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VOL. 1. NO. 35.
EDITION FOR
NORTH GEORGIA
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
TAXED, SAYS
State Commissioner Pleads for
Good Local Boards to Enforce
New Equalization Laws—Indi
vidual Burden To Be Lightened.
Atlanta Has Increase of $19,000,-
000 in Assessments for 1913,
Principally on Property of the
Rich—Mrs. Grant Heads List.
Judge John C. Hart, State Tax
Commissioner, who has been tour
ing the State explaining the purposes
and operation of the new tax equali
zation law, believes the administra
tion of the same will be a complete
success, and says that the only thing
regaining to be done is the creation
by the various County Commission
ers of local tax equalization boards
composed oft he right sort of men.
Judge Hart makes the astonishing
statement that not more than one-
seventh of the taxable property of
Georgia really is returned for taxa
tion, and he expects the new law to
bring hundreds of thousands of dol
lars in hidden property to light.
■President Wilson
Roots Hard, but He
Proves a ‘Hoodoo’
Tide of Army-Navy Football Conteat
Goes Against the Nation’s
Chief Executive.
NEW YORK, Nov. 29—President
Wilson, the first President who ever
was a football co^ch, witnessed nis
first Army-Navy game to-day. The
tide of battle was not with him. When
he sat in a box on the Army side at
the Polo Grounds, the middies showed
a decided superiority to their rivals;
when he went over to the Navy side,
the boys from West Point swept far
in the lead of the Annapolis eleven.
With him at the game were hie
daughter, Miss Eleanor; Colonel and
Mrs. E. M. House; his cousin, John
Wilson, and Dr. Carey Grayson, Sec
retary of War Garrison was his guest
in the Army box and the Secretary
of the Navy and Mrs. Daniels were
with him across the gridiron.
“I am not going to favor either one
of you two gentlemen,” said the Pres
ident when the Secretaries of War
and the Navy met in midfield be
tween the two halves of the game.
President Wilson after the game
proceeded directly to the home of
Colonel House and attended “The
Seven Keys to Baidpate” at the Ae-
tor Theater In the evening. He left
for Washington at 12:30 to-night,
Leiter Will Try to
‘Break Bank’ Again
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS, Nov. 29.—Joseph Leiter, of
Chicago, vows he will try to break
the bank at Mon 3 Carlo, as he did
fifteen years ago.
Mr. Leiter and his .ovely wife, after
a very brief stay here, went to Mar
seilles early In the week, where they
embarked on the yacht Niagara, char
tered from Howard Gould for a trip
around the world.
Leiter declares he will have another
whirl at the roulette table, that it is
even more exciting and perhaps more
profitable than speculating in wheat
or boosting stocks. Every person in
the party appears agreeably interest
ed in his venture. 9
Hart D4esusae® the Law.
Discussing the new law Saturday,
Judge. Hart said:
“The success or failure of the new
law depends largely upon the class of
men named by the county authorities
on the various county boards. That
matter is now of supreme importance,
and I think it is working out right.
“I have stressed this point wher
ever I have spoken, and I judge from
the class of men being appointed that
the County Commissioners are im
pressed with that truth.
“The press of the State likewise
realizes the necessity of having the
best of men appointed to this office;
and this feature happily has been em
phasized by the newspapers as no
other feature of the law. There should
be men of the highest character on
the local boards.
“If the law is properly adminis
tered. instead of its increasing the
burden of taxation, it will lower it on
the man who has been doing even
approximately hfs duty. As is known,
or at least should be known, by
everyone, the State can not raise its
rate, for since the year 1907 it has
been levying the full Constitutional
rate, to-wit, 5 mills. The State can
levy no additional tax. and this rate
has not raised sufficient revenue to
pay the State’s current expenses. The
deficit has grown until it has reached
a million dollars and over.
Sees Chance to Pay Debt.
“I made the statement advisedly,
after careful investigation, that not
exceeding one-seventh of the prop
erty value of the State is on the tax
digest. If all of the property of the
State were put on the digest, where it
properly belongs, and placed there ai
a fair valuation, the State of Georgia
could pay her debt next year and the
tax rate could be materially reduced.
“Fair valuation of property, with a
low rate of interest, is infinitely pref
erable to a low valuation of property
and a high tax rate. The new law is
designed to place upon the tax di
gest all of the property of the State,
and then as among the taxpayers to
equalize property values relatively, so
that each man carries his exact bur
den. This is the essence of justice.”
Atlanta’s Rich Shoulder
Increased Tax Burden.
Atlanta's tax assessments for 1913.
just completed, show increased wealth
for the city’s biggest taxpayers. The
increase of nearly $19,000,000 in the
total assessments for the year is in a
large part on the property of the rich.
A list of the biggest taxpayers in
cludes the names of a number of
women. Mrs. W. D. Grant still is
the leader, with an assessment of
$696,000. Her daughter, Mrs. John M.
Slaton, is second, paying the city 1 1-4
per cent taxes on $506,125.
Other wealthy women taxpayers are
Mrs. J. B. Whitehead, with an assess
ment of $322,920; Mrs. Kate Cox,
Continued on Page 2, Column 8.
Art Museum in Peril
From Sudden Blaze
NEW YORK, Nov. 29.—The Met
ropolitan Museum of Art, in which
$150,000,000 worth of paintings and
other art treasures are on exhibi
tion, was menaced by fire to-day.
Many of the rooms in the museum
were filled with dense smoke and 700
persons were driven from the build
ing.
The fire, was caused by sponta
neous combustion in the locker room
of what is known as the copyist
room. These lockers are used by art
students engaged in copying exhib
its and are filled with paints, oils
and other combustibles.
Kate Elkins Quits
Capital for Country
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—The
reigning belle of Washington socie
ty, Mrs. William Hitt, formerly Miss
Katherine Elkins, who once was re
puted to be the fiancee of the royal
Italian Duke d’Abruzzi, has deserted
Washington at the gayest part of the
season for her country place in Vir
ginia, Welborne.
A number of members of Washing
ton society went to Welborne this
evening for dinner. In the party were j
Miss Katherine Britton and Richard
Elkins, whom Dame umor says are
about to announce their engagement.
Doctors Warn Aged
Not to Dance Tango
CHICAGO, Nov. 29.—The tango, the
Maxixe and newer and wilder forms
of waltz—all are gravely denounced
by The Journal of the American Med
ical Association.
“The problems created by these
dances,” says The Journal, “differ ac
cording to age. For the young the
question of morality is paramount;
for the old the possibility of heart or
artery strain Is apparent. The physi
cian will do well to caution the stiff-
jointed, aged patient.”
Asquith Screens His
Auto, Fearing Attack
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Nov. 29.—Premier As
quith, traveling by automobile from
Leeds to London, had screens with
wire gauze to keep off any militants
who might try to repeat the attack
on the Premier, made recently in
Scotland.
He was escorted by four automo
biles in which were Scotland Yard
men.
Merciless Loan “Shark” Adver
tised Prince's Trousers, Razor
and Back Scratcher For Sale.
$ 4,0 0 0 GIVEN CREDITOR
Despite Publicity No Purchaser Is
Present When Pantaloons
Go On Block.
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS, Nov. 29.—The Duchess De
Talleyrand, who was Anna Gould, to
day ended her ?fight with a money
lender for the possession of a pair of
trousers, an ivory' back scratcher and
57 other personal articles belonging to
her husband, Comte Helie De Talley
rand-Perigord, Prince De Sagan.
While the Duchess claims a victory,
the matter was compromised, and the
money lender secured $4,000.
Since Anna Gould married De Tal
leyrand after divorcing Count Boni
De Castellane, she has paid out $500,-
000 to clear up his debts. However, a
few of his creditors remain unpaid,
and among these was the money
lender. He has made frequent at
tempts to collect the money, without
success.
Sale Flaunted on Wall*.
During the past few' days the walls
in the Etole quarter have been cov
ered with numerous yellow placards,
reading as follows:
"Sale by Authority of Justice.
Paris, Number 126 Avenue Malakoff,
at the home of Comte Helie De Tal
leyrand. Saturday, November 29.
“A sale will be held at all hours of
the day of objects seized from the
Comte and not claimed by his wife.
Anna Gould, of the following arti
cles:
“Mustache comb, two nail brushes,
one pair kid gloves, size 8 1-2: two
seals bearing the arms of the Comte,
one ivory back scratcher, one fur
toque, three fine linen night robes,
one pair of trousers, one pair of black
rbaces, two patent razors, one hand
bag and numerous other articies."
Despite the widespread publicity
given the sale, not a prospective pur
chaser attended, the bailiff being the
only person to enter the house dur
ing the day. This officer promptly
seized the articles mentioned in the
notice, and remained oh guard for
several hours. In the meantime the
bailiff's drab automobile stood outside
the Talleyrand house and attracted
the attention of all passers-by.
“Shark” Runs Big Bluff.
As a matter of fact, the French law
does not permit of an auction sale at
a private house, and had the Comte
looked into the law he would have
found the money lender to be merely
playing a huge bluff. However, the
bluff worked, and the settlement was
completed this afternoon.
The Duchess De Talleyrand, in con
nection with the affair, said:
“The Duke has not mentioned the
affair, and I do not care to upset him
by going into the details. I suppose,
however, it is the work of some mon
ey lender. As these persons have al
ready received over $400,000 of the
Duke’s Inheritance from his mother, I
feel they have been amply paid.”
Blease Says Wilson
Panders to Negroes
ANDERSON, S. C.. Nov. 29.—In a
speech delivered by Governor Cole L.
Blease at a political meeting in An
derson to-day( he denounced Presi
dent Wilson In the most positive
terms, und said that if the President
did not “stop pandering to the negro
element by permitting negro bosses to
dominate over white male and female
employees in the departments at
Washington” he would be defeated in
the next acmpaign.
Blease claimed that Wilson would
not have been elected this time had it
not been for the split in the Republr-
can paity.
Atlanta Boy Helps
Write Princeton Play
PRINCETON, N. J., Nov. 29.—
Henry P. Elliott. Jr., of Atlanta, and
Robert Strain, Jr., both of the class
of 1914 of Princeton University, are
the successful contestants as Joint
authors of the annual Triangle (dra
matic) Club play. The play is “The
Pursuit of Priscilla,” and it will be
presented during the Christmas holi
days in the principal cities.
Mr. Elliott for four years has taken
the leading part in plays written by
Princeton students. He is a gradu
ate of the Boys’ High School of At
lanta in the class of 1909.
Cabman Speeds on
After Running Down
Woman Pedestrian
Mr». J. M. Stanley Is Trampled by
Horses, but Onlookers Get
Driver’s Number.
Mrs. J. M. Stanley, of No. 7 Tatt
nall street, was run down and seri
ously injured by a cab driven by Isaac
Sheppard, No. 80 Butler street, early
Saturday night, as she was about to
board a street car near her home.
The driver, whipping his horses, did
not attempt to slow them as he
neared the corner where Mrs. Stan
ley stood. The woman was knocked
down and trampled under the hoofs of
the horses, and It Is believed one of
the wheels of the cab passed over
her body.
The cabman drove off into the dark
ness without slackening his speed.
Bystanders Informed the policemen
soon after that the cab was num
bered 21. Sheppard was later ar
rested.
Mrs. Stanley was taken to her
home. Her arm was broken, and she
was suffering from what is believed
to be an Internal injury. She Is the
wife of J. M. Stanley, an advertis
ing man.
Saxon King Seeks
His Second Bride
Special Cable to The American.
MUNICH, Nov. 29.«—Rumors are
Current here that King Frederick Au
gustus of Saxony, whose wife eloped
in 1902 with Professor Giron, the
French tutor of her children, then was
divorced and later became the wife
of Enrico Toselll, an Italian music
teacher, is about to marry again.
Gossip in court circles here is to
the effect that the King wa .ts to
make one of the six daughters of
King Ludwig of Bavaria Queen of
Saxony. He is said to favor Princess
Hildegarde, who is 32 years old. Ne
gotiations are believed to have been
opened between the two royal houses.
The Pope has twice refused to
grant King Frederick permission to
marry again.
Executioner Too Old,
Soldier to Hang Man
NEW YORK. Nov. 29.—“Sandy;”
McMiekle, the gray-haired execution- |
er of Bermuda, has not hanged a man j
in 37 years, but he has drawn the i
modest salary tha; goes with the job. I
Last week he was notified that he ,
would have to hang a negro recently j
convicted of murder. “Sandy” asked j
to be excused, because he was old >
and woefully out of practice.
The authorities decided to let “San- !
dy” off and engaged a British soldier, j
a piper in prison for assaulting an i
officer, to do the job. The soldier.
said he was willing, provided he ob- ]
tained freedom, 20 pounds sterling j
and railroad transportation. This was
granted.
Held for Drowning
Of 3 Companions
MOBILE, Nov. 29.—Robert B.
Chow, 29 years old, a ohe-legged
newsboy from St. Louis, is under ar
rest at the police station in connec
tion with the drowning of William
Bean, Thomas Patterson and Henry
Roberts in Mobile River late this aft
ernoon when a boat that the four
occupied was turned over.
Chow, it is charged, was drinking
and refused to bail out the boat when
it began leaking and rocked it so
hard that it capsized. Charles Ol-
sen 4 mate of the steamer Mount Ver
non, tried to save the boys, hut Chow
was the only one he could reach.
Detectives Save
Negro From Mob
«* *
A display of firearms by Detec
tives Black and Bullard was all th»\t
saved “Pink” Lyons, a negro, from
being lynched by a mob of his race
late Saturday night, after he had ah it
and Slightly wounded an unidentified
negro in a brawl at No. 62 1-2 De
catur street. Lyons, after the shoot
ing. rar; across the railroad tracks,
with the detectives In pursuit. Black
fired at the negro, and when he
stopped Bullard arrested him. The
mob tried to take him *'.om the offi
cers as he was being taken to the
police station.
Flood of Oysters
Swamps Factories
MOBILE, Nov. 29.—Owing to a
scarcity of shuckers and unskilled la
borers at the local factories thou
sands of barrels of oysters gathered
at Mobile and Biloxi, Miss., have
been dumped overboard In the local
harbor in hopes of saving them.
It is said that this scarcity makes It
impossible for the factories to handle
the supply of oysters that has been
brought in during the past few weeks.
THE DEADLY ‘FLYING SHOT GUN’
(Jeneral R. R. Evans is shown exhibiting the newest artil
lery missile of modern warfare. Two hundred and fifty balls
are discharged by it after it reaches the enemy as a solid shell.
Schepps Offers To
Save Becker’s Life
Officer’s Mother Traps Intruder and
Telephones Police Station
for Aid.
A man, apparently insane, who
This terrible
engine of
destruction is
fired by a time
fuse at any
desired
distance.
Caught by Woman in
Sergt. Nealy's Home
Witness Intimates He Can Show An
other Man as Instigator of
Rosenthal Murder.
NEW York. Nov. 29.—Sam ftohepps,
the State’s most Important witness in
the Rosenthal murder trial, to-day
offered to tell an entirely different
story which he declares ■'‘may possibly
save Becker.”
Charles Becker, former police lieu
tenant, and the four gunmen, all con
victed of the murder of Herman
Rosenthal, a gambler, are now In the
deathhouse at Sing Sing awaiting
execution. The argument of their
appeal for a new trial will be heapd
Monday by the Court of Appeals.
What Schepps is willing to swear
is not known, but it is believed he
intends making some one other than
Becker be the central figure in the
murder and thus ameliorate the Beck
er case.
Schepps is now in France and the
offer to aid Becker was made in cable
dispatches to Mrs. Becker, the lat
ter’s wife.
Pinkham to Hawaii
In Spite of Williams
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29—After a
fight extending over several days un
der the leadership of John Sharp
Williams of Mississippi, L. E. Pink-
ham to-day wa» confirmed to be
Governor of Hawaii by the narrow
margin of 26 to 24 votes.
The Mississippi Senator attacked
Pinkham because he was a Republi
can and the Republicans opposed
him because they charged him with
being a renegade.
j ga ve his name as D. J. Haley, of
Woodstock, was arrested by Police
men Cochran and Evans late Satur
day night, after he had forced an
entrance into the home of Police Ser
geant George Nealy, No. 187 East
Fair street. Haley says he was not
irylng to rob the house. No weapons
were found on him.
Haley tried first to onen n window
and then tried the front door. Mrs.
Octavla Nealy, Sergeant Nealy's
mother, opened the door to see who
was there, and Haley pushed past
her and entered the hallway. She
threatened to shoot, and Haley backed
up against the wall and said he
guessed he’d stay.” Tyler Ea#on,
who rooms at the Nealy home, heard
the noise and came downstairs with
a revolver, covering Haley while Mrs.
Nealy telephoned for the police.
Suffragettes Plan
To Storm Wilson
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.—The del
egates to the Nations! Woman Suf
frage Association convention here
are planning to march up to the
White House next week en masse
and demand that President Wilson
put himself on record with regard to
the suffrage question.
The suffragists rallied in Washing
ton to-day in anticipation of an
opening mass meeting scheduled for
to-morrow afternoon. A delegation
of 100 women, led by Miss Jane Ad-
dams. has augmented the force now
in Washington to about 700 dele
gates. The business sessions of the
convention will begin on Monday.
President's Teacher
Kin Forced to Rest
NEW YORK, Nov. 29.—Stockton
Axson, brother-in-law of President
Wilson, has been compelled to give
up the lectures he was delivering at
Princeton owing to fear that he will
suffer a recurrence of the nervous
collapse he had three years ago.
A complete rest has been ordered
so that he will be able to take up his
duties at Rice Institute, Houston,
Texas, in February
First Boy Baby in
Years in This Town
CONCRETE, COL., Nov. 29.—This
town is paying homage to the first
baby boy born here in four years.
Citizens had concluded that there
was some weird agency which had
decreed that all the children here
should be girls, but the spell was
broken when the stork visited the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Sar-
cino to-day. They had been here only
five months.
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HUERTA READY TO YIELD;
REBELS SWEEP MEXICO;
U. S. MOBILIZING ARMY
Offer of Settlement With United
States Is Expected From the
Mexican Dictator Within the
Next Twenty-four Hours.
Federals Concentrate Near the
Capital as the Revolutionists
Continue to Win Important
Points—U. S. Masses Troops.
Special Cabl* to The American.
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 29.—A con
ference to-day between the Japanese
Minister to Mexico and Charge d’Af-
faires O’Shaughnessy and the send
ing of Foreign Minister Moheno to
Vera Crut, presumably to reopen ne
gotiations with Envoy Lind, led to a
report that the Huerta Administra
tion had been compelled to backdown
and that a settlement with the United
States might be looked for within 48
hours.
In regard to Moheno’s trip to Vera
Cruz, it also was reported he had
broken with HuertA and had decided
to leave the Cabinet, and that he
might be arranging to sail for Hava
na or some other foreign port.
The inroads of the rebels In the
North and West are said to be re
sponsible for the concentration of
Federal forces near the capital. The
fall of Mazatlan, which the Govern
ment denied to-day, will give the reb
els command of the greater portion of
the West Coast.
The situation at Tampico is be
coming more critical General Zara
goza, the Federal commandant at that
port, fears an Immediate attack a*
the rebels are reported to be mass
ing near Concepcloh, on the National
Railway northwest of Tampico, where
the railway line has been cut. A large
force of rebels Is reported advancing
on Tampico along the Central Rail
road from the West, under Generals
Carranza and Aguilar.
Rebel* Fear U. S. W®r*hip*.
Fear of the American battleships is
believed to be the reason for the
hesitation of the rebels In attacking
the city. Notice has been served by
Admiral Fletcher that marines will
be landed, if necessary, to protect the
persons and property of foreigners.
This might be the beginning of In
tervention. which is as much dreaded
by the rebels as by the Federals.
Reliable private advices report
hard fighting all day yesterday and
this morning between 600 Carranzls-
tas under General Cabberallos and
600 Federals under Colonel Castillo
west of Concepcion. The Federals
were said to have lost 100 killed arid
many wounded after eight hours of
fighting. The rebel losses were not so
severe, as they are well intrenched
and have machine guns. All efforts
to dank them failed Castillo has
asked for reinforcements and ammu
nition from Tampico, but the com
mandant there Is unable to spare
either because of the threatened rebel
attack.
Reports from gouthem Coahuiln
say Saltillo practically Is surrounded
by rebels, all communication be
tween being cut off. The garrison is
expecting an attack at any moment
and has no hope of obtaining rein-
Developments of
Day in Mexico
IfUERTA is reported as
*1 ready to agree to United
States demands within
forty-eight hours.
Hard fighting continues at
various points between Huer
ta 's troops and large forces of
; rebels.
Fear of American battle
ships prevents Constitutional
ists from attacking Tampico.
The United States starts to
mobilize 3,500 soldiers at El
Paso simultaneously with the
concentration of warships at
Vera Cruz and Tampico.
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Monterey papers state that
the United States is too busy
putting down a “negro re
bellion’’ to do anything with
Mexico.
General Villa, rebel con-
i queror of Juarez, is moving on
Chihuahua City with 3,500
men.
forcements, although hopelessly out
numbered.
A strong and persistent rumor is
in circulation that General Rubion
Navarret©, whose dilatory tactic*
enabled the rebels to capture Ciudad
Victoria, has been taken prisoner and
his command practically annihilated.
Rebel* Threaten Guedalajare.
It is believed the next objective
point of the rebels from the west will
be Guadalajara, which will bring the
enemy’s forces uncomfortably close
to the gates of the capital. Should
Villa rapture Chihuahua it Is under
stood that the rebels plan a junction
of the forces in Sinaloa. Sonora, Chi
huahua and Coahuila in the State of
Jaliaco.
Military experts believe Huerta
soon will begin to draw in his forces
from outlying posts and concentrate
them around the capital, where he
may be enabled to force the rebels
into a general battle where his su
perior military ability might be used
to advantage in combating the un
scientific leadership of Villa, Carran
za and their lieutenants.
The rebels have circulated notice
that they propose to blow up any
troop train which attempts to move
north from Venegas and massacre
everyone on board, regardless of age
or sex. as they did a few days ago.
Noria, In Sinaloa, has been cap
tured and looted, two American-
owned sugar mills being destroyed.
Thirty-three of the defenders of the
town, including several women and
children, were killed. The rebels lost
SiX.
Tolocala. in Morelos, has been de
stroyed by Zapatistas in revenge for
the assistance by the people of the
town to the Federal garrison. Twen
ty-three men and seven women were
lined ud and shot and their bodies
burned by the bandits.
Rebel Army Moves South
On Chihuahua, Then Capital
EL PASO, TEXAS, Nov. 29.—The
rebel army’s movement against Chi
huahua City has begun in earnest.
Since 3 o’clock this morning—two
weeks to the hour since the beginning
of the fight that gave Juarez to Gen
eral Pancho Villa's Constitutionalists
—entraining of cavalry for the move
ment south has been constantly in
progress, superintended by the rebel
leader himself.
Shortly before dawn this morning a
troop train carrying 800 men, under
General Maclovio Herrera, steamed
southward over the Mexican Central.
A second military train bearing four
teen machine guns and more cavalry
departed at 10:30 o’clock, and was
followed two hour* later by a third
trainload of cavalry. A fourth train
left this afternoon, completing the
troop movement.
The advance guard of Villa’s army
left Frliay night. It was composed
of 500 cavalry, half of whoni wept
f,
f
overland, the rest by train. This col
umn wdll precede the main army, its
mission being to repair the railway
wherever it may be found destroyed
and to see that telegraphic commu
nication is not interrupted. Three
thousand cavalry, fourteen machine
guns and a food supply w^ere sent
south from Juarez to-day, making a
total of 3,500 rebels en route to at
tack the Federals.
Explanation of why Villa is so pop
ular was given to-day by the gen
eral himself, not tn words, but in ac
tions. While the work of entraining
went on the rebel chief was “on the
job.” Up and down the long plat
form from w'hich the cavalry horses
were being loaded into box can* he
walked, giving a command here and
helping to unsaddle a horse theee.
Democratc to the extreme, Villa pat
ted his horsemen on the back, helped
them coax unwilling animals in*-* the
care, saw that theur were wei\ ++