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THT: ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
Two Nations Unite to Unveil Maine Memorial Shaft To-day in New York City
MONUMENT SUGGESTED BY W. R, HEARST-FUNDS RAISED THROUGH HIS PAPERS
PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE COMPLETED MONUMENT TO THE HEROES WHO WENT DOWN WITH THE MAINE. )
Cuba Joins United States in Honor
ing Dead Heroes.
NEW YORK, May 30.—While a dozen mighty sea fighters of
the American navy thundered a salute of 'T>2 guns, bands played
ihe national air and a phantom Moral snip fashioned after the
United • States steamship Maine was sent adrift in the Hudson;
Master George Hearst this afternoon pulled the silken cords that
unveiled the monument erected at the Columbus circle entrance
to Central Park in honor of the men who died in Havana harbor
February 15, 1808, when the Maine was blown up by a foreign
foe.
Former President William Howard Taft, Secretary of the
Navy, Josephus Daniels, Governor William Sulzer, of New York;
Governor William T. Haines, of Maine; Mayor William J. Gaynor,
of New York; a distinguished delegation of Cuban notables and
many persons prominent in the military, naval and civil life of
the nation had part in the interesting and impressive events of
the day.
The monument is. largely I lie result
of the w ( ork of William Randolph
Hearst and his newspapers. Mr
Hearst suggested the shaft as a fit
ting tribute to the martyrs of the
Maine and raised the fund through
the influence of hiR papers.
The sailors and marines from the
13 battleships of the North Atlantic
Fleet lying in the Hudson River, and
the sailors and soldiers from the
Cuban warship Cuba, landed at
noon to-day and assembled in Forty-
fifth Street near Fifth Avenue in
preparation for the big land parade
Admiral Led Parade.
Rear Admiral Cameron McRea
Winslow. U. S. N., was grand mar
shal of the parade, with Rear Ad
miral Fletcher In command. The
United Spanish war veterans oc
cupied a prominent part in the inarch
ing column under the command of
State Commander Chauncey W. Her
rick. The New York National Guard
was represented by the Sixty-
ninth Regiment, the First Regiment
Cavalry and the Navail Militia.
Troops of the United States army
from nearby army posts also partici
pated In the parade which proceeded
up Fifth Avenue to Fifty-ninth Street,
thence west to Columbus Circle,
around the westerly side of the'Co
lumbus monument and up Broad
way tb Sixty-sixth Street, where
it broke .up into the various
divisions, each division marching
back to the mpnument at the Fifty-
ninth Street and Broadway entrance
to Central Park, .where they as
sembled in a fanlike formation about
the monument.
Bishop to Offer Prayer.
The unveiling ceremonies began at
11:30 with a prayer by Bishop Davis
H. Greer. General James Grant Wil
son then presented the monument
to the city. As soon as General Wil
son has finished his address, the
bands struck up the “Star Span
gled Banner’’ and the huge flags drap
ing the monument fluttered to the
ground..- While the bands continued
to play the national air several
wreaths were placed at the base
of the monument.
Father Chldwlck, chaplain of the
old Maine, when she met her fate
In Havana harbor, placed a wreath
presented by President Wilson, and
Mrs. Frederick R. Coudert placed
r wreath from the State of Maine.
Mrs. Coudert was the chrlstener of
the Maine when she was first
launched. A wreath from the com
mittee was placed; one from the
Cuban nation was placed by the
three envoys extraordinary which
• Cuba has sent to this country for the
I'occasion, Mayor Gaynor's daughter
placed the wreath from the City of
New York, and Rear Admiral Slgs-
bee, who commanded the Maine at
the time of the disaster, also pre
sented a wreath. A wreath from the
State of New York was placed, as
well.
Mayor Gaynor to Accept.
Following the placing of the
wreaths, Mayor Gaynor accepted
the monument on behalf of the city.
Governor Sulzer, of New York, and
Governor Haines, of Maine, each
made an address, followed by Sec
retory of Navy Daniels and Read Ad
miral Sigsbee.
Several survivors of the Maine were
be on hand in the stands facing the
speakers' platform in Columbia Cir
cle. The families of the men who
lost their lives In the memorable dis
aster were also given scats in these
stands. .
The large number of Spanish war
veterans who took part in the
parade added to the touching sen
timent of the c#ent, and Cuba, to
whom the destruction of the battle
ship meant the beginning of her free
dom from the yoke of Spain, has
shown her appreciation by sending
the warship Cuba, a detachment of
soldiers and three envoys. Thus the
two nations gathered to honor the
heroes, who. although they did not
fall in battle, sacrificed their lives for
their country.
Admiral Badger, m command
of the fleet.
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Southern Room
For White House
WASHINGTON. D. C., May 30.—
The White Hous« Is to have a room
furnished in the handiwork of the
Southern mountaineers. Mrs. Wilson,
ted in the work
uplift of these
duplicates of
FUNERAL NOTICE.
Mrs. Jean Shaunessy. age 70 years, died
at 5 o'ck>c'k Thursday afternoon at the
residence of her daughter. Mrs. C. F.
Cantrell, 1 Gordon Street. The de
ceased '.s survived by a daughter. Mrs.
Cantrell, and one son. W. M. Shau
nessy. Funeral services will be held
at the Cantrell residence at 3 o’clock
Saturday afternoon, the Rev. B. F.
Purser officiating. The remains will
be taken to Toronto, Canada, for in
terment. Toronto being the old home
of the deceased.
J. B. Carr, of Quitman. Ga . died at a
private infirmary in Atlanta at 13:30
o’clock Friday. He is survived by one
son, W. D. Carr, of Quitman. The re
mains were removed to the Patterson
undertaking parlors and will be sent
to Quitman for burial.
Mrs. Sarah C. Stevens and her foster
daughter, Miss Nellie Stevens, who
who is deeply interes
j I being done for the
j people, has ordered
many of the beautiful weavings on
exhibition at the headquarters of the
Southern Educational Association,
for one of the White House rooms.
Both Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Thomas
the meeting at
undertaking par
LMear-viUe at 5:30
rEWrtllng
will be
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R. Marshall atten
the Southern Building yesterday of I
the honorary board of the associa-
tion, organized on May 3. at the Momt
of Mrs. Claude A. Swanson by Mrs.
Martha G. Gielow.
After -a brief address of welcome
to the honorary president. Mrs. Wil
son, and the honorary vice president,
Mrs. Marshall, followed by an expla
nation of the purpose of the new
board by Mrs. Gielow. Mrs. Swanson,
chairman, took up plans for further
ing the work of the association. Mrs.
Wilson took an active part.
Jack London’s new story,
The Scarlet Plague, ’ ’ begins in
the American Monthly Magazine
given free with every copy of
next Sunday’s American.
Atlanta and Tallapoosa Posts Con
duct Memorial Exercises at
Marietta Cemetery.
MARIETTA, GA„ May 30.—Memo-
rial exercises for Federal soldiers
were conducted at the National Cem
etery here to-day by Grand Army of
the Republic camps of Atlanta and
Tallapoosa, assisted by citizens of
Marietta.
Upon the arrival of the old soldiers
they formed a procession at the pub
lic squaTo, under command of Post
Commander George B. Leavitt, in the
following order:
Detachment and’ band of Seven
teenth Irtfantry, U. S. A.; O. M.
Mitchell Post. G. A. R., Atlanta; J.
B. Steedfnan Post. G. A. R.. Talla
poosa; Women’s Relief Corps and cit
izens. The procession moved to the
cemetery, where the following pro
gram was rendered:
Assembly.
Music, “Nearer, My God. to Thee"—
Seventeenth Infantry Rand and audi
ence.
Prayer—Comrade C. F. Fairbanks,
chaplain, Atlanta.
“Duty of the Day"—Comrade
George B. Leavitt, commander, At
lanta.
Music Rand.
Reading of Department and Nation
al Orders -Comrade H. 8. Cave, ad
jutant, Atlanta.
Music, “America”—Band and audi
ence.
Lincolns Gettysburg Address—
Comrade J. W. Smith, Atlanta.
“Tribute to Our Dead’’—Comrade F.
A. Jones, Tallapoosa.
Music—Band.
Address—Rev. W. H. Hopkins, su
perintendent of home missions. Con
gregational Home Mission Society.
Music. “Star Spangled Banner”—
Band and audience
Salute to the Dead- Seventeenth
Infantry.
Taps.
Benediction.
Decoration of graves.
Dalton Confederate
Graves Decorated.
DALTON. GA., May 30.-—Scores of
survivors of General Joseph E. John
ston's army gathered here to-day to
participate in the annual observance
of Confederate memorial day. At noon
all veterans were entertained at
lunch by the Daughters of the Con
federacy and at 2 o’clock the exer
cises were begun at the court house.
Professor Joseph T. Derry, of At
lanta. the memorial orator, was In
troduced by Rev. F. K. Sims. The
Joseph E. Johnston monument re
cently erected here was decorated
with evergreen wreathes and in the
exercises fitting tribute whs paid the
great gelera!. Following the exer
cises hundreds went to the Confed
erate cemetery for the decoration of
Many veterans who attended the
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Rear Admiral,Sigshee, captain of the ill-fated vessel, who will Father John Chidwick, ehap-
participate in the unveiling. lain of the Maine.
Chattanooga reunion came here for i
to-day’s exercises.
Graves of Andersonville
Prisoners Decorated.
AMERIQUS, GA.. May 30. Under
the auspices of the G. A. R. Post of
Fitzgerald, Decoration Day exercises
were held at the National Cemetery
at Andersonville to-day. The attend
ance from Fitzgerald and other sec
tions of South Georgia, was large.
Several addresses, interspersed, w ith
music, were heard, after which the
graves of the Federal dead were deco
rated with miniature American flags.
A salute was fired over the graves by
30 members of the Amerlcus Light In
fantry, under command of Captain
James A. Fort.
The Federal soldiers buried at An
dersonville died in the famous Ander
sonville Confederate prisons.
Wilson Pays Honor
To Soldier Dead.
WASHINGTON, May 30—Presi
dent Wilson and the remainder of
official Washington to-day paid trib
ute in various ways to the men who
lost their fives in the defense of their
country.
Contrary to the usual custom, the
President did not speak at the Deco
ration Day, ceremonies in the Arling
ton Nxational Cemetery.
Confederate Veteran Orator.
MOBILE. ALA.*, May 3ft.—National
Decoration Day was observed hero
with appropriate ceremonies at the
National Cemetery, addresses being
made by Judge Samuel B. Browne, a
Confederate soldier, who lost a leg in
battle; Dr. G. c. Tucker, chaplain, and
Major E. P. Newsom, of the United
States Coas: Artili.ry at Fort Mor
gan.
A large w reath was i resented to the
Union veterans in return for flowers
placed on Confederate graves in Mag
nolia Cemetery April 26.
Intensely Hot at Nashville.
NASHVILLE, TENN., May 3ft.—
Decoration Day was very quietly ob
served here to-day. commanding little
attention, with the exception of the
usual ceremonies at the National
Cemetery, six miles from the city. Ex
cursions were run alJinteivals to ac
commodate the cro\v*|t. Intensely hot
weither prevailed,,
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Declares Convicts Must Be En
couraged to Improve Both
Them and Roads.
The economic and practical end of
prison reform Is set before the public
in a remarkable statement just issued
by Secretary Philip Weltner, of the
Prison Association of Georgia, in
which he show's that In this State the
task of building roads and the task
of building men is one and the same.
The association Is not opposed, he
says, to working convicts on the road;
but to the way they are worked. If
the system Is improved, he says, the
first obvious result to the State will
be the building of better roads.
High Intelligence Needed.
“It requires intelligence of a high
order to direct road work, and to di
rect men into paths of rectitude.” he
asserts. “But intelligence will not
now do service in Georgia’s penal
system, because it will not undertake
the responsibility of a position whose
main function is to guard and, when
necessary, to bully human beings.
“An efficient highway engineer
would not accept the position of road
boss for love nor money, because it
would at times force him to play the
role of a brute. The present system
tends to discourage the exercise of
humanity by those in authority. There
ate. of course, exceptions.
"Students of the problem usually
conclude that the fault with Georgia’s
penal system lies in the type of men
employed to work the convicts, but
the situation calls for a dose analy
sis.
Shirking Made Profitable.
“The system makes It profitable for
the convict to shirk his work as
much as he dares. More guards must
be employed, and the road boss must
be in continual readiness with the
lash.
“If such a condition of affairs is
Inimical to ordinary business, the
same rule would apply to the business
of making roads. What we must do
in Georgia is to reverse this condition.
We must initiate a system which will
encourage the convict.
“The principal features of the ’re
form which the Prison Association is
endeavoring .to or ing about are of a
practical nature, Indorsed by nearly
all the superior and criminal court
judges In the State, and many offi
cials. There is nothing visionary or
unreasonably radical about the work
we are carrying on.”
MORTUARY.
Mrs. Cynthia Landrum, eighty-two
years old, died at her late residence,
67 Connally Street, at JL30 Friday
morning. Mrs. Landrum is survived
by one daughter, Mrs. C. S. Yarn.
The funeral will be from the resi
dence at 8 o’clock Saturday night,
and the body will be taken to El-
berton. Ga., Sunday morning for in
terment.
Myra, the six-months-old child of Mr.
and Mrs. A. Morgan, died at the
residence, 640 Chestnut Street, on
Thursday night. The funeral will
be from Bloomfield’s Chapel at 4
o’clock Friday afternoon. Interment
at Westview.
SHAFT DEDICATED
•TO MAJOR BUTT
WASHINGTON. May 3ft.—A monu
ment to the memory of Major Ar
chibald Butt, who was military aide
to Presidents Roosevelt and Taft, and
who perished on the Titanic, was ded
icated here to-day in the Arlington
National Cemetery. The spot was se
lected by Major Butt for his burial
place In 1913 when he was depot
quartermaster and in direct charge of
the cemetery.
The monument is a twelve-foot
granite Latin cross and was erected
by Major Butt’s brothers, a portion
of the inscription reads:'
A devoted son and brother and
efficient officer, a loyal friend who
In death as in life, served faith
fully God and humanity.
It is planned to build a small orna
mental fountain near the White
House as a memorial to Major Butt
and to Frank D. Millet, a Washing
ton artist who also died on the Ti
tanic. The fountain is to have a
shaft with two classic figures in bas
relief, one of chivalry, representing
Major Butt and one of art, represent-
\ng Millet.
POLITICS DEFENSE
T. R. SUED
MARQUETTE, MICH., May 30,—
Politics Is to be the defense of Editor
George Newett, of The Ishpeming
Iron Ore, who is standing trial in a
$10,000 libel action brought by The
odore Roosevelt.
The defense Indicated, in questions*
aaked Oscar King Davis by Attorney
William P. Belden, Is believed by at
torneys here to be the one on wliich
Newett will rest his case.
That politics was at fever heat in
Michigan; that Colonel Roosevelt
played a leading part in it, and that
the editorial charging him with over-
indulgence in liquor was merely a
campaign Incident is the expected de
fense.
Jack London’s new story,
’‘The Scarlet Plague,” begin# in
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