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The Atlanta Georgian.
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VOL. XI r. NO. 30.
ATLANTA GA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1913.
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The Georgian C* * x-IbJNJLo. MORR
HUERTA IGNORES WILSON’S DEMANDS
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TURKEYTROTTERS
USE PEDOMETERS
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Police Flayed for Anti-Kissing Arrests
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CURRENCY BILL TO BE CHANGED, SA YS MADDOX
Jacksonville Row
Ties Up Extension
Planned to Suburbs
JACKSONVILLE, Sept. 7.—Resi-
dents of the suburban districts of this
city are much disturbed by the tcm- |
I porary halt that has been caused In
\ securing street car extensions by the
failure of the Jacksonville Traction
Company and the Board of County
Commissioners to agree.
Believing that there would be ipj
trouble in getting all necessary fran
chises at their own terms, the street
car people went ahead and have al
ready spent -thousands of dollars on
their street car extensions on Main
and Lemon streets.
Everything looked bright for the
street car company to have unlimited
ie of the streets for at least 23
years, when the County Board, acting
on advice of its attorneys, refused to
adopt a resolution darned by the
company’s attorney granting the ex
clusive right to operate cars on cer
tain streets for the term of years
mentioned.
Board members regard the compa
ny’s resolution as equivalent to a
franchise, which their attorneys say
they can not grant. The company is
willing to call it a "permit."
It appears, however, that the street
car company failed to Q ay anything
in its resolution about paving be
tween tracks, and the Commissioners
are disposed to Insist upon this.
Senate Hurrying to
Vote on Tariff: Beats
Higher Cotton Rate
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7— In an ef
fort to get a vote on the tariff bill
before adjournment, the Senate to
day met at 10 o'clock and immediate
ly began consideration of that mean-
Younger Society Folk Engage in Friendly Rival
ry to See Who Dances the Farthest.
Everyone thought that Atlanta so
ciety girls had taken up that latest
tad, the wearing of anklet watches,
when a startling discovery was made
the other night at one of the most
exclusive clubs In the city.,
A couple of blase youths were sit
ting out a dance on the side lines and
discussing Atlanta’s chances for the
pennant or some other subject equal
ly remote from fair young women
and turkey-trotting. Suddenly one
gave the other a painful jab in the
ribs.
“Just look at their ankles!” he com
manded.
The other one was scandalized at
the suggestion, but an involuntary
elimpae disclosed to him that sev
eral of the young women turkey-trot-
tine with rare vigor haa something
resembling a watch on their ankles.
The young men thought that the r
discovery was a proper subject for
ar investigation, or rather for a po
lite inquiry. During an intermission
they called one of the young women
aside very quietly and very unosten
tatiously. Would she object to tell
ing them, they asked pleadingly, what
those odd contraptions were that so
many of the girls were wearing on
their ankles?
No: of course she wouldn't object.
There was no secret about it. They
were pedometers—that was all. Well,
what were they wearing them for?
Then came the staggering reply.
For Turkey Trot Stakes.
"Why, we girls had an argument
as to who had turkey-trotted the
most and the farthest, and just to
settle It we got these pedometers!
Some of us have danced until we are
about ready to fall in our tracks, but
none of us will give up.”
A comparison of the interesting de
vices showed that Miss Louise Brad
bury, of No. 86 East North avenue,
one of the popular members of ti**i
college set, was ahead of all the rest
by fully a quarter of a mile.
tion and amusement on the practice
of arresting couples who happen to
be spooning on the Capitol steps in
the evening.
While the plight of an affectionate
couple who are startled from their
oscillatory bliss is not without its
humorous aspects, it appealed to the
majority of those who discussed the
■ action of the police as nothing short,
of an outrage that persons should be
I subjected to a humiliation of an ar
rest on the charge of disorderly con
duct and, as was the case with one
l couple, be locked up all night in the
i police station.
State’s Rights involved.
The question also was raised as to
whether the police were within their
rights in going upon State property,
already guarded by State employees,
and arresting persons who admittedly
were doing no immoral act.
P. B. Latimer, keeper of the build
ing and grounds, was greatly incensed
when he learned of the arrest.
“I can characterize it as nothing
I less than an outrage,” he declared.
! “It is the most vicious thing that has
i been done by the police in my recol-
• lection. Anyone is likely to become
t the victim of their overzealousness.
“I have given orders that the
j grounds be regularly policed by
I Capitol attaches. If a couple hap
pens to be sitting on the steps, I can
see no excuse for disturbing them,
let alone arresting them, if they con
duct themselves properly.
“Kissing! Isn’t It Terrible?”
“And, as I understood it, the worst
charge made against the couples ar
rested was that they were kissing.
Isn’t that a terrible thing for two
young persons to be doing?
“I was young once myself and I’m
glad they didn’t arrest people for
kissing in those days. The aggregate
of my offense might have given me
a life sentence.
“I think there are a great many
other lines along which the police
can bend their endeavors where they
will be much more profitably em
ployed.”
Jesse Perry, secretary to the Gov-
Senator Lippitt, of Rhode Island,
offered several amendments increas
ing the duty on cotton goods.
One of them would have increased
the duty 10 per cent on some of the
finer grades. This was voted down,
29 to 41.
The Senate agreed to an amend
ment by the Finance Committee
striking out the countervailing duty
on mechanically manufactured and
chemical wood pulp. This is consid
ered a defeat for the American Pub
lishers’ Association.
Electric Shock Kills
Varsity Coach's Wife
ATHENS. Sept. 7—Mrs. W. A. Cun
ningham, wife of Coach Cunning
ham, of the University of Geor
gia athletic learns*, was instantly
killed at her home last, night by elec
tricity. Tn turning the switch of a
bathroom light she received a fatal
shock. Mr. Cunningham heard her
fall and. going to her aid, was him-
aelf shocked.
Every effort was made to revive
Mrs. Cunningham, but without avail.
She is survived by her husband and
two young children. She was Miss
Ada Ritter, of Kentucky, before her
marriage.
Burglars Rob Saloon
And Tailor’s Shop
Continued on Page 2, Column 2.
Burglars entered the tailor shop of
H. Goldstein, No. 104 Forsyth street,
and the near-beer .saloon of Thomas
Wolforkes, No. 342 Decatur street,
Friday night. At the tailor shop
they took a suit and several bolts of
material. Goldstein has offered a re
ward of $15 for their capture.
More than 100 pounds of tobacco
were taken from the near-beer •sa
loon; also about 500 cigars and a
large quantity of canned salmon.
Tree Play Scores a
London Success
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Sept. 7.—“Joe*eph and
His Brethren,’ already seen in New
York, was produced successfully by
Sir Herbert Tree ut His Majesty a
theater.
It is the fir;--t biblical play which the
British censor of the drama has* al
lowed to be publicly performed.
Maxine Elliott, as Potiphar's wife
scored a triumph.
Returns After Urging Amendments
Before Finance Committee.
Predicts Serene Autumn.
SWEPT B Y
Fitzgerald Family
Offers to Adopt'Joy.'
Atlanta Foundling
Conflagration Rages for Nine
Hours—Main Business Section
Saved—Houses Dynamited.
Former Mayor Robert F. Madiiox
believes the committee of seven mem
bers of the American Bankers' Asso
ciation succeeded In convincing the
United States Senate Committee on
Banking and Currency that changes
are advisable in the Owen-Glass cur
rency bill before it is made law.
Further, he thinks the signs are
that the bill will not be passed at the
present session of Congress. Sen
ator Weeks, of Massachusetts, has
introduced a resolution asking for a
report of the Banking and Currency
Committee to be presented December I
2. This will postpone final action un- |
til another session.
Mr. Maddox, vice president of the
American National Bank, returned to
his office. Saturday morning. With
the bankers’ committee he was in
Washington Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday. Each day's sessiop, he
says, was long, and he left the de
liberators still at work late Thursday
night, with prospects that they would
be ’’at It" until Saturday night.
Puts His Faith in Senate.
"We were particularly Impressed,”
Says Mr. Maddox, “with the courte
ous and attentive hearing we wero
given. The Senate seems intent upon
producing a currency and hanking
system wnich shall he the best pos
sible for the country. It seems to
feed that our assurances of frankness
and patriotism were sincere, and to
be ready to give weight to our sug
gestions I believe when the Senate
is through with the currency bill it
will be a good law.
"The bankers from all over the
United States who made up the com
mittee seemed unanimous in tlieir
opinion that business conditions in
tlie United States are sound, and that
there will be no further stringency of
money this fall. They do not think,
however, that any material reduction
in interest rates will be seen because
of the heavy demand for money.
"Since there is no emergency at
hand and because the subject is of
such vital Importance, I believe Con
gress should not pass the measure
hastily, but should give the fullest
study to the subject, and hear not
only the bankers, but also the busi
ness men of the country.’’
Assigned Savings Clause.
Each banker was assigned certain
features jf the currency bill to dis
cuss. Mr. Maddox was assigned the
savings deposits clause, and the por
tion which virtually inhibits country
banks from charging exchange on
checks.
The Senate now seems inclined to
kill the latter and the House the for
mer, Mr. Maddox says.
A charge for the collection of
checks, small on each but large In
the aggregate, is an important item
in the earnings of 4,700 small na
tional banks, 63 per cent of the total
number of 7,392. Mr. Maddox argued
to show the unfairness of eliminat
ing this source of revenue, and to
show that many banks would not
Join the new regional banks if this
feature remained.
Segregation of savings deposits .and
restrictions forcing investment of
these funds in long-term mortgages
and bonds would result, Mr. Maddox
argued, in withdrawing $750,000,000
from the channels of local trade ani
commerce. Under the present sys
tem the money the workingman saves
is loaned back to his employer, thus
enabling the employer to continue his
business, possibly to enlarge it and
employ more labor.
To upset this system, he believes,
would disturb conditions seriously
and result in higher rates of interest.
Sol Wexler. of the Whitney Cen
tral Bank, New Orleans, was the
only other Southern member at the
hearings.
DESTRUCTION WROUGHT
BY HOT SPRINGS FIRE.
“Joy,” the young autqcrat of the
Home for the Friendless, has a nice
home awaiting him if he wishes to
accept the Invitation of a Fitzger
ald woman who wrote to The Geor
gian Saturday.
A 3-week-old Infant, laughing and
cooing and having the gayest sort of
a time, was the astonishing spectacle
that met the eyes of James H. Mc-
Nesser, a real estate agent, when he
went home at 10 o’clock one night
about a week ago. That spectacle wag
"Joy.”
His story, told by The Georgian at I
the time, attracted the notice of Mrs. |
G. S. Gfaham, of Fitzgerald.
“I am very anxious to adopt the
baby,” die wries. "We have no eh!l- I
dren, and your story of this little one |
appeals to up very much.”
$10,000,000 of property.
2,000 persons are homeless.
An area a mile long’ and ten
block wide is a waste of smol
dering ruins,
500 residences are burned.
The courthouse, light, water
and power plants, high school,
Iron Mountain depot and shops,
three hotels, a theater and other
Skeleton, Snake and
Phonograph Guard
Capitol From Theft
public or semi-public buildings \
are destroyed.
HOT SPRINGS, ARK., Sept. 7.—
With 2,000 pprHoin; homeless, many
of them penniless, and a property loas
estimated at $10,000,000, the greater
part of Hot Springs to-day is a mass
of smoking ruins from fire that for
nine hours swept an area from seven
to ten blocks in width, in the eastern
portion of the city.
No fatalities have been reported.
But few of those whose homes were
destroyed saved any valuables.
The fire originated in a negro house
about 3 o’clock in the afternoon and
spent itself only when it reached the
foot of West Mountain, the Southern
extremity of Hot Springs, at mid
night.
Hotels, manufacturing plants and
many fine residences were destroyed,
and for a time It appeared as if the
entire city was doomed. The hard
est fignt was to prevent the flames
from gaining a headway on Central
avenue, the principal business street.
In this fight dynamite was used to
wreck buildings.
Militia on Duty.
State militia sre to-day patrolling
the burned district. United States
soldiers may be sent bore from Little
Rock to protect property in the Gov
ernment reservation. Governor Hays
arrived about midnight and ordered
the State r ntlit-\ry patrol. In addi
tion, 260 men were sworn in as po
licemen to patrol the district. Thus
far there bus been no disorder.
All the homeless have been cared
for temporarily, and the many offers
of assistance from the outside will
probably not be necessary, as tha
citizens of Hot Springs declare they
can handle the situation.
The Little Rock fire department re
sponded to a call for assistance on
board a special train, and did good
work in the fight, but it was several
hours before the efforts of the fire
fighters made any impression, and
then only in preventing the spread
to Central avenue.
Public Buildings Burn.
Among the buildings destroyed were
the city light, water and power plants,
the county courthouse, the Park,
Princess and Moody Hotels, City High
School, Iron Mountain Railroad sta
tion and shops, Ozark Sanitarium,
People’s Laundry, Crystal Theater
and Bijou Kink, besides 100 or more
smaller business buildings.
During the fire a gale was blowing,
at times reaching a velocity of 40
miles an hour, thus making the fight
more difficult. As the firemen were
dynamiting a house the flames, forced
by the gale, would leap over them and
ignite a dozen other houses. After
the destruction of a number of build
ings in an attempt to turn the fire
toward South Hot Springs, the course
was changed to such an extent that
it finally spent itself against West
Mountain, and the business section
was saved. _ __
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.—Superin
tendent Eliot Woods, of the Capitol,
has hit upon a new plan to stop petty
thefts of his personal possessions.
Here are some of the devices em
ployed ;
A snake hidden In his tobacco.
Small coins protected by electricity.
A skeleton ar the door of Mr.
Woods’ private office.
Electric wiring on the clothes closet.
A phonograph which cries, “Donr.
take that” when the would-be thief
attempts to “lift” Mr. Woods’ tools
in the laboratory.
Continual Boasting/
Wife's Divorce Plea
Her husband’s continual boasting is
one of the reasons for divorce cited
in the petition of Mrs. Annie G. Gill-
ham, of No. 415 Central avenue, in
her suit against Walter O. Giliham.
She married the defendant July 16,
1907. and separated from him August
30, 1913. Site charges him with being
an habitual drunkard and says he has
frequently been guilty of cruel treat
ment. She declares he wrecked her
nervous system and destroyed her
hesilth.
Gill ham is said to receive a good
salary. Mrs. Giliham asks for ali
mony.
$86,256,600 Paid on
Standard Oil Stock
NEW YORK. Sept. 7.—Cash divi
ders disbursements by the segregated
Standard Oil Companies for the third
quarter of 1913 will aggregate $14,-
728.750 These will bring the total for
the three quarters to $86,256,600. ac
cording to every present Indication.
Disbursements of this character for
the calendar year will make a grand
total of slightly more than $100,000.-
000, representing substantially more
than 100 per cent on the outstanding
stock of the former parent company,
the Standard Oil Company, of New
Jersey.
Steamer Grounds on
Norwalk Harbor Bar
NORWALK. CONN., Sept. 7.—The
steamer Middletown, plying between
Hartford and New York, of the Hart
ford and New York Transportation
Company, ran aground early to-day
on her trip up the sound to Hartford,
and she lies on a sandbar at Gooso
Island off Norwalk harbor. The
weather is thick and fogrv
Two tugs are trying to pull her off.
She is believed to be in no danger,
and It is likely that she will be floated
at high tide.
Black Hand Beheads
Two Alpine Climbers
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND. Sept.
7.—The headless trunks of two Italian
Alpine climbers weer found near
Simplon Pass.
It is believed the two wpre victims
of the “Black Hand.”
Gamboa Declares He Never Said
Mexican President Would
Not Be Candidate.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.—The
Mexican situation to-day focused .n
the declaration of Senor Gamboa.
Mexican Minister of Foreign Af
fairs, that President Huerta has
given no definite pledge not to be a
candidate at the October election.
This has been expected by Washlnip-
ton officials ever since President
Wilson indicated he believed Huerta,
had given such a nledge.
It makes clear to Washington of
ficials that Huerla Is playing Latin-
American characteristics with the
United States and they can not he
sure of the elimination of Huerta
from the situation while he has any
considerable following in Mexico.
Tile V\ hite House still maintains,
silence regarding the coming of Sen jr
Zamacona to Washington as a confi
dential agent of President Huerta.
.MEXICO CITY, Sept. 7.—Senor
Gamboa, Minister of Foreign Affair*,
in a. statement last night, declared:
*7 have never given an assurance
that President Huerta will not be a
candidate for re-election.
'Mexico's position toward the
United States has been defined al>-
Holutely in the last note from thte
Government In the negotiations be
gun by Mr. Lind. Nothing can be
added to that note, which was a full
statement of Mexico's attitude, and
this has not varied in the least since
It v. as written."
Correspondents endeavored to ob
tain a statement from General Huer
ta and from Senor Urrutia, Minister
of the Interior, but both refused to
discuss the matter.
Mexican “Firebrand”
Under Impeachment.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
MEXICO CITY. Sept. 7.—Impeach
ment charges were to-day filed by '
Deputy Calero against Dr. Urrutia,
Minister of Interior, and the fire
brand of the Huerta Cabinet. Dr.
Urrutia, who w. responsible for the
recent announcement that Huerta
had sent an ultimatum to Washing
ton giving the Unit'd States twelve
hours to recognize President Huerta,
Is charged with causing the arrest of
Deputy Calero, whereas the Mexican
Constitution exempts members cl*
Congress from arrest. Senor Calero
was locked up on the charge that * e
was plotting with the Zapatista reb
els, but later was released.
Foreign Minister Gamboa has Is
sued formal denial of published re
ports that Manuel Zamacopa y In
clan, who sailed Thursday for th#
United States, is going to Washing
ton as a special envoy.
Rumor was current here that Job a
Lind, the Special Envoy from Presi«
dent Wilson, may return to this city
to-morrow, but so far as could b«
learned no steps have been taken
reopen negotiations between Ma*
Lind and the Mexican Government.
Sympathizers of the late Francisco
I Madero, who planned an anti-Gov*
eminent demonstration f-r Septein**
ber 16, have been warned by th#
Government not to try toy Tarry ift
out.