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THE ATLANTA (JEOKGIAN A XT) NEWS. 13 K PRfliSE 18 The Georgian-American Pony Contest VOTE COUPON United Assembly Lauds Wilson for Moral Stand, but Omits Secretary of State. Hr tula V Wils ta in sbyte stand h< moral and political question turned down by the United Pi 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- J day morning session The wording of the motion was "that the moderator of this Assembly be instructed to take 1 steps for sending of joint message I from the moderators of this Assem bly. the Northern Assembly ‘and ‘he Southern Assembly to President Woodrow Wilson, congratulating him on the stand he has taken on the im portant inoral and poltical questions of the day.” Rev. J. A. Mahaffey requested that Mason Tangles Police Deadlock| Ja B p y T E r °pS• ^ chilf Won’t Use His Power to Break Tie +•+ 4-»* +•+ Factional Lines Drawn Tighter Carlos Mason, Head of Police Board. Secretary of State William J. Bryan be 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. Rryan," 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. Rryan in the message. "There are other men in the Cabl- net who have taken positions that are as praiseworthy as that of Mr. Rry 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 lie would < onfer with the moderators of the other assemblies and formulate the joint message. Asks Georgia Grads To Help Association Harrison Junes, chairman of the < nmmittee on alumni bureau of the University of Georgia, has Issued a call 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 includes the com piling of an accurate list of living alumni sad the establishment of a monthly bulletin as a form of com munication between graduates. Mr. Jones asks $20 from each alum- I nuF lie states the class of 1907, of which he was a member, has sub scribed $200. and other contributions are ccuning in steadily Assisting Mr. Jonep are diaries M, Strahan, ’83, Athens; A. Pratt Adams, '9tk Savan nah; George T. Jackson, ’97. Augusta, and Thomas W. formally, 04. At lanta. Deny Servian Prince Will Wed U.S. Widow Special Cable to The Atlanta G e orgian BELGRADE. SEE VIA. May 16.— Semi-official denial was made here to-day of the persistent reports that Mrs Hughes Pratt, a rich American widow, is to marry Prince Arsene Karageorgevltch, a brother of King Peter of Scrvia. ft was announced mat Prince Arsene has been in the field with the Servian army since tlie 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 sister-in-law of a reigning monarch. SUICIDE CLASPS MEDAL GIVEN HIM BY CONGRESS PHII,AI>Bl,PHIA. May 16 -Casper Knobel. 69 years old, last surviving member of fourteen Union cavalry men who captured .Jefferson Davis. President of the Confederacy, at tempted suicide to-day at his board ing 1 louse here by inhaling gas. Clasped in his hand was the gold medal given him b> 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 said to those who were persecut ing the evil woman; "Let ye who are without sin cast the first stone.” Presenting prisoner*.! with Bi bles and sermons on "The Prodi gal Son" does little or nr* good. The half-million-dollar 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 is to shut him, up in a 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 Church—the 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 Union. Judge Cleland has prepared his 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 United Presbyterian Assembly Thursday afternoon. They call for a commission of "five members, to in vestigate and report tnf 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 obligation to the prisoner." Dr. R. M. Russell, the moderator, has an nounced that he will announce the names of the United Presbyterian commission on Friday. Expect to Lay Plan* Here. It is probable, in the event that the Northern and Southern Assemblies adopt tlie plan of Judge Cleland and appoint commissions, that a Joint meeting of the three 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 sentiment appears to be that the church is re miss in its duties and is neglecting one of its 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 lii- tie court on the street corner-and sends some poor soul to jail." declared Judge Cleland, "up to the milllon-dol- 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.p them survive the horrors of Imprisor - ment, but this does little or no good. "Js not the entire penal system at. war with the principles for which the church stands? The minister on Sun day preaches brotherly love, and on Monday the police courts open and tell the people that the church is w rong "Too Many Who Have Sinned.” "Christ found the weak spot in eriqi- Inal prosecution when He told those who brought the evil woman before him; 'Let ve that are without sin cast the first sftnne.’ 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 trv 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 it is to shut him up in a garbage can to im prove his digestion. God never made man to live in a Jail, and I charge th it 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 rison industry has become a commercialized project through tlie machinations of contrac tors and politicians, and urged action that would take the control of the penal institutions out of their hands. "Thousands aiy sent to jail." he declared, "for no other reason tjian that the Jails and prisons must be kept busy coining dollars for the contractors and 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. I know of one woman who has been in the Chicago prisons 176 time-*. Thousands are sent to Jail, not be cause they are criminals, but because they are poor. They commit a minor infraction of the law, are unable *o pay a small fine and are then sen* to Jail, where ,thdy learn vicious hab its and become real criminals.” Refer* 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 soda water. Judge Cleland declared that he did not blame the people of Geor gia or the Judge who 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 filled with poor, ignorant immigrants, guilty of some minor breach of the law of which they know next to nothing" A ‘'Benjamin” Blue Serge Suit $25.00 For Beauty, for Style, for Service It’s a Genuine LEADER. If V f ¥J 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, a®*** Twenty-Seven Fifty Carlton Shoe & Clothing Co. mm mu WASHINGTON. May 16—D. C. Collier* president of the Panama- California Exposition to be held in 19l5. at San Diego. Cal., is not wor ried over the Japanese situation. While In Washington he has com pletely ignored the controversy, de claring that plans for the exposition will not be altered on account of ihe tense state of affairs on the coast. (’oilier does not expect war with Japan, but is predicting great artistic and industrial advancement in the period 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 Militia Keeps Mob From Triple Slayer WASHINGTON, May 16.—A cam paign of education to prove that the panic of 1893 was manufactured a fid 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 w’ho 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." FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 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 down the doors and lynch Tom Lee, a negro, who shot and killed Policeman (>gle- tree. Frank Soles and Will Moore. The mob early to-day raided and wrecked many negro stores and house-. 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 9(l*pound railroad rail Hth which the rioters rammed the heavy steel door. The police fought for several minutes before the mob was driven back. Nation- Wide Prison Inquiry Is Expected of Assemblies \ •.: v ■ \ § * ■ i '■* 4 y , ' > , ^ " . jt 4 * . ~ - v . ^ Thirty-Six Whitehall \ mm I Photograph Taken by Georgian Staff Man. Mayor Denies Making Fight Against Chief Further Than in Seletion of Sergeant. Cornell Man Tells Students to Borrow 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 influence to aid either faction, but, according to his own statement will vote simp ly as an individual member of the commission. “I voted to allow the chief to nom inate the new sergeant.” he said, “but 1 did not know who he intended to nominate and 1 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 don’t intend to take any greater part in it than any individual member.” Mayor Woodward emphatically de clared he was making no fight on Chief Beavers further than that in 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 ! ihe fact that Commissioners W. A. Vernoy and Charles R. Garner, hith- I erto staunch supporters of the Chief, are against him in this fight. Since 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 more firm in their pos itions. Chief Beavers has not nam ed his man. Roundsman Whatley is the only candidate nominated.. Oth ers are being suggested as a com promise. Chairman Mason sai.1 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 w ith his vice crusade. The attitude of Chairman Mason gives the whole situation a puzzling aspect. * 1 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 W. 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 Sc each. Atlanta Floral Co., 555 E. Fair Street. ATLANTA MATINEES MONDAY WED. and SAT. Nights 15c to 50c ALL THIS WEEK Miss Billy Long Co. In a Farce With 1,000 Lauffcs Are You a Mason? NEXT--" THE DEEP rmr Seats Now. FORSYTH SZ Mat. Dally Evantng 8:30 PAUL DICKEY&C0. Naxt Waak ADAIR 4 Elf Wo*Wi Honfceyi APOLLO TRIO- -NEWR0FF A PHELPS- BILLY WILLS— CLARENCE WILBUR CO- MAYO A ALLMAN A OTHERS CHAMBERLIN-JOHNSON-DuBOSE CO. , ATLANTA NEyV YORK PARIS Surprise Boxes Just Unpacked And When They Were Opened, There Was the Daintiest French Hand=Made 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 Petticoats Prices begin at $3.00 for nain sook gowns. Chemise cut with dainty scallops and short sleeved. At $3.50 the ribbon appears, run 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. 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. Priced at $2.75. $3.00, $3.50 to $15.00. When have you seen such petticoats? Of straight lines, fitted and all haud-made, and of special value even in this unusual lot are the petticoats at $2.75 aud $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 pearling is used. Corset Covers 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 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. A Corset With Elastic Gore at $1.00 The elastic front gore is a mark of a more expensive corset. But w"P have succeeded in getting this comfort device into a cor set wc can sell for $1.00. Extra long skirt, medium low bust, four hose supporters. Tt mav be had in all sizes. The C.-J.-DuB. Special $1.50 Corset A better $1.50 corset, made especially for our corset department —arid we are proud to attach our name to such a worthy article. The coutil is bettor, the boning is stronger than $1.50 ordinarily buys. Very long skirt, medium low bust, si^ 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 voke is four inches deep. All sizes. Agents for Butterick Patterns and Publications ChamberIin=Johnson=DuBose Company w t V \ *