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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
ation grounds its protest upon a
on-.arbitrable point there is not much
arrant for the presumption that it is
jokingVor peace.
Japan's protest, as Interpreted by
he message of President Wilson ‘o
iovernor Johnson on April 22, and
1 the stenographic report of his con-
**rsation later with the newspaper
• porters, makes plain that “national
.’ nor” was the basis of Japanese feel-
in this matter, and that is now’
hr accepted idea in Washington.
Whether Governor Johnson signs
he Webb bill to-morrow or next day,
he issue is drawn sharply between
he United States and Japan upon a
oint that can not be arbitrated and
i!it must be decided.
The United States can not apologize
d a foreign nation for the act of one
f its several States.
A Stfdto law that does not violate
he terms of an international treaty
r the Constitution can not be abro-
ated by the courts of the United
dates.
New Treaty Possible.
In case of Governor Johnson’s sig-
ature, then, the only policy that
perns in sight for the President and
lecretary of State is to form in con
ference with Baron Chinda, the Jap-
nese Ambassador, a new treaty cov-
ring the point of issue between the
wo nations. This treaty can not be-
ome vital and superior to State laws
ntil it s fully ratified by the United
Hates Senate. I
To satisfy Japan this new treaty
lust cover the point at issue in the
resent controversy.
The most serious and entangling
ossibility rests in the idea now gen-
rally entertained that Japan has
rum the beginning used this protest
s a mere preliminary to a formal de-
land that its people should be eligi-
le to citizenship in the United States.
Claiming: that the Japanese are a
,-hite people, that they are not Ma-
iys. but Aryans, it is believed that
apan will demand for them this
ight in the United States, and upon
hi, demand that people may stand
or peace or war.
'Japanese negotiations have so far
tterly ignored the action of Arizona,
. hose land law is much more drastic
hah the original draft of the Cali-
ornia measure. This is regarded as
tgniflcant. This, in brief, is the slt-
■ation as it stands to-day.
Practically an Ultimatum.
The Japanese Ambassador is im-
i«ssive and absolutely silent. Upon
he statement that Governor Johnson
ill! sign the Webb bill his protest
nd the way in which it has been
[led amounts practically to an ulti-
uatum to our Government.
It is now the general feeling among
fficials of the State. War and Navy
lepartments that the time is drawing
ear when our State Department will
lave to give a direct, positive and
onclusive answer to Japan.
The newspaper men, almost as a
inlt, have propounded the question,
Vhen? to the Secretary of State. Mr,
iryan is impassive. He admitted
hat so long as the bill was not signed
he present situation could for some
Ime be practically maintained.
The State Department indicates
hat there has been no change in
he attitude of Japan since Mr. Bryan
eturned from Sacramento and Baron
'hinda filed his earnest protest. It is
eared that Japan will now reject any
ompromise that does not carry with
t the recognition of equality of citi-
enship between Japanese and Amer-
THE WEATHER
Forecast for Atlanta and
G-eorgia—Showers Friday and
probably Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. E j aiv/
Arrive in Atlanta
Friday Afternoon
Mr and Mrs. William Randolph |
Hearst will arrive in Atlanta Friday j
afternoon to remain for a few days
Mr. Guy Barbam. of Los Angeles,
accompanies them.
The party have rooms at the Geor
gian Terrace Hotel.
Baptists Shout
When New York
Man Lauds Dixie
Rev. Di. Steuk on Presbyterian Moderator Stone
+••!• +•+ +•+ +•*!•
‘Prince of the Great Assembly/ He Declares
‘He Is as Gentle as John and Fervid as Timothy'
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 Baptists 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 w’ithout avail.
It was too late to jump when the
truck 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
crushed.
Walraven was partially paralyzed
by the shock. The physicians were
unable to say whether he would re
cover the use of 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 Bill for a Hat:
Asks President’s Aid
WASHINGTON, May 16.—Wilbur
Carr, director of the 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 exnlains that he has been
trying for the past month or two to
get a bill from Dietrich, but without
success. “I shall be glad to setCe
with Mr. Dietrich if he will only tell
me how much the hat cost,”he said.
Dietrich * rote Senator Stone Apr»l
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, cdst $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.
Need of Hihger Salaries for Pas
tors Urged Upon Delegates to
i United Church Conference,
NEW MODERATORS ARE
INDUCTED INTO OFFICE
Chicago Man Is Chosen Despite
His Earnest Protest in Hot
Assembly Battle.
In his spectacular election to
the moderatorsnip 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-
nnt
l£u
Great Evangelistic Advances Are
Described at the Northern
Conference.
Recommendations involving hun
dreds of thousands of dollars; re
ports of committees and proposals
which, vf carried out, 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
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. Dr. 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
qphool on the West African coast.
The chief work at the Northern As
sembly formed the reading of a re
port of the past year'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 reappointmen’
to the post of representative-at-ldTge
of evangelism.
Big Appropriations Asked.
At the meeting of the Southern
Assembly the report of the systematic
beneftclence committee was read.
Three recommendations for appro
priations were made, the first for
$574,560 to prosecute the work of the
present year; $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 of
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 their duties.
Georgia Lauded as
Best Pecan State
Carl G, Allen, of Williamsport. Pa.,
and Dr. J. P. Stewart, of the Penn
sylvania State College, who have em
barked with Northern capitalists in
pecan raising in Georgia, conferred
with State Entomologist K. 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 tw r o 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
Companies to erect a union station
there. iThe residents declare that the
presofw depot accommodations art
far fmm suffietent.
FIVE EXPLORERS
PERISH IN ftRGTICS
Relief Expedition Reports Death
of Lieut. Schroder-Stranz and
Party in Spitzbergen.
Special Cable to Th* Atlanta Georgian
CHRISTIANIA. May 16.—Death
has overtaken Lieutenant Schroder-
Stranz and four members of his
scientific exploration Tarty which be
came ice-bound in Spitzbergen while
pursuing scientific researches, ac
cording to a cablegram received hen-
to-day from Captain Stra/.rud, leader
of a Norwegian relief expedition.
Two members of the party, Deti
mers and Moeser. drowned; Eberhard
was frozen to death and Stave suc
cumbed to illness brought on by x-
posure. Lieutenant Schroder-Stranz
was reported missing and given up
as lost.
The German expedition. i:r,d<-r
Lieutenant Schroder-Stranz, was or
ganized last year tb 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 whereabou's to
civilization. One relief party set out.
but was forced to turn back.
RETURN FROM BALL TO
FIND SON A SUICIDE
SAVANNAH, GA., May 16.—Be-
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. He
was lying on the floor partially
dressed, w ith the gas turned on.
Stultz had been despondent for some
time. He had threatened to take his
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 Corinrie 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 lea«e 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
PAN FRANCISCO, May 16.—Miss
Nellie Grant, granddaughter of Gen
eral U. 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 bv society folk of San Francisco,
Pan Diego and New York.
Miss Grant Is a daughter of Mr.
| and Mrs. Jesse R. Gra*it of San Die-
i go and is a niece of he late Major
General Frederick Dent Grant, U. P
! A Miss Grant also is a cousin of
Princess Michael ntaeuzene Sper-
dreds of those present at the
election. No suggestion of his
name for the rnoderatorship had
ever been made. When the stam
pede of approval w r ith W'hlch his
nomination was accepted, w’hen
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 below a strikingly in
teresting light on his personality.
By REV. CHARLES STELZLE.
John Timothy Stone—prince of
the 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 the 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 otiler candidates wen* guilty of
playing politics or not—the candi
dates themselves surely had nothing
to do with the business.
The commissioners had evidently
I become impressed with the feeling
I that there had been a deliberate
j frame-up on somebody’s part to eleet
■ a moderator through machine meth-
I ods. '
When Dr. Stone’s name was sug
gested, in the most unusual manner
J in which it was, that settled it—there
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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 M. Dorsey sniil Friday that William
J. Burns and his assistants would work on the Phagan case under
the same conditions as the Pinkertons, namely, that while he
would welcome any information from them, they would receive
none from his office.
Mi'. Dorsey issued the following statement:
"Mr. Burns is welcome. We are delighted to have aid in ar
riving at the truth no matter from what source it comes. However,
Mr. Burns would have to get his information first hand so far ns
this office is concerned. We accept the statement without ques
tion that Mr. Burns' employment is in entire good faith, but our
attitude toward him is the same as our attitude toward the Pin
kertons. namely, that he will he expected to give and not to re
eeive. The work being done by the city detectives is entirely sat
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 subpena
used by the Grand Jury. The-v
appeared before Mr. Dorsey,
however, and he stated positive
ly the case would not be pre
sented until next week.
The Burns investigation into ihe
Phagan murder mystery began Fri
day. ‘ N
William J. Burns, who personally
will conduct the case feme time short
ly after his arrival from Europe on
June 1. cabled his orders to the New
York office and one of his best men
was dispatched to Atlanta to gel as
much evidence as possible before the
arrival of the great detective chief.
He left New York shortly after mid
night Wednesday and should have
been in Atlanta Thursday night or
Friday morning.
He will make every effort to keep
his identity and the result of his
findings secret until the time for him
io report to his yhief 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 an
appeal had been made to the public.
Uolonel 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 L
Ryan, ( ashler of the Fourth National
Bank. He said he had nnt learned
the exact sum subscribed so far, but
that he had no doubt It was several
hundred dollars;
“I know of more than six subscrip
tions that will be made this morn
ing, but I promised the people their
names would not he published. The
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,
hejd a secret conference at his of
fice 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. Williams, ex-policeman, who oper
ates a livery stable near the pencil
factory plant on South Forsyth
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 o
the thousand mark. More than six
substantial subscriptions' from per
sons who asked that their names :>e
withheld have been received.
The fund thus far made public
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 $J>00 reward, in
addition to the $100 subscribed above,
for exclusive information leading ro
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
the $200 reward offered by the
Rtate still holds. Other rewards also
have been offered.
Colonel Felder's announcement that
Burns had signified definitely his will
ingness to come to Atlanta to under
take a solution of the mystery has
revived public interest in the some
what flagging hunt for Mary Phagan’s
>’er.
Felder Offers Fee.
? who have stood willing :6
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 pros- -
•ution, 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 nave
sent him money for the Burns fund,
he said that the first contribution had
come from several prominent Atlanta
women, who ggreed to subscribe more
if need be.
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P.
Car Strikers Riot in
Heart of Cincinnati
CINCINNAT1, May 16 -Fieroe
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 revolver^ over the heads of the
rioters to scare them.
The rioters at last gave way before
the police, but furtluer outbreaks were
threatened.
MINE STRIKERS IN RIOT.
NORRISTOWN, N. J., May IK.—
Five deputies were shot - and eight
strikers were badly beaten to-d^y in a
battle between deputy sherifkA an I
striking miners from the Moum/Hopc*
mine near Wharton, N. J.
Street, will be
nined to-day,
PUPILS DENIED DIPLOMAS
START A NEAR-REBELLION
DALTON. GA.. May 16.—A near-
rebellion among the pupils of the tenth
grade of the public high school has
been quelled since the pupils have had
time to think it over.
The ^announcement that the city
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 of
disappointments for the pupil A. who
had made preparations for the ifridu.
ating exercises.