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The Weather To-day: s Local showers Sunday and probably Monday; moderate south winds. 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- Continued on Page 5, Column 2. 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 •!* • v v ® v -I* • *1* v • ‘I* *!*••«* •!•••»• *!• • v *1* • *1* Start Preparations for Meet Here •1*0*1* *!*•*!* *•*# V V o *1* *1* • *1* Y o *1* *1* • *1* *1* • Y V • *1* 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 Continued on Page 4, Column 8. 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, Continued on Face 6, Column 5. 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 Atlanta Edition of The American Consists of the Following Sections: [ 1—Late News. 6—Editorial. 2—Real Estate and Wants. 7—City Life 3—Extra News. 8—Magazine. | 4—Sports. Autos. 5—Society and Foreign. 9—Comics. BE SURE TO GET THEM ALL.