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Copyright, 1913, by
The Georgian Company.
JAPS
FULL
AS CITIZENS
Meeting at Tokio Condemns Ef
forts of Agitators To Start
Complications.
U. S. REPLY IS PREPARED
Wilson Takes Charge of State
ment Following Long Confer
ence With Bryan.
Special Cable to The American.
TOKIO, May 17.—Representative
Terutako Hinata and Kenzo Hayashi
protested against the discrimination
shown by the alien land ownership
bill and condemned the lack of land
and agricultural clauses in the exist
ing treaty. They scored the reckless
agitators, who, they said, were mere
ly playing the game of those seeking
orders for guns and warships.
Resolutions were then adopted de
claring that the Japanese in America
must have equal rights with the
whites and thaf this fundamental so
lution of the existing difficulty would
uphold Japanese prestige and guar
antee permanent peace.
The meeting closed with dignity
and seriousness and, with the excep
tion of the idea that granting natur
alization rights, the Japanese in
America would find a practical solu-
' tion.
TJ. S. Reply to Japs
In Wilson’s Hands.
WASHINGTON, May 17.—The
complete reply of the United States
to the protest of Japan against the
California alien land
the hands of the President and, ac
cording to a statement from Secretary
Bryan late this evening, may be de
livered to the Japanese Ambassader
at any time.
This status of the strained relations
between the United State?* and Japan
was* announced after a prolonged
conference between Secretary Bryan
and the President at the White House
lasting from 2:30 qntil 5 o’clock. Mr
Bryan admitted that Japanese and
Mexican affairs and other foreign re
lations had been disc*us*sed by him and
the President.
The negotiations with Japan were
thus left by Mr. Bryan dependent' for
their solution, peaceable or otherwise,
on the answer Japan may make to
the suggestion by the United States
for further diplomatic* negotiations'.
Expect Unfavorable Answer.
Summed up to this hour, no official
statement has been made in opposi
tion to the crystallized b.elief that
the United States m exporting an un
fa vorable answer from Japan. The
best the State Department could do.
it appears, was to deny the allega
tions of Japan as to the alien land
law and ask for further time and con
ference. The White House has an
nounced that there shall be no mobii-
• ization of the army or the navy. On
his arrival at the State Department
from the White Houve, Mr. Bryan
gave out a statement denying that
’ this Government was investigating
the conduct of Henry Dane Wilson,
the American An.oassador in Mexico.
It was understood that statements
printed in Mexico City and elsewhere
asserting that he* was being investi
gated has been referred to the State
\ Department by Henry Lane Wilson.
Si'oh assertion made in Mexico natu
rally would impair the usefulness of
M". Wilson to this Government in the
present complications.
While both the White House and
the State Department refused to dis
cuss the terms of the reply! it was
learned that they are as conciliatory
as possible and that every phase
which might possibly offend Japan
has been expurgated. The resultant
document is one which points out
that this Government has done every
thing in its power to prevent the
passage of the objectionable bill, and
that it will continue to work to pre
vent the enforcement of the meas
ure.
Soothe Japanese Alarm.
Japan also is asked not to be alarm
ed at the signing of the bill by Gov
ernor Johnson, but to reserve her
final decision until the law go^s into
effect—which this Government hopes
will be some time in the distant fu
ture, and after a new treaty has been
drawn up between the two countries.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels to
day deplored the “war scare” that has
been created in some quarters over
the California-Japanese situation. He
J said he had ordered every ship in the
Pacific Ocean to remain at its pres-
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Strikers Threaten
To Wipe Paterson
Off Map if Beaten
I. W. W. Agitator Says Judge Knows
as Much of Law as Pig Does
of Electricity.
PATERSON, N. J., May 17.—"We
will win this strike or the city of
Paterson will be wiped off the map.”
This remarkable statement was
made to-day at a mass meeting by
Patrick Quinlan, the I. W. W. agi
tator, who was convicted last week.
Quinlan did not amplify his state
ment. but continued with a tirade
against th'e police, prosecutor, judge
and every one else who was respon
sible for his conviction. He likened
Judge Farrell, of Paterson, to Jef
fries. of England, and Fitzpatrick, of
Ireland, and concluded by saying that
Judge Farrell knew as much about
law “as a pig about electricity.”
Quinlan severely attacked Henry
Doherty, a silk manufacturer whose
big plant in Paterson, he said, is
operated by Japanese capital. These
Japanese, he said, live on the life
blood of the children of Paterson.
Mrs. Lincoln’s ‘Bitter
Letters’ To Be Sold
Collection) Reveals Resentment To
ward Congress for Not Pro
viding for Her.
NEW YORK, May 17.—What are
known as Mrs. Lincoln’s “bitter let
ters” are to be sold at auction here
next week. The collection consists of
twelve letters written by the widow
of the martyred President in the
years just following his assassination
In some of them Mrs. Lincoln was
almost hysterical in upbraiding Con
gress for not providing for her, and in
her denunciation of General Grant.
One letter, written In August, 186.7,
asks a friend to try to sell the black
lace gown which Mrs. Lincoln wore
at the second inauguration, “for two
hours only.’’ in order to raise money
for the support of herself and her two
boys. The gown was one presented
to her by a fiiend of her husband and
cost $3,500.
In another letter, dated December
,3i)_ Lk.§5,, Mr.s,. ^Lincoln writes bitterly
of the fortunes of the Grant family
as compared with her own, and de
clares that “General Grant’s services
to his country were certainly not su
perior to my husband's.”
Irish M.P. Prosecutes
Militants in Court
Suffragettes Attack Home of John
Dillon in Early Morning.
Many Are Arrested.
Special Cable to The American.
DUBLIN, May 17—John Dillon,
member of Parliament, appeared in
the police court to-day against the
militant suffragettes who were ar
rested after attacking his house early
this morning.
While Mr. Dillon was testifying,
one of the suffragette prisoners arose
and asked him why he was opposed
to woman’s suffrage.
“I have always been opposed to
granting the vote to women,” said Mr.
Dillon, "but I never voted against it
until the militancy campaign was be
gun.”
The militant women attacked the
Dillon home while Mr. Dillon was
reading in his library at 1 o’clock in
the morning. Several windows were
smashed and Mr. Dillon calmly put
out the lights and retired.
Washington to Bar
'September Morn’
Canvas That Shocked ‘Bathhouse
John’ Must Be Suppressed, De
cides Morals Committee.
WASHINGTON, May 17.—After
viewing Chabas’ “September Morn"
from the pavement in F Street, look
ing into an art dealer’s window and
perceiving the size of the crowd that
was engaged in the same pleasing
occupation, thepublic morals cornmil-
tee of Truth Society decided that the
canvas should be suppressed.
An appeal has been made to the
Police Department and it means
probably that the lady whose beauty
shocked "Bathhouse John” in Chicago
and whose unconcealed curves' has
caused others beside Anthony Com
stock to gasp will be banished from
the capital.
SIXTY PATIENTS, MENACED
BY FIRE, SAVED BY NUNS
MANCHESTER, N. H., May 17.—
Sixty patients were thrown into a
panic at the Notre Dame de Lourdes
Hospital in West Manchester this aft
ernoon when an explosion of gasoline
started a lively blaze.
The heroic work of two nuns, who
risked their lives by entering the
blazing room and extinguishing the
fire, saved the hospital from destruc
tion.
KIPLING'S HERO UM OPENS
II
suuBisn
Action Against Indian Nizam Is
Sequel to Amazing Diamond
Transaction Years Ago.
STONE FINEST
Governor Offers Reward of $100
for Conviction of Persons Be
hind Death of Negroes.
SHRINERS FETED ON RETURN
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Adair Rfaps Record Entertainment
Potentate Forrest Adair, of Yaarab Temple, on his return from his victorious campaign in
Dallas. .Mr. Adair was given a tremendous reception at the Terminal Station, and is here shown
giving vent to his joy by leading the cheering for Atlanta. .Inst behind Mr. Adair is seen J. O.
Hardwick.
WORLD “LAWS MUST BE ENFORCED'
Plaintiff, Now Poor Man, Once “Anarchy Shall Not Supplant Of-
Was the Rich “Uncrowned !
King of Simla.”
ficials of Georgia,” Declares
Chief Executive.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, May 17.—One of the
most sensational and romantic law
suits ever heard in India will be
tried in Calcutta shortly. Action has
been brought by A. M. Jacob, late of
Simla, now living in Bombay, against
the present Nizam of Hyderabad.
Jacob is widely known in America
as the hero of Marion Crawford’s
novel, "Mr. Isaacs,” and as the orig
inal of Lurgan Sahib, maker of rich
pearls, in Kipling's “Kim.”
The suit is a sequel to an amazing
transaction, almost 25 years ago, by
the late Nizam of Hyderabad and Ja
cob over the imperial diamond, now in
the possession of the new Nizam.
This diamond, one of the finest in
the world and worth a fortune, was
Determined to make lynching a
most unpopular crime in Georgia,
Governor Brown offered a reward
Saturday of $100 fdr each and every
person against whom evidence could
be furnished sufficient to convict him
of participating “in the unlawful kill
ings and assaults upon the dignity of
the State” in connection with the re
cent lynching of negroes in Heard and
Columbia Counties.
“The State’s process for enforcing
her laws is definite and complete,"
said Governor Brown in issuing the
order. “She has not abdicated the
power to apply that process, nor does
she permit her power to be usurped
by any person or combination of per
sons. She does not concede that an
archy in any form or to any degree
shall supplant her laws.”
The action was taken by Governor
Brown on his own initiative and with
out a request from any interested
source. It was to manifest in an
unmistakable manner the stern dis
approval of the State for any acts of
lawlessness or for any attempt to
usurp the functions of the courts and
penal system by unauthorized per
sons.
John Henry Moore was taken from
bought for the late Nizam by Jacob
when the latter was at the height of
his power in Simla. Only part of the
money was paid, but the diamond was
never given up.
Again and again Jacob has sought
permission to sue the Nizam for the
recovery of either the stone or the
balance of money owing—$1,250,000.
That permission has always been re
fused, but at the Durbar, through the
help of Major General Stuart Beat-
son, aide-de-camp of King George,
Jacob’s long standing grievance was
put before the King, who said he
would see what could be done.
Viceroy Agr e es to Action.
Lord Hardinge, Viceroy, has now
agreed to the action and when the
case comes on some names that are
household words, including two vice
roys of India—one of them Lord
Curzon—will be brought in. The
private as opposed to the public life
of viceroys will be given. Financed
by a friend and confident of a tri
umphant verdict, Jacob has under
taken the task with all his heart in
it.
For years he has been living in
Bombay with little money, due to
the disastrous diamond transaction;
whereas, he was one of the richest
men in India. Friend and adviser of
no less than four viceroys and confi
dant of every fashionable and beauti
ful woman—in fact, uncrowned king
of Simla—he taught Kipling much of
what he knew of India.
He made name and early fame of
Marion Crawford, who sat at his
feet in Delhi, Simla, and he taught
the late Mme. Blavatsky more about
occultismv than she had ever dream
ed of.
When at the height of his fame
and power, when all Simla was flock
ing to his wonderful seances and his
house, stocked with precious stones
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the jail at Appling, Columbia County,
and lynched by a mob May 5. He
had been arrested near Martine in
that County, and it was charged that
he tried to kill the Sheriff when he
was taken in custody.
Governor Brown communicated
with the sheriff of each county as
soor as he learned of the lynchings
and asked for official statements of
the occurrences. He told the officers
to inform him if they desired rewards
issued for the capture of the lynch
ers.
A reply was received from each
sheriff, but both refused to make any
specific request for the offer of a re
ward. The Governor thereupon took
the matter in his own hands on the
authority given him by the statutes
and directed that the offers of re
wards be promulgated.
H^re is a sample of the proclama
tions:
State of Georgia—By His Excel
lency, Joseph M. Brown, Gov
ernor—A Proclamation.
Executive Department, Atlanta,
Ga., May 17, 1913.—Whereas offi
cial information has been received
at this department that John Hen
ry Moore was put to death by
lynching at Appling, Columbia
County, May 5, by unknown par
ties, who escaped and are now fu
gitives from justice; and
Whereas the malignity of the
crime and the promotion of jus
tice require that said unknown
parties be brought to trial for the
offense, it is therefore
Ordered, That the Secretary of
State record and issue » procla
mation offering a reward of $100
for the apprehension and delivery
of the said unknown parties to
the Sheriff of Columbia County,
with evidence sufficient to con
vict.
JOSEPH M. BROWN,
Governor.
By the Governor:
A. H. ULM,
Secretary Executive Department.
A similar proclamation was issued
in the case of Sam O'wensby, who wa
lynched at Heard on Monday.
Mr, and Mrs.Hearst
Guests at Dinner of
Gov .-Elect Slaton
Party of Sixteen Entertained at
Beautiful Country Place in Hon
or of Publisher and Wife.
Governor-elect and Mrs. John
Marshall Slaton entertained a din
ner party of sixteen at their country
place last night, in honor of Mr. and
Mrs. William Randolph Hearst.
The guests were seated at an ob
long .table, decorated in rose-pink
carnations and white sweet peas. A
central adornment, a large silver lov
ing cup of the carnations, this being
encircled by silver baskets of sweet
peas, and silver candlesticks, shaded
in crystal.
Mrs. Slaton was gowned in black
Chantilly lace over pale pink satin,
with high girdle of Nile green, and
a corsage garniture of crystal.
The guests were Mr. and Mrs.
Hearst, Governor and Mrs. Joseph M
Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Howell,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Maddox. Mr.
and Mrs. John Grant, Mrs. W. D.
Grant, Miss Dooly. Mr. Guy Barham,
of Los Angeles, Cal., and Mr. John
S. Cohen.
GREAT FIRE IN BUDAPEST
LEAVES 8,000 HOMELESS
Special Cable to The American.
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, May 17.
Eight thousand people were made
homeless, one child was burned to
death, many persons were injured
and heavy financial loss was caused
by a great* fire in the center of this
city to-day. The llames started in
the upper floor of a large building,
and. fanned by a strong wind, quickly
spread to several blocks of houses,
which were destroyed.
BUSINESS HALTS
FOR TECH PARADE
Students in Night Shirts Cele
brate Baseball Victory With
Snake Dance in Streets.
Seven hundred “Tech” students,
wildly exuberant over Saturday’s
4-to-l defeat of "Georgia” at base
ball, and the taking of the series three
games to one, riotously paraded At
lanta’s streets for two hours last
night, shouting their battle cries and
serenading every hotel with their
brass band.
Banners flying and red fire blazing,
they burst from “Tech" tlats and took
inarching formation on North Ave
nue. All were in nightshirts or pa
jamas. It would not have been a
"Tech” celebration otherwise.
As they swung from North Avenue
into Peachtree Street, they linked
arms and started the % picturesque
snake dance, which they continued to
the edification of the crowds along
the sidewalks into the heart of town.
Street cars were stalled and cross
ings were blocked, but no one seem
ed to oar** not even the motormen.
The nightshirts, which were perfect
ly model garments when the parade
began, were rent to tatters in the
frenzy of enthusiasm before the even
ing was over.
Their serpentine course along
Peachtree was stopped for the first
time at the Woodbury School for
Girls, and was resumed only after
they properly had apprised tne fair
inmates of the day’s most happy out
come.
At the Aragon Hotel the army
paused again. They rendered, with
fine irony, “Glory to Old Georgia."
and then proceeded to serenade the
Piedmont and execute new and start
ling variations of the Turkey Trot
for such of the Presbyterian com
missioners as did not attend the big
mass meeting.
They did not stop at the portals
of the Kimball. Yelling and singing,
they marched through the lobby,
scandalizing the guests and imperil
ing the safety or those with weak
hearts. Then they turned around
and marched right out.
Down Whitehall they went to
Mitchell, where they disbanded. Some
went to their homes, while others
continued the celebration on their
own account.
“We've Got to Get Busy; They
Are Coming in Droves,” Says
I
Atlanta Potentate.
Undaunted by the fact that.for the
past two weeks he has averaged less
than five hours' sleep a night, For
rest Adair, potentate of Yaarab Tem
ple, A. A. O. N. M. S.. hadn’t been
in town fifteen minutes Saturday aft
ernoon before he had doffed his coat,
rolled up his sleeves and plunged into
the work of planning for the enter
tainment of the Imperial Council
when it meets in Atlanta in 1914
Mr. Adair says he started planning
even before his train arrived in At
lanta, and by the time the howling
mob at the Terminal Station got a
glimpse of him the potentate had a
program of work mapped out that
bids fair to keep his subjects on the
jump for weeks. Members of the va
rious committees of the local Shrine
noticed that no sooner had their ruler
alighted than he began singling them
out with his eagle eye and beckoning
them to the royal automobile, and
they shone with reflected glory as
they walked proudly beside the car in j
the triumphal march up Peachtree
Street.
Little did they know of the de
signs which Mr. Adair had on their
Saturday afternoon’s pleasure. When J
the potentate reached the Temple the
joyful committeemen edged into the
crowd and seized some of the noise
making devices w ith which their com
rades were armed, being minded to
take a hand in the game themselves.
But they didn’t get away. Mr. Adair
was chock full of the Atlanta spirit
and he believed in doing things while
there were things to do. So he yanked
the astonished members of his com
mittees away from their yelling,
cheering comrades and disappeared
with them into the recesses of the',
Temple, where for two houfs he kept
them in conference on ways and
means to make the Shriners who will
come here in 1914 go away bubbling
j over with praise for Atlanta and the
j Atlanta way of doing things.
Gets Busy Immediately.
"We’ve got to get busy.” Mr. Adair
told a Sunday American reporter,
"for the Shriners are coming to At-
lanta in droves. Before I left Dal
las not less than 1,500 Shriners.
through the officers of their lodges,
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All Charges of Mismanagement
and Graft Against Cummings
Proved, Declares Mayor in
Scorching Message to Council.
Will Gladly Furnish the Proof to
the Grand Jury if That Body
Should Desire It, He Adds—To
Veto the Vindication Report.
Controversy Over Fire Engine
Bid Recalled—Tells of Rebates
Formerly Given on Hose Which
Were Turned Over to the City.
Mayor Woodward Saturday made
public a scorching message to Coun
cil on what he terms the "white
washing" of Fire Chief W. B. Cum
mings and the conduct of the fire
department. He declares that all
the charges of mismanagement and
graft were proved, and that the in
vestigating committee and the mem
bers of Council deliberately discount
ed all the ^yidence.
He doe?* not say he will take the
matter before the Grand Jury, but de
clares that he would gladly furnish
the proof if the Grand Jury should
desire it
The message, a veto of the report,
unanimously adopted by Council,
which vindicated (Thief Oummings of
ajl charges of corruption, will he read
to Council Monday afternoon.
Those Who Conducted Probe
Tne members of the investigation
committee were J. H. Harwell, J. W.
Maddox, Charles \V. Smith. Clarence
Ha vert y and S. A. Ward law.
The message follows:
To the General Council, Atlanta,
Gentlemen:
“I have declined to put my seal of
approval upon the action of the com
mittee appointed to investigate the
charges or statements that I had made
in a veto message to your honorable
body, because of the fact that I am
more thoroughly convinced, since at
tending some of the meetings of that
committee and hearing the evidence
given that I was entirely correct in
every statement contained in that
message, and I further desire to re
iterate every statement made therein.
"All of the accusations made by me
were absolutely correct and are borne
out by the records of the city, and
if the investigation had been con
ducted upon lines with a desire to
ferret out and get good results, the
city would have been the beneficiary.
But the report of the committee shows
that it was the intention of that body
to excuse and palliate.
Makes Strong Comparison.
“There can be no excuse for vio
lating a city law. Because one man,
or one department, has gone along
and conducted its business contrary
to the city charter, does not justify
another in doing the same thing It
would be no justification for a band
of burglars to burglarize a bank be
cause another band had burglarized
the samp bank the week before. While
this may be a strong comparison. I
have no desire to appear offensive
or harsh.
"As to the matter of bidding on a
fire engine last October, I stated that
the city could have gotten as good or
a better engine for less money. There
was a letter presented at that meet
ing of the Board of Fire Masters of
fering 10 per cent discount on one
of the engines and the only excuse
that was* offered was that no member
of the board read the letter making
the 10 per cent discount. That being
true, it is evident that the Board of
Fire Masters* of las’ year were not as
thorough in their work as they should
have been. Your committee, in an
apologetic way. admits the truth of
the accusation of this part of my
message.
Tells of Old Rebates.
"As to the queerion of buying fire
hose for the past twelve years, I
showed plainly by the records of the
city that for the first six years in
Cliief Joyner’s administration he re
ceived a rebate of 10 cents per foot
on every foot of 2 1-2-inch standard
hose that he bought. This was a spe
cial rebate made to him. but he turned
it into the city treasury. During the
past six years, under Chief Cumming’s
administration, with the same Quality
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