting on table or doing other work. Moreover, you run a risk of ruining your health by overwork and undereating.” Prof. Cavanaugh ad vised the students either to work De- fore coming to college or borrow the money. High Irish Jurist Dead. DUBLIN, May 16.—Right Hon. Judge Wright, Judge of the High Court of Ireland since 1901 and for merly Solicitor General for Ireland, died at his Wicklow' residence to-day. White City Park Now Open We have Beautiful Bedding Plants 3c each. Atlanta Floral Co., 555 E. Fair Street. ATLANTA MATINEES MONDAY WED.and SAT. 2Sc Nights 15c to 50c ALL THIS WEEK Miss Billy Long Co. In a Farce With 1.000 Laughs Are You a Mason? NEXT—“ THE DEEP PURPLE” Seats Now. FORSYTH KEITH VAUDEVILLE Mat. Daily Evening 8:30 PAULDICKEY&C0. APOLLO TRIO—HEWH0FF & P-tELPS-—BILLY WELLS- CLARENCE WILBUR CO- MATO & ALLMAK & OTHERS Next Week ADAM & EVE World's Greatest Monkeys CHAMBERLIN-JOHNSON-DuBOSE CO ATLANTA NEW YORK PARIS Surprise Boxes Just Unpacked And When They Were Opened, There Was theDaintiest French Handmade Lingerie The daintiest, the charmingest that ever we have seen at these prices! Indeed, a new standard of value has been set for French underwear. The prices are less than what is usually called fair, they are low, very low; which you will better understand once you see the garments. Nainsooks are so sheer and soft and beautifully woven— they could not have come but from France, and the hand-em broidery, as neat, as regular, as “sweet” and pretty—those who do such work will marvel that garments showing so much of it could possibly be sold at such prices. Indeed these were surprise boxes! Gowns Prices begin at $3.00 for nain sook gowns. Chemise cut with dainty scallops and short sleeves. At $3.50 the ribbon appears, runs through hand-embroidered eyelets; chemise cut style or buttoning in front. Then at $5.00 are the more elaborately worked gowns, -chem ise and low neck yokes, open sleeves. Corset Covers A novelty even at $1.75. A cor set cover with short sleeves that act as a shield, also all the fullness of the garment is confined in tucks. Then at $1.98, $2.50, $3.00 and $3.75 are corset covers that grow in beauty as prices mount—and the embroidery is all done with such exquisite neatness and in such nov el and attractive patterns that a woman’s appreciation of it will be great. Drawers Priced at $2.50, $2.75, $3.00. $3.50 and $3.75 until now the price range on drawers so embroidered would have been $3.50 to $5.00. Narrow, circular fitted drawers, flat legs embroidered in French dots and knots. The nainsook is a delight. Petticoats Priced at $2.75, $3.00, $3.50 to •$15.00. When have you seen such petticoats ? Of straight lines, fitted and all hand-made, and of special value even in this unusual lot are the petticoats at $2.75 and $3.00. They are narrow, with embroidered flat flounce which shows a row of hand worked insertion at the top. You will quickly note that in all the seams pearlifig is used. Combination Suits At $5.00, $6.00, $6.95 and $7.50. Corset cover and drawers. Those at $5.00 as well as those at all the other prices are more elaborately embroidered than any we have ever had at corresponding prices—the ribbon-run headings at the .waist are very dainty. A Corset With Elastic Gore at $1.00 The elastic front gore is a mark of a more expensive corset. But we have succeeded in getting this comfort device into a cor set we can sell for $1.00. Extra long skirt, medium low bust, four hose supporters. It may be had in all sizes. » The C.=J.=DuB. Special $1.50 Corset A better $1.50 corset, made especallv in our corset department —and we are proud to attach our name to such a worthy article. The coutil is better, the boning is stronger than $1.50 ordinarilv buys. Very long skirt, medium low bust, six hose supporters. Brassieres Priced A Special Lot of $1.00 Brassieres is Marked at 69c All fresh and new. The cambric is a fine quality, the embroid ery trimmings are neat patterns, well woven. All sizes. 50c Brassieres 39c They are all fresh, newly arrived. The embroidery yoke is four inches deep. All sizes. Agents for Butterick Patterns and Publications ChamberMohnsoirDuBose Company