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HE Art, ST’S SUNDAY AMEK1CAN,
ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, MAY 25, 1913.
National Government Heads, State
and City of New York Officials and
Representatives of Army and Navy
to Take Part in the Ceremonies.
NKV YORK, May 24.—Distin
guished civif, military and naval
authorities will be present on Me
morial Day, when the unveilin* of
the National Maine monument take*
T»lace, plans for which were com
pleted to-day.
Thl«’ magnificent example of the
sculptor’s art, erected at the south
west entrance to Central Park, In
the heart of Manhattan, will com
memorate for all time the heroes
who lost their lives on the United
States battleship Maine in Havana
Harbor on February 15. 1898.
Then- will be addresses by dis
tinguished guests, a parade of Unit
ed States troops, bluejackets from
the visiting warships in the Hudson
River, veterans of the Spanish war
and civic societies and National
Guard of New York. It is expected
ihat President Wilson will review
the procession from the balcony of
the Hotel Plaza at Fifty-ninth
Street. With him in the balcony
will be Governor Sulzer. Mayor
Gaynor. who later will accept the
monument In behalf of the city;
Secretary of War IJndley Garrison,
Secretary of the Navy Josephus
Daniel.*. Bishop Greer. Rabbi Jo
seph Silverman, General James
Grant "iUm and William Randolph
H*arst.
On Memorial Day there will be a
luncheon at the Plaza at 1:30 o'clock,
at which all of the visitors will be
guests. After the luncheon th« par
ty will proceed to the scene of the
unveiling and take seats in the re
viewing MtAnd.
Fleet to Enter Hudson.
On the morning of May 29 a fleet
of battleships, untier command of
Admiral Badger, will drop anchor in
the Hudson, having come here for
the erperial purpose of attending
the ceremonies. Mayor Gaynor has
Issued orders to the police to care
fully superintend all amall boats
carrying visitor* to the fleet, to see
that visitors to the battleships are
not,over«-hnrg.ed_giid to see that the
small craft are properly equipped
Tor safety In addition to the Amer
ican warships, there will be a Cu
ban battleship with soldiers and
sailors who will take part In the
parade The Cuban worship will
bring with it h commission repre
senting tlie Cuban Senate. The Cu
ban Minister to the United State*
and the Cuban Consul General will
attend.
Rear Admiral Cameron McRae
Winalow will be grand marshal of
the parade, wlfli some six or seven
reHr admirals a* his aides, among
them Rear Admiral Fletcher, who
came to New York from Vera Cruz,
Mexico, to take part. Behind tin
line of New York City mounted po
lice will march 5.000 sailors from
the battleships. Then will come
United States regulars from all New
York nrmy posts, in command of
Major General Barry, commander
of the Department of the Fast. Fol
lowing will be fhe United Spanish
War Veteran*, the National Guard
of New York and New Jersey, Cu
ban sailors and marines and civic
Bluejackets to Go on Guard.
Karl;, on the morning of Memorial
Day a n ival lieutenant in command
of 100 bluejackets will take posses
sion of the monument. While they
are standing on guard, a huge
wreath will be placed at the foot of
the monument in the name of the
United State- Government, as di
rect? i by President Wilson. A
floral wreath presented by the Rev
Father John P. Chidwick, now con
nected with St. Joseph's Seminary
a? Yonkers, N Y.. and who was
chaplain of the battleship Maine,
will oe mid upon the monument, ns
will wreaths sent by the Governor
and Uegi Mature of the State of
Maine, and a floral piece sent bv
Governor Sulzer and the Legislature
of New York.
The best buglers of the assem
bled battleships have been selected
to play “tap*” while they surround
the monument. When the notes of
the bugles ling out, the signal will
be conveyed to the warships in the
river and they will commence the
firing of 21 suns a* a salute.
General James (.rant Wilson, a
member of the Maine Monument
fomimttee. will present the monu
ment to the city of New York, and
Mayor Gaynor will accept. Other
members of the committee besides
(General Wilson are John W. Keller
and Mr. Hearst.
Sigsbee To Be in Line.
The parade will start at 2:30
p. m. from Forty-second Street and
Fifth Avenue and proceed north to
Fifty-ninth Street. One of the mor^
lnt^-i esl irg figure- in line \\ U’ :...
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commander of* the battleship Maine
when she was blown up.
On reaching the scene of the cer
emonies. the troops will be massed
about the monument, so that the
public may have a proper view and
at the same time get near enough to
|iear the speakers Many survivors
of the Maine and relatives of the
dead heroes will have seats In a
special stand erected near the mon
ument.
The cost of the monument was
1163,000. The original fund raised
was $143,000 with interest. Tills
would have been more than suffl-
• lent but for the fact that the Mu
nicipal Art Commission directed
ihat certain changes he made and
that gates be elected at either side.
This made a distinct improvement
in the appearance, but brought th«
cost higher. Mr, Hears! notified
the committee in charge of raising
the fund that he would contribute
$1 for every dollar raised toward
this additional expense by the
< o nmittee, or approximately $20,-
Tn^Board of Estimate of New
York, after a thorough audit, ha»
voted $7.00rt ;o pay for the foun
dation of the monument. Preai-
dant Gomez of uwba ha* aaked the
Cuban Congress to vote an appro
priation of $5,000 for the monument,
and that is now pending.
Traas Are a Faature.
An interesting feature in connec
tion with the monument la the work
of Park Commiealoner Htover in
planting trees about it. In the rear
of the monument he ha* what he
calla “The Grove of the Fleet*
conelflting of several very rare scar
let oaks, each to represent one of
Admiral Dewey’s ship*: red oaks,
one for each of Schley end Samp
son'* whips, and a pin oak tree for
each of the battleships at present
in active service in the UniteJ
State* Navy,
A description of the monument
follows: The principal motif of
the new composition is a pylon
18 1-2 by 21 feet and 40 fec-t high.
With panels on It* four faces. It
is flanked by two colossi represent
ing the Atlantic and the Pacific
Oceans, suggestive of the national
scope of the memorial, the Atlantic
typified by a young man in the full -
new* of his strength, the Pacific by
an old man half-alumberlng. The
figures standing would be over 14
feet higo.
At the foot of the shaft, and fac
ing the circle, is a group of rcutp-
ture ante-bellum in idea—Courage
awaiting the flight of Peace, while
Fortitude supports the feeble. These
are figures nearly twic# actual life
size. Above the group is the fol
lowing inscription:
•TO THE VALIANT SEAMEN
WHO PERISHED IN THE
M A IN E- - B Y FA TE UN WARN
ED. IN DEATH UNAFRAID.”
Op the low*r part of the pedestal
supporting this group is a conven
tional boat prow on which kneels
a figure of a boy holding w reath*
of olive and laurel, suggesting the
new era Inaugurated in Cuba
through the Spanish War.
Fountain Toward Cirol*.
A low fountain ba*ln extends to
ward the circle from this side of
the monument, approached by
three broad steps forming a stylo
bate.
The corresponding group on the
side facing the park is post-bellum
in motif-Justice, having Intrusted
her *word to the GtntUs of War to
execute her mandate*, receives It
again at hi* hand*, while HUtnry
record* its deed*. The inscription
over this group read* ss follows:
-TO THE FREEDMEN WHO DIED
IN THE WAR WITH SPAIN
THAT OTHERS MIGHT BE
FREE ”
The pylon is crowned by a group
representing Columbia Triumphant,
drawn in a sea car by three plung
ing horses. This group is in bronze,
cast from guns recovered from the
sunken Maine, and i* heavily gild
ed. The group Is 17 feet high, mak
ing the monument 57 feet In height.
AH the other sculpture will be of
Knoxville marble. In panels on the
lateral face* of the shaft will be
Inscribed the names of those to
whom the monument is dedicated.
At either sid* of the pylon and
separated from It by two park
roads are two entrances formed by
four garden houses of the type fa
miliar to the great parks abroad
Each pair *of houses constitutes a
gateway. There will he one of these
gates on each side of the footpaths,
and partially connected by a low
wall of tr*e height of the present
park wall and with seats facing the
circle.
The material to be used for the
pylon, the houses and the wall will
be Tennessee marble, with a gran
ite base of similar stone
Floral Wreath.
One of the features of the unveiling
of the National Maine monument on
the afternoon of May 30 will be a
little ceremony connected with the
placing of a floral piece on the mon
ument presented by President Wilson
in the name of the United States.
Father John V. Chidwick, who was
chaplain of the Maine when the war
ship was sunk in Havana harbor,
will place the w'reath on the monu
ment and it w'ill be borne from the
speaker s stand to the. monument by-
surviving men of the battleship's
crew.
Rear Admiral Cameron McRea
Winslow, who is to be grand marshal
of the land parade, has issued orderN
and maps to commanders of military
and naval commands that are to be
in the parade Major General Barry,
U S. A . has been co-operating with
him and has assigned Colonel Mal
lory to command the troops from the
army.
There will be five thousand men
from the North Atlantic fleet in the
pa rade.
Governor Sulzer and Governor
Haines, of Maine, will lake part in
the ceremonies.
Massee Must Face
Tennessee Charge
South Carolina Supreme Court Or
ders Rearrest on Governor
Hooper's Requisition.
COLUMBIA. May 24.—The Supreme
Court of South Carolina to-day re
versed the decision of Judge Sease.
in which he honored habeas corpus
proceedings brought by W. J. Mas
see, the Macon capitalist, who. by or
der of Governor Blease. on July 25,
1912. was arrested by the Sheriff of
Spartanburg County on requisition
from Governor Hooper, of Tennessee
Massee was released under bond of
$10,000. The Supreme Court orders
him to appear before Judge Sease at
a date aped fled and that be be placed
jin the custody of ihe Sheriff of Spar
tanburg County to be surrendered to
• the Tennessee authorities.
Mark Twain’s Style
Adopted by Fletcher
Champion Masticator Say* White
Clothes Tend to Universal
Cleanliness.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, May 24 Horae* Fletch
er, the champion long distance mas
ticator, is to be seen all around Lon
don in a white flannel suit. It g'-t*
no great acclaim from Londoner*.
They remember Mark Twain. Bur
while the great American humorist
wore white flannel* with the perfect
ly charming explanation that they
were the clothes he looked handsom
est in, Fletcher discusses his snowy
raiment on the grounds that he is Hn
apostle of hygiene
"Persons.” said he "who wear v\a*h
clothing, and especially whit* nr*
nice, neat and tidy in their personal
habits. And then they are more self-
respecting. It may he a constant
• are and expense !o keep nattily clad
in white, but not more than the ex
pense that :• man throws away In to
bacco and perfumes.
“Now London lias become a com
paratively <lean city, but what a
model of purity ii would become if
everybody dressed in white. My dress
that you may tall singular has given
me no Inconvenience, I look clean and
fresh and all Londoners seem to ap
preciate the f*ct. Such glances as
are turned In my direction are air
rather admiring ”
Spanish War Camp
To Decorate Graves
Younger Veterans Will Join With
G. A. R. in Observing Memorial
Day at Marietta.
Orders have been issued by George
Niles Watson, Commander of Genera)
Henry \V. Lawton ('amp, United
Spanish War Veteran* announcing
the participation of that camp, with
O. M. Mitchell Dost. G. A R. In the
Memorial exercises it the National
Cemetery. Marietta. National Decor
ation Day, Friday. May 30. All Vet
erans of the Spanish-American war
are invited to [mrtlcipate in the Mem
orial exercises whether or not they
are members of the local organiza
tion.
The comp will meet at Its hall in
the Auditorium-Armory at 8:30 a. m.-
Mav 3U, and march to the Walton
Street Depot of the Atlanta-Mariet
ta car line where special cars will be
in waiting
All contributions of flowers will be
gratefully received by the Memorial
Committee at the car station on
Memorial Day morning. A special
rate of 50 cents for the round trip
has been granted by the electric line.
Let Charity Remain
Home, Says Marshall
Vice President Doesn’t Want Some
Society Women Aiding Him
When He Grows Old.
WASHINGTON. May 24. “God
bus given me lots of good things in
life, hut one thing more I ask. and
that is when I get old, some society
woman will not hunt me down In mv
garret, look me over and send me a
quart of ice cream In the name of mv
Creator, said Vice President Mar
shall in his address before the gradu
ating class of the Fairmount Semi
nary here.
He pleaded the cause of the lady’s
maid in urging the girl graduates to
practice the "higher justice."
Second Co-operative Club Will Be
Organized to Permit Sale of
Instruments at Low Cost.
One of the largest advertising ram-
pagne ever undertaken in Atlanta
begins in to-day’s Sunday American
for the Weatherholt Piano Company,
72 North Broad Street. The opening
gun of this campaign i* a double-
page advertisement announcing the
inauguration of the Weatherholt
Player-Piano Club, by which lovers
of music are enabled to secure a
$♦> .0 player-piano for $488 50 on very
attractive term*.
Since making Atlanta Southern
headquarters about a year ago for nl»
chain of store*, T E. Weatherholt.
' president of the Weatherholt Plano
Company, has taken a prominent part
in the piano business, not only In At-
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| lanta. but throughout the South.
Lam January he Inaugurated a club
j of 500 member*, who were enabled
to secure high-elaes planoa at n fig
ure ( onelderably lesa than wae possi
ble without co-operation. For the
firm time in the history of the piano
i busineae in this vicinity Mr. Weath-
erholt now haa decided to organise
! another co-operative club to enable
the muaic-lovlng people of Atlanta
and the South to secure player-planoe
Ht a low figure and on term, which
places these instruments within th-
reach of everybody.
Before deciding on which paper :o
use exclusively for his advertising
campaign, Mr. Weatherholt made a
I dose study of the newspaper situa
tion in Atlanta and decided to use
The Georgian and Hearst's Sunday
American.
Mr Weatherholt has aold thou
sands of pianos and player-pianos
! throughout the South.
First Smuggling
Case at Pensacola
Two Arraigned Charged With Bring
ing Gin Into State Without
Paying Duty.
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PE.NSACOJ.A, FLA., May 24—The
first smuggling case ever in the
i United States Court here began to-
; day when Ventura Quiroga. an Ital
ian dairyman, and Pablo Bordo,
steward of the British steamer Gra
cia. now In port, were arraigned be
fore United States <'ommisaloner S
J. Sullivan, Jr., charged with con
spiring to defraud the Government
by smuggling gin into the United
States without payment of duty. Both
were bound over to United States
Court finder bonds of M50.
Tony Santo, a negro on the vessel,
was arrested by police officers and
twelve quart bottles of Holland gin
were found lri ill* possession. He
admitted lie was delivering it to the
dairyman for tlie steward, and turned
State's evidence.
An Educated
Doctor
Can tell you the difference between white
bread and
Grape = Nuts
FOOD
You’ll promptly discover the reason why
tons of thousands now eat a regular morn
ing dish of Grape-Nuts and cream as the
cereal part of breakfast.
White bread and many of the pre
pared breakfast foods are made of grains
from which three-fourths of the most
valuable brain-building and health-sus
taining elements has been removed.
Grape-Nuts food is made of whole wheat
and malted barley, milled under scientific
supervision, and made into crisp, golden
granules, rich in well-balanced nourish
ment.
At this time of year a dish of Grape-Nuts
and cream, as the cereal part of a meal, is
especially valuable in meeting the require
ments of hodv and brain.
There’s a Reason”
Grape-Nuts
Sold bv grocers evervwhere.
Apply at Once tor Space in HURT BUILDING
Persons desiring to rent offices or stores in tke HURT BUILDING,
and wko may desire special arrangement of rooms, are requested to apply
IMMEDIATELY at tke office of tke
ATLANTA REALTY CORPORATION
229 EQUITABLE BUILDING
The work of sukdividing tke floors into rooms is now progressing.
Any special arrangement desired skould ke decided upon kefore tke partition
walls are kuilt. Possession will ke given on Octoker 1st, next.
SPECIAL ADVANTAGES AFFORDED IN THE BUILDING:
FOR SAFETY
FOR CONVENIENCE-
Superior design and construction.
Thoroughly wind-braced.
Fireproof corridors, stairways and elevator hatchways.
Fireproof exterior windows.
No exposing buildings.
Sanitary, fireproof, granolithic floors.
Central location.
All offices with outside light.
Elevators of most modern type.
Specially attractive entrance.
Toilets on every other floor.
Superior janitor service.