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The Weather. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia — Rain 3unday; partly cloudy Monday. Atlanta Edition ot The American Consists of th# Followlna Sections: 1— Late New*. 5—Editorial and City Life. 2— Real Estate. Want*. ft—Magazine. 3— Sports, Autos. 7—Comic*. 4— Society and Foreign. BZ SURE TO GET THEM ALL. VOL. 1. NO. 35. Copyright, 1913. by Th* Qeorgian Company. ★★★★ ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BUI SEVENTH OF GEORGIA'S S TAXED. SAYS State Commissioner Pleads for Good Local Boards to Enforce New Equalization Laws—Indi vidual Burden To BeLightened. Atlanta Has Increase of $19,000,- 000 in Assessments for 1913, Principally on Property of the Rich—Mrs. Grant Heads List. President Wilson Roots Hard, but He Proves a ‘Hoodoo' Tide of Army-Navy Football Cpntest Goes Against the Nation’s Chief Executive. NEW YORK. Nov. 29.—Presided Wilson, the first President who ever was a football coach, witnessed nls 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 middles 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 hts daughter, Miss Eleanor; Colonel and Mrs. E. M. House: his cousin, John Wilson, and Dr. Cirey 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 Baldpate" at the As- tor Theater In the evening. He left for Washington at 12:30 to-night. Judge John C. Hart, State Tax ommlssioner, who has been tour- g the State explaining the purposes ad operation of the new tax equall- itton law, believes the admlnistra- on of the same will be a complete lccess, and says that the only thing •matning to be done is the creation f the various County Commission ’s of local tax equalization boards imposed oft he right sort of men. Judge Hart makes the astonishing atement that not more than one- •venth of the taxable property of eorgla really Is returned for taxa- on, and he expects the new law to ing hundreds of thousands of dol- rs In hidden property to light. Hart Diwm.m the Lsvs Discussing the new law Saturday, ldge Hart said: "The success or failure of the new w depends largely upon the class of en named by the county authorities i the various county boards. That atter Is now of supreme Importance, id I think It Is working out right. "I have stressed this point wher- r er I have spoken, and I Judge from ie class of men being appointed that le County Commissioners are lm- •essed with that truth. "The press of the State likewise ■alizes the necessity of having the ;st of men appointed to this office; id this feature happily has been em- laslzed by the newspapers as no .her feature of the law. There should , men of the highest character on ie local boards. "If the law is properly admlnls- ,red, Instead of its increasing the irden of taxation. It will lower It on ,e man who has been doing even jproximately his duty. As Is known, ■ at least should be known, by .eryone, the State can not raise its ite, for since the year 1907 It has , en levying the full Constitutional ite, to-wlt, 6 mills. The State can vy no additional tax, and this rate ls not raised sufficient revenue to ly the State’s current expenses. The sflclt has grown until It has reached million dollars and over. Sees Chance to P*y Debt. "I made the statement advisedly, Iter careful Investigation, that not cceeding one-seventh of the prop- ’ty value of the State is on the tax gest. If all of the property of the tate were put on the digest, where it roperly belongs, and placed there at fair valuation, the State of Georgia ;uld pay her debt next year and the L x rate could be materially reduced. "Fair valuation of property, with a w rate of interest, is infinitely pref- •able to a low valuation of property id a high tax rate. The new law Is •signed to place upon the tax di- Bst all of the property of the State, id then as among the taxpayers to jualize property values relatively, so lat each man carries his exact bur- !n . This Is the essence of Justice." Ltlanta’s Eich Shoulder ncreased Tax Burden. Atlanta’s tax assessments for 1913, ist completed, show increased wealth ,r the city’s biggest taxpayers. The crease of nearly $19,000,000 in the ,tal assessments for the year is in a rge part on the property of the rich. A list of the biggest taxpayers in- udes the names of a number of omen. Mrs. W. D. Grant still is ie leader, with an assessment of 195,000. Her daughter, Mrs. John M. aton, is second, paying the city 11-4 >r cent taxes on $506,125. Other wealthy women taxpayers are rs. J B. Whitehead, with an assess- ent of $322,920; Mrs. Kate Cox, Continued on Page 2, Column 8. Leiter Will Try to ‘Break Bank' Again Special Cable to The American. PARIS, Nov. 29.—Joseph Leitei*. of Chicago, vows he will try to break the bank at Mon a 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. Art Museum in Peril From Sudden Blaze NEW YORK, Nov. 29.—The Met ropolitan Museum of Art, in which $150,000,000 wortlj 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 persona 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. Mrs. Hitt Leaves Capital for Country WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—The reigning belle of Washington socie ty, Mrs. Williajn 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 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 hack scratcher and 57 other personal articles belonging to her husband, Comte Helle 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 Bonl 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 nome of Comte Helle 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 arm® 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 on 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” Run* 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, and 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. Cabman Speeds on After Running Down Woman Pedestrian Mr*. J. M. Stanley I* Trampled by Horse*, 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. 30 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 th® horses, and it is believed one of the wheels of the cab passed over her body. The cabman dr' 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. THE DEADLY ‘FLYING SHOT GUN’ General R. K. 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. 0® This terrible engine of destruction is fired by a time fuse at any desired distance. 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 Toselli, an Italian music teacher, is about to marry again. Gossip In court circles here is to the effect that the King wr 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 82 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. 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 ha® taken the leading part in plays written by Princeton students. He is a gradu ate *>f the Boys’ High School of At lanta in the class of 1909. Fxecutioner Too Old, Soldier to Hang Man NEW YORK, Nov. 29.—"Sandy" McMickle, the gray-haired execution er of Bermuda, has not hanged a man In 37 years, but he has drawn the modest salary that goes with the Joo. Last week he was notified that he would have to hang a negro recently convicted of murder. "Sandy” asked 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, a piper In prison for assaulting an officer, to do the Jc'>. The soldier said he was willing, provided he ob tained freedom, 20 pounds sterling j and r-.lroad transportation. This was granted. Held for Drowning Of 3 Companions MOBILE, Nov. 29.—Robert B. Chow, 29 years old, a one-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 hall out the boat when it began leaking and rocked It so hard that it capsized. Charles Ol sen, mate of the steamer Mount Ver- noh, tried to save the boys, but Chow was the only one he could reach. Detectives Save Negro Prom Mob A display of firearms by Detec tives Black and Bullard was all that saved “Pink” Lyons, a negro, from being lynched by a mob of hi* race late Saturday night, after he had shot and slightly wounded an unidentified negro in a brawl at No. 62 1-2 De catur street. Lyons, after the shoot ing, ran across the railroad track®, 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. Schepps Offers To Save Becker’s Life Witness Intimates He Can Show An other Man as Instigator of Rosenthal Murder. Caught by Woman in Sergt. Nealy’s Home Officer’s Mother Traps Intruder and Telephones Police Station for Aid. NEW York, Nov. 29.—Sam Schepps, 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 heard 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 iat- 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. A man, apparently insane, who ^ gave 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 trying to rob the house. No weapons were found on him. Haley tried first to open a window' and then tried the front door. Mrs. Octavia Nealy, Sergeant Nealy’s mother, opened the door to see w'ho 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 Eason, who rooms at the Nealy home, heard the noise and came dow’nstalrs 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 National Woman Suf frage Association convention here are planning to march up to the White House next week en masse and derqand 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 First Boy Baby in Kin Forced to Rest Years in This Town 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. 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 Mr®. Samuel Sar- cino to-day. They had been here only five months. 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 24 Hours by Lind. Federals Concentrate Near the Capital as the Revolutionists Continue to Win Important Points—U. S. Masses Troops. Developments o> Day in Mexico H UERTA is reported as ready to agree to United States demands within j forty-eight hours. Special Cable to The American. MEXICO CITY, Nov. 29.—A con ference to-day between the Japanese Minister to Mexico and Charge d’Af- »faire® O’Shaughnesay and the send ing of Foreign Minister Moheno to Vera Cruz, presumably to reopen ne gotiations with Envoy Lind, led to a report that the Huerta Administra tion had been compelled to back down 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 W’ith 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 as the rebels are reported to he mass ing near Concepcion, 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*hlp*. Fear of the American battleships is believed to be the reason for the heiitation 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 500 Carranzis- tas under General Cabberallos and 600 Federals under Colonel Castillo west of Concepcion. The Federals were said to have lost 100 killed and many wounded after eight hours of fighting. The rebel Iosspb were nt t so severe, as they are well intrenched and have machine guns. All efforts to fiank them failed. Castillo has asked for reinforcements and ammu nition from Tampico, but the com mandant there is finable to spare either because of the threatened rebel attack. Reports from southern Coahuila 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- Hard fighting oontinues at various points between Huer ta’s troops and large forces of j 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. Monterey papers state that the United States is too busy putting down a “negro re bellion” to do anything with Mexico. j { General Villa, rebel con queror of Juarez, is moving on Chihuahua City with 3,500 men. • forcementa, although hopelessly out numbered. A strong and persistent rumor is In circulation that General Rubicm Navarrete, whose dilatory tactic® enabled the rebel® to capture Ciudad Victoria, ha® been taken prisoner and his command practically annihilated. Rebels Threaten Guadalajara. It la believed the next objective point of the rebels from the weat will be Guadalajara, which will bring the enemy's forces uncomfortably elo®e to the gates of the capital. Sbould Villa capture Chihuahua It le under stood that the rebels plan a Junction of the forces in Sinaloa. Sonora, Chi huahua and Coahuila in the State of Jall9co. Military expert® ’believe Huerta ®oon will begin to draw in hia forces from outlying post® and concentrate them around the capital, where be may be enabled to force the rebel® Into a general battle where hia ®u- perior military ability might be used to advantage in combating the un scientific leadership of Villa, Carran za and their lieutenant*. The rebels have circulated notice that they propose to blow up any troop train which attempts to move north from Venegas and maotam everyone on board, regardless of age or sex, a® they did a few days ago. Noria, In Sinaloa, has been cap tured and looted, two American- owned sugar mill* being destroyed. Thirty-three of the defenders of the town, Including several tfomen 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 rntralnlng 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 Maclovlo 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 hours later by a third tralnlnad of cavalry. A fourth train left this afternoon, completing the troop movement. The advance guard of Villa's army left Friday night. It was cpmpoaed of 600 cavalry, half of whom went overland, the rest by train. This col umn will 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 were 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 In words, but In ac tions. \Vhile the work of entraining went on the rebel chief was "on the Job.” Up and down the long plat form from which the cavalry horses were being loaded Into box cars he walked, giving a command here and helping to unsaddle a horse there. Democratc to the extreme. Villa pat ted his horsemen on the back, helped them coax unwilling animals Into the cars; saw that they were well »up->