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irEARST’S ST'N’DAV AMERICAN ATLANTA, GA.. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1013.
SHIER BUTTLE Atlanta Girl Makes Stage Debut
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Miss Denig on Western Tour
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Hame Becomes Katherine Kirby
SET OPENED
Defenders of New Plan of City j Katherine
Government Reply to Attack Kirby Denig,
Made by Mayor.
Continued from Page 1.
department has a committee of Coun
cil over it called a board. The con
struction department is handled by
straight committees. Boards, on each
one of which each ward will have a
representative, will be created by the
new charter. That will create great
er interest in the affairs of the de
partments and insure far better re
sults
“In the present charter we have a
$3 sanitary tax on every' house In
the city. A little dwelling in the
Fifth Ward pay3 the same sanitary
tax as the Kimball House. The new
charter abolishes that tax absolutely.”
Mayor Woodward's charges that the
object of the new charter is to In
trench bosslsm in tne city is laughed
at by the charter supporters. They
say the bosses are the Councilmen,
and that the people elect them.
An odd Incident of the fight is the
fact that in the spring, before the
meeting of the General Assembly,
Mayor Woodward was urging char
ter reforms and the members of
Council were insisting that the pres
ent charter was too good to be
changed. Now Council is urging that
the changes are imperative and May
or Woodward is insisting that the
present one is better.
This seeming contradiction is ex
plained by the fact that the new
‘charter now before the people was
drafted by Council to offset an agi
tation for more radical changes. And
the most significant fact in the tight
is that officials advocating the char
ter are confident that If this one is
adopted it would be many a day be
fore Atlanta will pay attention to an
other propaganda for radical changes
in the form of the city’s government.
The charter election, which comes
on September 24, is made more inter-
« sting by the fact that one week
liter, September 30, the election of
fl\e Aldtrmen and ten Councilmen u
r.eld If the charter is adopted, tho
new Council will name the entire
hoards.
J. A. Curtis Enters Race
Against Thomson in 4th.
Considerable interest was injected
into the race for the office of Alder
man from the Fourth Ward by the
announcement Saturday of the can
didacy of J A. Curtis. Iflr. Curtis
will oppose for election as Alderman
A. D. Thomson, present Councilman,
who already has announced.
Mr. Curtis is a retired business
man and has been a resident of tho
Fourth Ward for many year s.
The two candidates aspire to suc
ceed Alderman James B. Kverett,
whose term has expired, and who
can not be again a candidate.
Entertainment of
Reunion Sponsors
Mr*. \V. B. Young Appointed Chair
man of Jacksonville
Committee.
JACKSONVILLE. Sept. 6.—Mrs.
W. B. Young, wife of former Judge
Young, of the Circuit Court, has been
named by Herbert B. Race, president
of the Board of Trade, as chairman
of the committee of women which
will look after the entertainment )f
the sponsors and maids who attend
the reunion of the Confederate vet
erans here next April. Mrs. Young
will name the remaining members of
this committee.
It is anticipated that there will be
several hundred sponsors and maids
at the reunion, and this committee
will have charge of their entertain
ment. A luncheon at the Country
Club and a dance at the Yacht Club
are features already decided upon,
and there will be many others.
Night Fire Razes 2
Houses on East Fair
Entire Neighborhood Aroused as
Flames Destroyed the Homes of
Negro Families.
Fire starting in the back room of a
shanty at No. 311 East Fair street
destroyed two houses and did damage
estimated at $600 Saturday night.
The blaze aroused the entire neigh
borhood and attracted a large crowd.
Both houses were occupied by negro
families.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Walton E. Webb, aged forty-eight
years. No. 23 Gresham street, died
Saturday night at 6 o’clock at the
family residence. The funeral will
be held Sunday afternoon at 2
o’clock. Interment at Hollywood
The deceased is survived bv his
wife, mother, Mrs. M H. Webb, four
brothers. E. W.. John R., Arthur
C.. Frederick W.. and two sisters,
Mrs. R. Heath and Mrs. M. Clements,
of Hawthorne, Ga.
Funeral services for Mrs. A. E. Beck,
aged 74 years, who died Saturday
morning, will be held Sunday aft
ernoon at 2 o’clock at the residence,
No. 54 Stewart avenue. Interment
will be at Hollywood, the Rev John
Purser officiating. Mr* Beck U
survived by one son, N. M Beck.
The body of John Kendrick, the 3-
year-old eon of Mr. and Mrs. James
Kendrick, who died Saturday morn
ing. will be taken to Holland
Springs, Ga.. Sunday for funeral
and interment.
Myra Mayo, the one-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Mayo, of
Eaat Point, died Saturday after
noon al 1 o'clock. The funeral will
be hel© Sunday afternoon at 2:33
o’clock at the family residence. In
terment at Riverdale,
who makes
Stapr<* Debut
(Photo by
Thurston ,
Hatcher.)
Beavers Measures Love by De
grees, but Statehouse Guard
ian Welcomes Wooers.
Chief Beavers offers no solution to
the problem. We will tell you that he
i has no objection to lovers loving. Far
from him is it to object to the opera
tion of a natural impulse. But this
matter of spooning in public places,
on the Capitol grounds for instance—
The Chief frowned meditatively. It
all depends, he said. There are de
grees and kinds of love, and it seems
that the public lovers will be arrested
only for demonstration of certain de
grees and certain kinds.
"I object to spooning?” repeated
Chief Beavers. “It ail depends on
what you mean by ‘spooning.’"
He agreed to accept Noah Web
ster’s authority on the subject, and
skimmed the pages of his dictionary
This is what he saw:
Spoon, v. 1. (colloq.) 1. To be
sentimentally in love. 2. To in
dulge in demonstrations of affec
tion, as lovers.
“You see.” was his verdict, “it all
depends on degree as whether it is
proper.”
It All Depends, He Says.
And then he went on to tell of
the occurrence of the other night,
when a couple was arrested on the
Capitol grounds by two policemen
who found them in embrace. The po
licemen, he said, were particularly
vigilant because of the complaint by
the Capitol watchman that lovers
were exceeding the reasonable degree
of decorum in the demonstration of
their love.
“So there,” he said in comment, “it
all depends.”
However, most of the Capitol at-
MEXICAN PEACE
TO 8E DEGIDED
Mission of Zamacona Is to Ar
range for Armistice Looking
to Settlement of Trouble.
Popular Washington Seminary Graduate Joins
Production of “Awakening of Helena Richie.”
Enter Miss Katherine Kirby into
the theatrical world, with high ambi
tions and brilliant promise of achiev
ing fame.
Atlanta knows Miss Kirby as its
own. although not by that name At
lanta knows her as Kate Kirby Denig.
a pretty and popular student In
Washington Seminary several years
ago and the niece of Miss Emily Je-
kyll, of No. 674 Washington street.
Last week “The Awakening of Hel
ena Richie” company begun its north
western tour in Minnesota, the pro
gram bore against the name of Sarah,
one of the leading characters in the
play, the name of Katherine Kirby
The actress was the Atlanta girl,
making her stage debut.
Once upon a time, another young
Atlanta woman—Also a Washington
Seminary girl—went forth to try her
fortune on the stage world. She was
Miss Gladys Hanson Snook at home,
on the stage Miss Gladys Hanson. It
is significant that Miss Denig should
find her stage name in the same fash
ion, by lopping off her family name
This newest Atlanta actress is play
ing in the company in which Miss
Laura Frankeniield, the well-known
Western actress, is the star. Miss
Frankenfleld’s popularity throughout
the section which the company has
entered assures success for the show.
Miss Denig is a graduate of Wash
ington Seminary. While at that in
stitution she was prominent in school
theatricals. After her graduation,
she went to Chicago, where she stud
ied under Donald Robertson, who, as
manager of the Players’ Company of
Chicago and a member of the New
Theater Company of New York, is
prominent in the more artistic theat
rical circles.
Miss Denig iearned well her lessons
of the stage under the famous teacher
in Chicago. She left him to become a
dramatic reader, gaining plaudits
everywhere and gaining also suffi
cient prominence to give her a vogue
as a dramatic coach or teacher her
self.
Boy Asks Police to
Search for Parents
Lad Says He Came to Town to Meet
Mother and Family Moved
Away.
Jesse Ferguson. 10 years old, of Ny
155 West Pine street, appealed to the
police Saturday night to help locate
his parents.
The boy told the police he worked
at the East Atlanta Pressing Club,
that he had an engagement to meet
his mother at Peachtree and Decatur
streets laie in the afternoon, that she
failed to meet him there at the ap
pointed ittiur. and that when he re
turned heme the family had moved
away,
Suffragists Barred
By Want Ad Suitor
Maryland Youth, Refused a Dozen
Times, Isn’t so Particular About
Other Details.
FREDERICK, Me.. Sept. 6.—Re
fused twelve times, hopelessly single
at the “ripe” old age of 22, Fauntle-
roy Unger, of this city, formerly of
Waynesboro. Pa., stalwart and ath
letic, has resorted to want ads to pro
cure a life-long helpmate.
His only requirements are that she
be a competent housekeeper, reason
ably good looking and capable of
loving and making him happy. She
must be about his own age. fond of
home and without political ambitions.
“No suffragist need apply,” Mr.
Unger declared.
taches are of a mind to let spooning
proceed in its free and untrammeled
way around the grounds of the State-
house, regardless of such nice degrees
of difference that inspire police offi
cers to Invasion and arrest. Most of
them laughed at the course of the
policemen who arrested a couple the
other night, except a few who were
frankly indignant because of the af
fair.
P. B. Latimer, keeper of the Capi
tol grounds and building, was one of
those whose comment was a min
gled laugh and protest. The upshot
of it was his virtual Invitation to
lovers to make free with the spacious
lawns and the shady nooks and the
friendly shadow's of the Cagito!
grounds.
Mr. Latimer talked considerably
about the incident, and as he talked
his eye grew’ dreamy w’ith a senti
mental reminiscence.
“I was young once myself,” he
mused. “My. but I’m glad they didn’t
arrest people for kissing in those
days. The aggregate of my offense
might have given tne a life sentence.”
Parks Open to Spooners.
It always has been known to lovers
in Atlanta that the city’s parks were
their own domain. J. O. Cochran,
president of the Park Board, has as
sured them of that fact time and
again. But the indorsement that
Keeper Latimer vouchsafed for all
lovers brings about a considerable ad
dition to the area of Spooners’ Land.
Now the Capitol grounds are theirs,
with the Injunction to beware of the
police.
President Cochran of the Park
Board reiterated for the benefit of
lovers his invitation to the parks.
“Bless ’em. let ’em sDoon,” said he,
with no question of degree in his
heart.
The upshot of it all is a victory
for the lovers. Heretofore tolerated
on the Statehouse grounds by State-
house employees, now' they are wel
comed to those same grounds Miss
Welsynan and Mr. Meyers, by being
arrested, served Cupid a good turn,
adding to his dominion in Atlanta,
press-agenting his work, and gaining
an open sympathy for him.
All the world loves a lover, any
how. except the policemen, who have
an eye out for degrees of affectionate
demonstration.
NEW FLOYD HOSPITAL.
ROME. GA.. Sept. 6.—The Flcyd
County Medical Association met yes
terday and indorsed^, the plans of
Louis Spencer Daniel for a new
Floyd County hospital.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.—This city
is to be the scene of negotiations
| looking to the end of the bloody fac-
j tional war in Mexico that has ex
acted thousands of lives, brought the
! United States and her southern
I neighbor to the verge of war and
caused damage amounting to hun-
! dreds of millions of dollars. It was
| learned definitely to-day that thr?
I mission of Manuel Zamacona to this
country is to bring about an armis
tice between the contending factions.
This definite information was given
out to-day by an official who de
clared that Senor Zamacona is no*,
only an envoy of General Huerta, but
is also an agent of the Wilson ad
ministration.
' I mean,” said this official, “that a3
both President Wilson and General
Huerta know* there can be no elec
tion without an armistice. President
Wilson is as much interested in the
success of Zamacona as are those
in Mexico who wish to make an end
to this war. There is no doubt that
Zamacona will be received with open
arms for the purpose of this mis
sion. The way will be wide open to
him to look after the finances of the
foreign railroads in Mexico and in
cidentally, but only incidentally, aft
er funds to put any new Mexican
government on its feet.
Zamacona a Maderist.
“It is learned that Zamacona was
chosen because he is, and always has
been, at heart a Maderist. He rep
resents really the forces which are
opposed to Huerta methods, but not
necessarily to Huerta himself. Huer
ta has retained Zamacona because
of the great personal pow'er that
statesman represents in Mexico, and
he has been selected principally be
cause he is no stranger to Wash
ington and to the republic corps here.
“There is no one • ho can approach
the rebel leaders with less danger of
a rebuff than Zamacona. The place
to bring about an armistice Is Wash
ington. The headquarters of the op
position to Huerta are in this city,
and it is Slid that here sinews of war
are provided for this opposition.
“The diplomacy of the constitu
tionalists is conducted at Washing
ton, so that from all points of view
and for the practical results the tri
angular negotiations of President
Wilson. General Huerta and Gen
eral Carranza would be best held
here.”
The State Department is particu
larly anxious for an armistice, be
cause of the news received to-day as
to the situation of seizing from the
civil war. It gave out bulletins *n
which the State of Tabasco is rep
resented to be practically in the
hands of the revolutionists. The fed-
erals are again on the defensive near
Tampico, and the town of Guanace
in Northern Durango was sacked
and burned by the rebels under Gen
eral Urbine on August 15.
The department knows that So
nora. Chihuahua and Tabasco, three
Important States, are in the hands
of the Mexican parties opposed to
Huerta, and these parties are well
represented at Washington.
Main Issue Forgotten.
The department officials admit that
if an armistice can be brought about
all the other questions, such as th»
non-candidacy of Huerta, etc., are
simply academic and have nothing to
do with the main issue, which has
been increasing in violence ever sine,*
the fall of Diaz.
The absolute necessity of an armis
tice is driven home by realization of
the vast territory over which the
rebels are running riot. The offi
cials see there can be no peace and
no effectiveness in presidential mes
sages unless Carranza consents to a
truce and will abide by the election
results.
The department was advised to
day from Monterey that up to Au
gust 25 foreigners were not mis
treated at Torreon. The bulletin on
this subject said:
“Among the Americans arriving at
Monterey and recently departed for
the United States are S. R. R. Kep
ner, of Los Angeles; P. B. Lord, of
DorcheRter, Mass.; Arthur P. Sharp,
of Southboro. Mass.: Messrs. Car
men and Russell, of the American
Securities Company: Howard Pot
ter has left for New York. Ameri
cans remaining at Torreon and sup
posed well are J. R. Rapty and wife,
Mrs. L. P. Tanner, Miss S. H. Cheek,
Harry I. Mulliken and others, all safe
and well.”
'Hoodoo Trails Ship
On Entire Voyage
Schooner Ralph W. Eaton Towed
Into Port Tampa After Many
Accidents.
TAMPA, Sept. 6.—It was an ad
venturous trip the schooner Ralph
W. Eaton has just made from British
and Spanish Honduras, whence *he
loaded a cargo of pluntains and co-
coanuts for this city.
The Eaton left British Honduras on
June 19, but when a few miles at sea
was found to be leaking so badly
that she had to return for repairs.
Putting out to sea again, the u-
| percargo, or “charter party,” as f he
West Indian trading boats call him
became despindent and tried to com-
! init suicide, but was foiled.
! Then the Eaton began to leak
again, and but for the assistance 'f
I the Carrie W. Babson, another
, schooner of the same line, which
stood by and towed her into port, the
boa-4 w'ould perhaps have gone down
So badly she waterlogged when
she reached this port that there is no
chance whatever of her going ba k
before the beginning of the West In
dian hurricane season in October.
Five of her sailors, subjects of Great
Britain, were stranded here and had
to appeal to the immigration author
ities to send them back to Hondu
ras.
Pathfinder Crosses
Border Into Texas
Sunday American Tour Success in
Every Way—Machine’s Condi
tion Proves Roads Good.
Declaring that within a few years]
the South will lead the Union in tho
matter of excellent highways, E. L. j
Ferguson, pathfinder for the coast-to- !
coast trail, proposed by The Sunday j
American, Saturday afternoon rolled
into Orange, Tex., amid hearty shouts
of greeting. Tho tourists will remain |
in Orange Sunday and resume the trip j
toward Houston, the end of the third,
lap. Monday.
While Mr. Fergu- 4, on was delighted !
to cross the Texas line Saturday, ac
cording to the dispatch, he felt re
gret, too. for It marked an end of
roval Louisiana receptions which have
not been surpassed along the en
tire route. The citizens of every
town through which the car passed in
Louisiana turned out in full force
and tendered to the pathfinders the
heartiest of greetings and receptions.
Mr. Ferguson declared Saturday
night the tour has been a complete
success so far. The condition of the
machine itself, he said, speaks elo
quently of the remarkably good con
dition of the roads which have been
traversed and which will constitute
the great trans-continental highway.
Florida to Drive
Out Blind Tigers
Temperance Forces Are Active in
Fight on Violators of Pro
hibition Law.
JACKSONVILLE, Sept. 6.—With
Jacksonville and other larger cities
of the State as storm centers, Florida
is again in the throes of an anti-
saloon fight and the temperance
forces are determined to wipe out
the “blind tigers” in prohibition coun
ties, In accordance with a stringent
law passed at the last session of the
Legislature.
C. R. Crook, secretary of the Anti-
Saloon League, heads the temper
ance forces of the State and they
predict that Marion County, the seat
of which is Ocala, will vote “dry" on
September 17. The County Commis
sioners of Dade County, of which Mi
ami is the county sent, are also plan
ning for a “wet and dry” election.
BIRMINGHAM AND RE
TURN.
SEABOARD, round trip
$2.50. Leaves Old Depot
8:30 a. m., September 22.
Arrives Birmingham 1:30
P- m.
THE ATLANTA
Tuesday & Wednesday
Best $1 Show in Years
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Nights, Orchestra $1 and 75c; Balcony 50c
Matinee, Orchestra 75c; Balcony 50c. Seats Now
LITTLE
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Matinee
Saturday
SAMUEL E. RORK Presents
THE MUSICAL ROMANCE
As
THE
Company
Played
MERRY
of
6 Months
50
in
Adequate
New York
COUNTESS
Production
ORCHESTRA OF 15
Score by Johann Strauss; Book by Gladys Unger;
Lyrics by Arthur Anderson.
Regular Prices. Seat Sale Tuesday.
ATLANTA’S BUSIEST AND
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FIRST APPEARANCE IN VAUDEVILLE IN DIXIELAND
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and
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World's Greatest Turkey Trotters.
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BARKY
The Queen of Singing Comediennes.
Doris Wilson & Co.
Delmore and Lee.
Wentworth,
Russell’s Minstrels.
Gordon and Rica.
Vesta and Teddy.
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The Military Fowers of
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The Songs of All Na
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The Aviation Meet.
The Airships.
Bert Swor’s Latec-t Lift.
Pastimes and Dances of
Long Ago.
in Panama
A View of the Locks and
Course of the Great
Canal from the Atlantic
to the Pacific.
All the Old Favorites and
Many New Ones.
William Walters’
GGld Band
Special Train of Cars
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SEPT. 25, 26, 27
Matinee Saturday
Sept. 27th
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Sept. 24—Augusta.
Sept. 29—Nashville.
Oct. 1-2—Memphis.
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