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THE 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 bands play the “Star Spangled Banner,” the huge flags, which draped the National Maine Monu ment, will flutter to the ground this afternoon and the great shaft will shine forth as a memorial to the brave men who lost their lives in the disaster which was one of the causes of the war with Spain. The'United States will not be alone in honoring her dead heroes, for a detachment of Cuban soldiers, sailors from the war ship Cuba, and a commission formed of members of the Cuban Senate are here to participate in the ceremonies. . The monument is largely the result of the work of William Randolph Heanst mnd his news papers. Mr. jllearst suggested the shaft as a fitting tribute to the martyrs of the Maine and raised the fund through the in fluence of his papers. The sailors amt marines from the 13 battleships of the North Atlantic Fleet lying in the Hudson Kiver, and the sailors and soldiers from the Cuban warship Cuba, are ready at Moon to-day and assembled in Forty- Hfth Street near Fifth Avenue in preparation for the big land parade. Admiral to Lead Parade. Rear : Admiral Cameron McRea Winslow, U. S. N„ will be grand mar shal of the parade, with Rear Ad miral Fletcher in command. The United Spanish war veterans will oc cupy a prominent part in the march ing column under the command of State Commander Chauncey W. Her rick. The New York National Guard will be represented by the Sixty- njnth 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 proceeds 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 to Sixty-sixth Street, where it will break up into the various divisions, each division marching back to the monument at the Fifty- ninth Street and Broadway entrance ' to Central Park, where they will as semble in a fanlike formation about the monument. Bishop to Offer Prayer. The unveiling ceremonies will begin at 3:30 with a prayer by Bishop Davis H. Greer. General James Grant Wil son will then present the monument to the city. As soon as General Wil son has finished his address, the bands wHl strike up the "Star Span gled Banner” and the huge flags drap ing the monument ■will flutter to the ground. While the bands continue to plav the national air several wreaths will be placed, at the base of the monument. Father Chid wick, chaplain of the old Maine, when she met her fate in Havana harbor, will place a wreath presented by President Wilson, and Mrs. Frederick R. Coudert will place a wreath from the State of Maine. Mrs. Coudert was the rhristener of the Maine when she was first launched. A Wreath from the com mittee will be placed; one from the Cuban nation will be placed by the three envoys extraordinary which Cuba ha's sent to this country for the occasion, Mayor Gaynor’s daugher will place’ the wreath from the City of New York, and Rear Admiral Sigs- faee, who commanded the Maine at the time of the disaster, will also present a wreath. A wreath from the State <Sf New York will be placed, as well. * • Mayor Gaynor to Accept. Following the placing of the Wfpaths, Mayor Gaynor will accept the monument on behaif of the city. Governor Sulzer, of New York, and Governor Haines, of Maine, will each give an address, followed by Sec retary of Navy Daniels and Read Ad miral Sigsbec. , Several survivors of the Maine will : Se 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- BEEF Fill IN 0. S. With Population Increasing, Cat- tie Supply Has Decreased Nearly Half in 6 Years. CHICAGO, May 30.—“Uncle Sam must pay higher and higher prices to other countries for his beefsteak or go without it—unless Mexico comes to his relief by furnishing cattle for restocking the ranches of the United States.” M. A. Traylor, vice president of the National Stock Yards National Bank, of Chicago, made the foregoing gloomy forecast in an address to an association of Western bankers. After calling attention to the tre mendous decrease in the number of beef cattle—from 52,000,000 head in 1907 to 36,000,000 head in 1913, while the population increased 12,000,000— Traylor said: “Should this tremendous shortage be added to annually in the same ratio for another period of six years not a very vivid imagination is nec essary to realize what the price of beefsteak will be when the nation’s total supply of cattle has reached 30,000,000 head, of which not more than 20,000,000 will be beef stuff, and its population has been augmented by another 12,000,000 people to be fed.” Our storage stocks, according to the speaker, have decreased from so-me 262.000,000 pounds in 1908, to little more than 135,000,000 pounds in 1910, while at the close of 1912 they were estimated at only 35,000,000 pounds. Argentina and Australia, hitherto supplying the world from their sur plus. are going backward in produc tion. Referring to Argentina the Speaker said: “So serious has become the condition there and so insistent the demand of foreign countries for beef, that legislation is now pending to prevent the slaughtering of male calves and all female cattle under seven years old. or the export of live cattle of any character; and it is cal culated that with this strenuous leg islation it would take ten years for the cattle supply to reach its nor mal proportions.” The unsettled political conditions forced the Mexican ranch owners to sell their herds to prevent their de struction. Our total imports in 1912 amounted to 326,000 head, of which 305,000 head came from Mexico. Admiral Badger, in command of the fleet. aster have also been given seats in these stands. The large number of Spanish war veterans who will take part in the parade will add to the touching sen timent of the event, and Cuba, to whom the destruetion 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 will gather to honor the heroes, who, although they did not fall in battle, sacrificed their lives for their country. LEST JflPS BE War Department’s Plans for the Prompt Shipment of Big Guns Are Strangely Blocked. BY JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES. WASHINGTON, May 30.—Order3 apparently from the men higher up have delayed the plans of the War Department to place at once the four teen-inch guns for the defenses of Hawaii, the Philippines and the Canal Zone. The fact seems clear, the rea son Is unknown. Three weeks ago officials of the Ordnance Bureau of the War Depart ment informed the Hearst papers that two fourteen-inch guns with their carriages were ready for Hawaii and two for the Philippines, and that work was being rushed on the eight four teen-inch guns that were intended to make the East and West terminals of the canal impergnable. The War Department counted on the shipment of the guns some months ago. No official about the department has any explanation to offer about the delay. It is broadly hinted that the policy of giving no offense to Japan may be the reason for the apparent lack of energy in the War Department. In this connection a statement giv en out at the State Department to day 'is interesting. The American charge d'affaires at Tokio was in structed by this Government to tell Japan that no reinforcements were be ing sent to the Philippines and that only a few artillerymen had been or dered to Hawaii. Furthermore, it was explained to Japan, with a touching excess of pre caution, that even the few artillery men were going to Hawaii according to a plan of the War Department for mulated a long time ago. As a matter of fact, the defense of Hawaii, Manila and the Canal Zone were also all determined upon in the same scheme of defense “formulated a long time ago.” to which Mr. Bryan so thoughtfully refers. Meanwhile Japan proceeds with open activity and without apology or explanation to perfect its naval equip ment, to add mighty cruisers to its fleet in foreign ports and to purchase merchant vessels and auxiliaries. FREE, NEXT SUNDAY The American Sunday Monthly Mag-azine, contain ing the first chapters of Jack London’s new story, is GIVEN FREE with every copy of the next Sunday American. SHAFT DEDICATED 10 MAJOR BUTT Monument for Titanic Disaster Hero Located on Spot He Selected for His Grave. WASHINGTON. May 30.—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 has relief. one of chivalry, representing Major Butt and one of art, represept- \ng Millet. Jack London’s new story, ‘' The Scarlet Plague, ’ ’ begins in the American Monthly Magazine given free with every copy of next Sunday’s American. X< Rear Admiral Sigsbee, captain of the ill-fated vessel, who will participate in the unveiling. Rabun Jury Declares State Has No Claim to Tallulah Falls Gorge. CLAYTON, GA.. May 30.—The State of Georgia has no claim to the lands in the gorge at Tallulah Falls, where the Georgia Railway and Pow er Company is constructing its dam, power plant and reservoir, according to a verdict of a jury-in Rabun Supe rior Court. But the State will ask a new trial, and eventually appeal to the State Supreme Court. The liti gation will not end until the higher tribunal hands down a decision. Jury Out Two Hours. The jury’s verdict in the suit that had been on trial here since Monday, to determine the State’** right to claim title to the gorge land, was returned shortly after 6 o’clock last night, after the case had been In the Jurors’ hands two hours. The Georgia Railway and Power Company was declared to have legal titles to the lands it had pur chased for the power plant. Judge J. B. Jones, in his chafrge to the jury declared that a verdict must be rendered on law and justice and not on sentiment or emotion. The jury was composed of eleven, farmers and a country school teacher. Daniel M. Kel4, a farmer more than 6<f years of age, was foreman. Attacks Mrs. Longstreet. In the argument for the power compnay, before the case reached the jury, H. H. Dean. of Gainesville, charged Mrs. Helen D. Longstreet, who has been the chief spirit behind the litigation, with “malicious hound ing” of the power company. Com menting on her failure to be present at the trial, he said: “She’s deserted at the very crisis JOXK XVCtXT Father John Chidwick, chap lain of the Maine. of the suit. She doesn’t want this case tried. She wants it postponed and dragged out so that it might be held as a terror over the head of the power company.” The attorneys from Atlanta who participated in the trial return there to-day. It is one thing to make soda crackers that are occasionally good. It is quite another thing to make them so that they are always better than all other soda crackers, always of un varying goodness. The name “Uneeda”-stamped on every biscuit—means that if a million packages of Uneeda Biscuit were placed before you, you could choose any one of them, confident that every soda cracker in that package would be as good as the best Uneeda Biscuit ever baked. Five cents. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY Do you know whal is going on in Atlanta? You can’t get it all out of the newspapers. You must stir around if you want to read the real story of Atlanta’s progress. Do you know what is going on in PEACHTREE HEIGHTS PARK When were you last there? Last month? Last week? You will have to go again if you want to keep pace with the development of the PREMIER RESIDENCE SECTION OF ATLANTA. You will do us a favor and surprise yourself if you will , GO OUT AND LOOK AT IT We want your judgment; we are willing to submit this property upon it. Cat eh the opportunity to pick out a lot no wwhile you ean get the very lot you want at prices and on terms yon will never be able to touch again. SEE YOUR OWN REAL ESTATE AGENT ABOUT IT— Or See US E. RIVERS REALTY CO. 8 West Alabama Street