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r j THE ATLANTA HEOKCIAN AND NEWS. SATl KIJAY. MA V17. 1913. FATTEST it H pijDK ASSEMBLIES PRAISE 1 uim PRESIDENT WILSON Continued From Page 1. “Economical” Democratic Ad ministration Plans Distribution of $300,000,000. WASHINGTON, May 17.—Th<- fat- test "pork barrel" in the history of. the nation is being built by the most "economical’’ Democratic Administra tion It will hold $300,000,000 of "fat” and will be distributed through the medium of the new House Com mittee on Public Roads. The money will be distributed at the rate of $50,-1 000,000 a year for six years. In authorizing this committee, the House ••acceded" to the wishes of the President, who originated such a com mittee in the New Jersey Legisla ture. but, to be sure, it had no such fabulous amount at its disposal The plan of those behind the* move ment for Federal assistance in the building of roads contemplates the issue of bonds for the entire amount, the proceeds to be parcelled out in < six equal instalments. Jonathan Bourne. Jr., formerly Senator frory Oregon is pushing the project. Chairman Underwood, of the House Committee op Committees, declares this committee will be named and I take charge of the many bills for j road improvement now pending be fore Congress. It "ill relieve the House Committee on Post Offices anil Post Roads, • With the organization of this standing committee the Committee* on Public Buildings and on Rivers and Harbors will no longer be the premier “Pork barrel" committees. The Committee on Public Roads will assume that distinction The Rivers and Harbors appropriation bill last year carried about $40,000,000 and the Public Buildings bill about $30,- Tliis new committee arrangement defines the attitude of the Democratic Administration and of the Democrats in Congress. A fight was made against battleship construction and authorization during the last session. Bu! one battleship was authorized, it will cost about $16,000,000. Judge Takes Jury • to a Movie Show ! « onsiderable interest, as they bore on j questions which have been hotly de- i bated in thi a^eniblios for years The report on the basis of union with the Southern body was await 'd with much interest. The commit- i tee on education and the committee | on iheohigleal seminaries also report 'd at th' 1 forenoon session, which was j held In Presbyterian Church. The 1.400 commissioners were in vited to attend a reception at 3:30 ; o'clock Saturday afternoon at \gnes Scott Cpllege. In the evening a join! gathering will be held at w Uk h the general theme w ill be "Social Serve* *.' Dr. Charley Stelzie. superintendent of the Bureau of Social Service of the Cnited States, will preside and addresses will he made by' Marlon Jackson, of Atlanta, and James A committee pledged the Assembly to a disapproval of all secular uses of the Sabbath, all games and sports In civic life as also In the army and navy, all unnecessary traveling and all excursions, and urged upon all employer* of labor and captains <»f Industry to recognize the need of the working man Mo his weekly rest day. Hearty support was given the Satur day half holiday. One of the novel recommendations was that Jhe faculties of colleges and seminaries be asked to omit recita tions on Monday mornings so as to leave the Sabbath free of the neces sity felt by some of the students to prepare their lessons on that day. Sunday newspapers came under the ban of the resolutions. It was urged that the Cnited States refuse a giant for an exhibit at the Panama exposition except on the condition that the gates be closed^ on Sunday. To inculcate the spirit of the Sab- Boycott, Caused by Refusal to Recognize Huerta Regime, Spreads Rapidly. PROMINENT FIGURES AMONG PRESBYTERIANS Rev. Dr. J. Stagg, President Alabama Presbyterian College, Anniston, Ala DENVER. May 17. Judge Rothger- ber gave a jury and his bailiff, clerk and stenographer a rare treat to-da.v shortly after opening court. He gave a recess and ordered the Jury to ac company him in a body to a moving picture show. They remained through an entire act of the show. They did not discuss the merits of it. but on their return discussed the stairway which leads to the balcony of the theater, which figured In a suit they were hearing. FORMER TYPIST ACCUSES PITTSBURG SCHOOL HEAD PITTSHl’RG, May if.—A sworn statement by Mrs. Alice Wesse's, making serious allegations against School Superintendent Heeter, was filed to-day with the Heeter investi gating committee. Before her mar riage Mrs. Wcsscls, who was Allc Lang was employed as a stenogra pher in Heeter’s office. She declares she was grossly insulted by Heeter before her marriage. DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE PLANS PUBLICITY BUREAU NEW YORK, May 17. Democrats of the country will be appealed to for small contributions to maintain a permanent publicity bureau in Washington. This wa« decided at a meeting of the Execu tive Committee of the Democratic Na tional Committee. Representative A. Mitchell Palmer, of Pennsylvania, was elected chairman of the committee. TWO MEN LIKELY TO DIE FROM LIGHTNING SHOCK MERIDIAN. MISS.. May 17. Rog ers Ross. 22 years of age. and Henry Harlow, aged 35. were seriously in jured when lightning struck n trde under which they and several friends had sought shelter from rain A horse belonging to a negro was killed out right. A number of others were se verely shocked, among them several boys. The recovery of both Ross and Harlow is considered doubtful. T. W. Milner. Cartersville, at the left, and William Baker, of Sedalia. Mo., discussing the As semblies. MacDonald, managing editor of The Toronto Globe. Mr. Jackson's sub ject will be “Christian Citizenship and the Social Evil." White House Sabbath Kept by Wilson. Sabbath desecration was vigorously scored in a report rendered to the V. S. A. Presbyterian Assembly Sat urday by the special committee on Sabbath observance. The committee took much hope for the observance in the departments of the Government from the fact that the President, Vice President and Secretary of State all are elders in the Presbyterian Church. "With the accession of a Presby terian elder to the office of Presi dent." said the report, “we are pleased to note that the White House is now closed on Sundays against politics and pleasure seeking. The offices are shut: neither the President nor any of his secretaries ever appears in t hem." A country-wide tendency toward a return to the stricter Sabbath observ ance of earlier days was reported. The Sunday closing of postoffices was cited as one of the important exam ples The seven-day week has been abolished in the majority of the country's big steel plants. The Amer loan Telephone and Telegraph Ciim- pan.v is reducing Sunday work to the lowest minimum. Efforts to inaugurate the wide-open Sabbath in various sections of the country have resulted almost uni formly in failure, according to the report. The committee recommended that members of the church flood their Representatives in the State and na tional Legislatures with protests against any measure which will serve to break down tlie Sabbath. The resolutions submitted by the The Georgian-American Pony Contest VOTE COUPON Hearst’s Sunday American and Atlanta Georgian PONY CONTEST VOTE COUPON, SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1913 5 VOTES NOT GOOD AFTER JUNE 1. 1913. Voted for Address CARRIERS’ AND AGENTS’ BALLOT. Hearst’s Sunday American ««{ Atlanta Georgian Pony Contest Vote Coupon. Saturday, May 17, 1913. e l/ATFC NOT GOOD AFTER 3 June 1. 1913. Voted for Address . SCHOOL BOYS AND GIRLS’ BALLOT. hath in the younger generation, the suggestion was made that the chil dren be taught its sacredne*s in the home, in the colleges and universi ties. Seminary Doctrines Scored In Report. The resumption at the present time of close relations between I'nion Theological Seminary and the Pres byterian Church is bitterly opposed in two minority reports submitted to the Northern Assembly hv a special ly appointed committee Saturday aft ernoon. Rev. F. C. Monfort, of Cincinnati, who signed one of the minority re ports, said in denouncing the doc trines taught at I'nion Seminary: “A theology which denies the su pernatural; that regards sin not as the result of an ‘abrupt transforma tion* or the fall, hut ‘the survival of the animal in man,’ and salvation ‘not as an act.’ but as ‘a process rooted as sin is in the nature of man.’ that regards Christ as ‘not God and man,' but as ‘God in man' and a 'type to which, all men are ultimately des tined to conform.' and which ac knowledged as man’s supreme au thority not the Scriptures, but the ‘light that is in him.' is not the theol ogy of the Westminster Confession nor of the Presbyterian Church." Await Reports as Signal. The commissioners had awaited the reports as the signal for the opening of the real battle between the con servatives. or old school Presbyte rians. and the radicals, or adherents of the new school of*religious thought. I’nion Theological Seminary has been the battle center in Presbyte rianism since it displayed a tendency to follow along the lines of thought regarded as most daring by the con servative churchmen. War clouds have been hovering j over the present Assembly since its gathering. The issue has been con servative against radicalism. The introduction of the two minority re ports was expected to precipitate the struggle for religious principles and l-furnish the most clear-cut alignment of factional partisans that any As sembly has provided. Some hoped that the issue might he settled once I and for all The majority report was signed by the Rev. J. F. Carson, chairman of the committee. The members of the committee who joined with Dr. Car lson expressed the belief that the sem- ; inary, which is largely supported by Presbyterian subscriptions, was de sirous of meeting the wishes of the Presbyterian Church in the matter of religious instruction. MULES DISPLACE FIRE DEPARTMENT HORSES j SAl Gt'S. MASS.. May 17. Mules are to-day taking the place of horses 'in the Saugus Fire Department. Cap- I lain Max Hatch, of Hose No. 2. gave the mules a good tryout. He found I them speedy, instead of stubborn. Captain Hatch says that every time the tire hells ring the mules prick up their ears and are ready for the stall doors to swing open. nizing the Huerta administration and many persons pledged themselves to join Hie boycott. Some stores dis played signs to-day reading: "Only Mexican and European goods sold here." The press has taken up the boy cott idea and is attempting to inflame the populace against Cnited States goods. Orozco, Traitor, Is Report. A report was current here to-day that Pascual Orozco, Jr., formerly one of Huerta's most formidable enemies, Pit who swore allegiance to the Guer in government six weeks ago. again has changed his colors and has cast his lot with the Carranza rebels in Nuevo Leon. Orozco has a big fol lowing in the north. Although congress is rushing the hill authorizing the borrowing of $85,- j (KKi.ooo abroad, the newspaper. El pais, states "on the best of authori ties" that the foreign financiers will refuse to make the loan until the gov ernment at Washington recognizes the government at Mexico City. Papers Attack Wilson. Mexican newspapers are making violent attacks on President Wilson. El Imparoial declares it is Presi dent Wilson’s policy to let Mexico de- stn*\ itself for lack of financial help, and when the state of chaos is com plete to annex the republic to the Cnited States La Tribuna says: "The attitude of the Cnited States is suspicious." The Herald says ['resident Wilson is being informed by rebel Juntas in the Cnited States. Queensland Flood Does Great Damage SYDNEY AUSTRALIA. May 17.— I Devastating floods are sweeping | Queensland as the result of. torrential rains which have fallen for the past 72 hours. Premier Fisher of Australia is flood-bound at Newcastle, but is in no danger. An inland sea ten miles in width has been formed at Single- ton. Tremendous damage is being done to stock and crops. Many localities are cut off. and it is not known how- great the loss of life will he in the ranges. MRS. CHAMP CLARK GIVES D. A. R. HEAD RECEPTION WASHINGTON May 17—One of the most brilliant receptions of the season was that given by Mrs. Champ Clark in honor of Mrs. William Cum mings Story. President-Genera! of the D A R. and Mrs. Clark's sis ter and niece. Mrs. Pitzei and Miss Pitzei. of Colorado Springs. More than five hundred guests were present. TO DAY’S MARKET OPENINGS. NEW YORK STOCK MARKET. Stock quotations: 10 Prev. STOCK— High. Low. A.M. Close. Amal. Copper. 74'» 74-8 74's 74-* 8 Am. Smelting. 665 66 3 8 664, 66 5 8 Atchison 99L 99*8 99-'b 993„ American Can 32 ! a 32' 4 32' 4 32' 4 do. pref. 92'-2 92' , 92' 2 92' , 0 R. T 91 91 91 90 7 , B. and O. 98*8 98*b 98'a 98 Can. Pacific 237' 2 237' t 237' 4 238' 2 C. and O. 643 4 64*4 64*4 64 3 a Erie. 2d 35 35 35 K. and T. pf. 60 60 60 59 7 , Reading 159--8 159' , 159' 2 1593 4 Rock Island. I8H 183- 8 18-4* 19' a do. pref. 31 31 31 313-4 St Paul 106' 106' , 106' , 106' 4 Union Pacific 148*4 148^4 148^/4 148*4 U. S. S.. com 59' 2 59' . 59' , 59 5 a Wabash, pfd. ■ 74* 74, 7 3 s 7' 2 NEW YORK COTTON Quotations in cotton futures: |First! Prev. I I I IF lOpenfHighlLow | C; May . 1 i... June July . . .11.56 11.58 11.54,11 . Aug. . 11.33 11.34 11 .3311 . Sept. . Oct. . io.93 10.96 10.93 10. Dec. . 10.95 10.98 10.95 10. •Ian. 10.93 10.94 10.93 10. Mar. . . 11.03 11.03 11.03 11 . . ... 11.48-48 .. .111.53-55 33:11.37-39 . .Ill .03-05 May | 1 1 July . .. Aug . . . 11.94 11.94 11.94 Ill .94 Sept. . . . Oct. . . . 11.07 i 1 .08 11.07 ii os Nov. . . . . ... Dec. . . . 11.06 11 .07i 11.06 11 .07 Jan. . . . Feb . . . . ... 1 Mar. NEW ORLEANS COTTON. Quotations in cotton futures: | | I (First! Prev. (Open HighlLow I Call.I Close. 12.24 12.04-05 11.14-15 11.11-13 11.22-23 COTTON MARKET OPINIONS. Logan & Bryan "There seems to be more or less apprehension over the July situation, which at thi* time has a ten- demy to check aggressive operations on the selling side, owing to the fact that leading spot interests seem to he ar rayed on the constructive side of that month." Thompson. Towle & Co.: “We prefer buying on all soft spots." Atwood. Violett & Co.: "The market is very susceptible to any bullish news, and most of the rallies have been the result of short coverings." LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET. LIVERPOOL. May 17. Wheat closed ' 4 d to 4d lower. Corn closed r s d higher. SHAKESPEARE FOR THE BLIND. LONDON. May 17.—The British Foreign Flind Society is preparing a ' omplete braille of Shakespeare, which the society w ill supply at cost, j according to the length of the play. For instance. "The Merry Wives of I Windsor" will cost 60 cents. United Board of Missions Rec-; ommends Evangelistic Com mittee in Each Presbytery. Giving special attention to evan gelism the report of the Board of Home Missions of the United Pres byterian Church recommends the for mation in every presbytery of a Pres byterian evangelistic committee, to be composed of capable men who are willing to fulfill both their presbyte- rial and pastoral duties. The report declares that this committee “should seek to develop and maintain in all of the congregations within the pres bytery a true and continuous evan gelism." The following are suggested as an outline of some of the things such a committee may undertake: 1. Keep the work of soul-winning prominently before the presbytery and report at each meeting the conditions of the churches along the soul-win ning lines 2. Arrange for a presbyterial re treat or an evangelistic conference early in the fall of each year. 3. Arrange for a visitation of each congregation in the presbytery by a delegation selected by the evangelistic committee for the purpose of hold ing an evangelistic institute. 4. Assist the pastors in arranging for a series of special evangelistic services in every congregation of the presbytery some time during the year. Actress, Friend of King, Seeks Divorce Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON. May 17.—Gabrielle Ray, one of the most beautiful comedy actresses in London, filed suit for conjugal rights, a preliminary to divorce proceedings. Manuel of Portugal was once reported to be smitten with the charms of Ga brielle. Gabrielle and Erie Loder, who is the scion of a rich family, were married at Windsor a year ago. after the first cere mony was balked by the non-appearance of the bride. We have Beautiful Bedding Plants 3c each. Atlanta Floral Co., 555 E. Fair Street. ATLANTA MATINEES MONDAY WED. and SAT. 25c Nights 15c to 50c ALL THIS WEEK Miss Billy Long Co. In a Farce With 1.000 Laughs Are You a Mason? NEXT—" THE OEEP PURPtE" Seats Now. FORSYTH V = E Mat. Dally Evening 8:30 PAUL CICKEY&C0. Next Week ADAM 4 EYE Wo-ld's Gr«ate$t Moaktys APOLLO TftlO-HEWHOFF 4 PHELPS - BILLY WELLS— CLAftENCE WILBUR CO MATO & ALLMAN A OTHERS □( This is their season and bridesmaids, too : : By Cavalieri, the world’s most famous beauty : Ruth St. Denis tells you how to have a beautiful figure : : : New recipes, by the tal ented May Irwin : : New plan to make them scientifically efficient : How he will look when all women vote : : of other wonderful ex clusive features that will interest everybody in the next : □