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Ml •m Va- T THIS SECTION CONTAINS SPORTING and AUTOMOBILE NEWS Kippered HerringHas Soul, if You but Knew DEATH TIM IF Special Dress Parade With Drill by Seventeenth U. S. Infantry Planned—Visitors to Have Many Pleasures; Prizes for Some. Appeals Made for More Residents to Open Homes to Young Farm ers, Only 600 of Whom Have Been Provided With Quarters. Georgia's corn club boys will b« here this week 1,000 strong. They will begin to come into Atlanta Tuesday, the first day of the Third Annual Corn Show, and by Wednesday morn ing the majority of them will have arrived. At least 600 of these boys will be entertained in Atlanta homes, that number having been provided for in response to the call of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. The corn show committee hopes that by the time they come a sufficient number of homes will have been provided to take care of all, but if not, some pro vision will be made for them, as the committee has determined not to turn any of the visiting boys away. Special appeal has been made to 800 or more committeemen of the At lanta Chamber of Commerce to do Just one thing more for the Chamber this year in addition to the splendid work they have already done, and that is, If possible, to take two of these visiting corn club boys into their homes. Those who are in a position to do so are expected to re spond to this earnest request of the tliamber Monday morning, by consent of the Board of Education, 5,000 cards will be distributed among the pupils of the sixth, seventh and eighth grades of all the grammar schools of the city, with the request that pupils se cure all the places for the boys they can and return the cards early Tues day morning. It is earnestly request ed that the accurate name and ad dress shall be given, so that none of these boys will be wrongly directed. The first, feature of the entertain ment provided for the visiting corn club boys will be a special dress pa rade and exhibition drill by the Sev enteenth United States Infantry at Fort McPherson, arranged through the kindness of Colonel J. T. Van Orsdale. Special street cars will be provided to take the boys and girls to the fort free of charge. These cars wiU leave the State Capitol at 3 o'clock sharp Wednesday afternoon, and the boys will be brought directly back to the city at the conclusion of the program. Wednesday night there will be ex hibited, for the benefit of the visit ing boys and girls, at the Grand Opera House, one of the most inter esting moving pictures of the age, en titled “The Dawn of Plenty." This picture, which was secured for the occasion by the State Department of Agriculture, and the presentation of which, with a lecture, requires about an hour and a half, deals with the history of agriculture and harvesting from the earliest known period down to the present data It will begin at t o’clock and complimentary tickets for the picture will be mailed to each host or hostess of the corn club boys, who are cordially invited to attend. The annual co^n show parade, which will take place Thursday after noon, December 4, will be the big event of the show, and will be the most extensive parade of its kind yet riven. The parade will be in charge of Adjutant General J. Van Holt Nash grand marshal, and will form promptly at 2:30 o'clock at the Audi torium-Armory. It will start at 3 o'clock sharp and will follow the route including the Washington street viaduct to Mitcheli street to White hall, up Peachtree to Houston, to Ivy, to Gilmer, to Washington and back to the State Capitol where it will disband. The first division of the parade will consist of the military in charge of General R. K. Evans, commanding the Southeasternn Division of the Unit ed States army. This will include the Fifth Infantry Regiment, Georgia National Guard; the Marist College cadets, the cadets of the Georgia Military Academy and any other mili- organizations which may en- Mlss Lind af-Hageby, Who Is Psychic, 8ure Fish, Eaten, Will Haunt You. More to Tea Than Just NEW YORK, Not. 29.-—"Do not eat kippered herring, for it has a soul and wil lcome back and make trou ble for fou.'’ This was the advice of Miss Lind af-Hageby, psychic and viviaection- lst suffragette, lawyer and author, who arrived on the Lusitania to at tend the convention of the anti-vivi section league at Washington. I “All things have souls, the lowest animal as well as the most brilliant men,” said Miss af-Hageby as the Lusitania neared quarantine. "Then this kippered herring which lies on my plate has a soul?" she was asked. “Yes, indeed,” answered Miss af- Hagebv, “and if you eat It I venture it will return to trouble you.” Georgians Are Named As Peace Delegates Delegates from Georgia to the one hundredth anniversary of peace among the English-speaking nations, which will be celebrated in Rich mond, Va., December 3 and 4. were announced Saturday by Governor Slaton. The list includes: Dr. J. ,1. Hall, Atlanta; Wllmer L, Moore, Atlanta; Rev. Dr. John E. White, Atlanta; Rev. Dr. C. B. Wilmer, Atlanta: Rev. Dr. Dunbar H. Ogden, Atlanta; Col onel Walter P. Andrews, Atlanta; the Rev. Howard T. Oree. Augusta; Charlton E. Battle. Columbus; Gen eral Peter W. Meldrim, Savannah; Judge Walter G. Charlton, Savan nah; Kev. Dr. W. N. Ainsworth, Ma con, J. Lindsay Johnston, Rome; Pro fessor H. C. White, Athens; J. S. Shingler, Ashburn, and Dr. George Brown. Atlanta. Young Farmer in Hart Ends Life With Razor HARTWELL, Nov. 29.—Walter B. Shirley, 35 years old, a prominent poung farmer of Hart County, com mitted suicide late to-day by cutting his throat with a razor at his home in Shoal C’reek District, dying In a short time. He was apparently In good health. It Is believed he was de spondent over financial adversities. Shirley was a son of the late James N. Shirlej\ and was one of a promi nent North Georgia family. He leaves a wife and two small children. The funeral and interment will be on Sun day at Shoal Creek Church, of which he was a member. Negro Gets Life for Killing of Newsom Judge Hill on Monday will sen tence Ed Fowler, a negro, to a life term for the murder of H. F. New som, a young white man, following a verdict of guilty with a recommen dation for mercy which wag read in court Saturday. The Jury was out for six hours and late Friday night returned a sealed verdict. The killing took place at the comer of Whitehall and Ala bama streets about ten months ago. The defense endeavored to prove an alibi. John Copeland Quits State Risk Office John Copeland, State Deputy In surance Commissioner, Saturday seit his resignation to Comptroller Gen eral Wright, to take effect January 1. He will become a. consulting actuary- in Atlanta. The place made vacant is the high est subordinate position in the De partment of Insurance. It pays a sal ary of $3,000 and is filled by appoint ment. Serves 23 Days to Protect a Friend CHATTANOOGA, Nov. 29.—After he had remained In Jail for 23 days for contempt of court because he re fused to divulge to the Grand Jui# the name of a friend who had sold him a pint of whisky, Charles F. Jelf was released this afternoon by Judge McReynolds. Jelf never gave the information de sired but it was secured through an other person. Patterson Wars on Chattanooga Liquor CHATTANOOGA, Nov. 29.—With ex-Governor M. R. Patterson as the chief speaker, the Anti-Saloon League of Tennessee will hold a field day here to-morrow. Other speakers will be former United States Senator W. R. Webb and Professor Gus Dyer, of Yander- added the story of his experiences to the sensational charges that have been made against Warden William H. Moyer by Julian Hawthorne and others, declared Saturday that the half of the cruelty and inhuman treat ment of prisoners practiced by the prison authorities has never been told, and probably never will be. “While I was there I saw many things that were Just as bad as the Incident of the prisoner who tore a hole in his side with a nail and crammed the hole full of broken glass,” said Mr. Archer, “and there are hundreds of cases that the public has never heard of and that it will never hear of. Men die out there from no other cause than being confined in the ‘hole,’ and the public accepls without question the stories of their death that are sent out by the prison authorities I've Been men carried on stretchers from the 'hole’ to the hos pital—and when they died a few days later it was the ‘hole 1 that killed them. “And unless the system has changed sine® I worked there a tew years ago, the stories about the food are true, too. They didn’t give the men enough to eat. It wasn’t very often that the prisoners had meat, and w’hen they did they didn’t get enough to do them much good. A little syrup, potatoes and soup and coffee—vile coffee, too— was their usual fare. And the vege tarians can say v hat "they please— meat is necessary If a man does man ual labor.” Mr. Archer is now living in Sum ter. Ga., where he Is engaged in the real estate business. For the past two or three weeks he has been in Atlan ta visiting his brother. Underwood to Hold Congressional Seat WASHINGTON, Nor. 29.—Majority Leader Underwood, of the House of Representatives, announced to-day that he would reain his seat in the Lower House pending his contest for election to the Senate of the United States from Alabama. This action Is taken, it is under stood, at the instance of President Wilson, w r ho wants Underwood to lead the battles of the majority in the regular session of Congress which Is to convene Monday. Georgia and Florida Ry. Directors Named AUGUSTA, Nov. 29.—Directors for the ensuing ye^r were elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Georgia and Florida Railroad here to-day. They are: R. Lancaster Williams and H. C. Huffer, Jr.. Baltimore; B. W. Duer, Thomas Barrett, Jr., and George R. Lombard, Augusta; J. M. Aahley, Douglas; F. R. Durden, Savannah; Jesse Thompson, Swalnsboro; Thad Adorns, Moultrie: J. M. Wilkinson, Valdosta; E. L. Bemiss and L. M. Wil liams, Richmond; F. Q. Brown and W. R. Sullivan, New York. The directors are not expected to change the present officers, w ho are R. Lancaster Williams, president, and Messrs. Brown, Bemiss, Wilkinson ana Duer, vice presidents, the latter also being general manager. Last Descendant of Andrew Jackson Dies DURAND, MICH., Nov. 29.—The family of President Andrew Jackson passed from the earth with the death here of Mrs. Sarah Jane White Cham bers, a granddaughter of General Jackson . Mrs. Chambers was 93 years old. and was horn in West Virginia. She was the last of three daughters of President Jackson’s only son. Maybe you don’t tango. Let’s ad mit. for the sake of argument, that you don’t, and that you are saying in your heart that the tango tea at the Piedmont Hotel Monday afternoon for the benefit of The Sunday American- Georgia Empty Stocking Fund doesn’t interest you a little bit. Maybe you are saying that. But if you are It is without thinking of what the tango tea means. It is without realizing that the dollar you pay for admission into that gay, bright tea room will go toward the purchase of a dream for one of Atlanta’s poor, to ward making true a wistful Christmas hope that hundreds of poor boys and girls, toll-worn mothers and helpless fathers are cherishing. Cherishing, with a fear at their hearts that Christmas morning wil! dawn to show them empty stockings, and a hom^ whoae habitual gloom and sordidness is not enlivened by even so much as a gleam of the Christmas cheer with which more for tunate folks will enjoy. Atlanta society has lent itself whole- heartedly to the plan for raising money by means of the tango tea. Prominent men and women not only will attend, but will work actively to ward the success of the novel benefit. The Piedmont Hotel management, en listing with all sincerity Into the work, has proffered the use of its women’s orchestra for the entertainment, with out charge. Ther3 will be no charge for any services that afternoon. Every dollar, every penny, of the re ceipts will be conserved eagerly, be cause the money has a wonderful sig~ niflcance in this case. Chance to Buy Dreams. You can buy the ordinary material commodities at any time, you know, but it is only a few times In your Average Person lifetime that you will have the opportunity of buying dreams and happiness for boys and girls and tired women who have all too little of tho«"' things. And not only dreams and happiness, but the actual necessities of existence, without which they are trying to live, and without which they are shudder ing at everything that promises win ter and cold. Big, hearty Atlanta is waking up to the. necessity of these wards of tir- city. There are a hundred evidences. Saturday night, as the Sunday pi- Continuod on Page 2, Column 4 In a Letter to The Boston Post He Congratulates That Paper for Printing Ex-President Mellen’sStory and Says the Administration Is Doing Its Best to Show Apprecia tion of Railroad Support. IT) OSTON, Nov. 29.—The following letter from WTffiaxn Rarv dolph Hearst appeared in The Boston Post on Thursday Empty Christmas Stocking Fund Editor Smiles as Generous Atlantans Raise His Fund. The letter was Rent in response to a request for an interview fol lowing the Boston paper’s publication of the story of Ex-President Charles S. Mellen, of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Mr. Mellen’r story was reprinted by The American. His explanation of the financial looting of the road and the remedy therefor bear out the points made by Mr. Hearst a year ago. Mr. Hearst’s letter reads: “I want to Ray a word of congratulation to The Post on fh» interview with Mr. Mellen, that it printed November 9. The printing of such an article is a great public service. It is an authoritative exposition of the evils and abuses of railroad mo nopoly. “It definitely fixes the fault of the mismanagement of the New York and New Haven Railroad. It locates the blame for the de terioration of the property, the deaths of many unfortunate pas sengers and the damage to business interests of New England upon the actually responsible individuals—the great speculative bankers of Wall Street. “These men have no concern for the business interests of New England, for the welfare of the railroad property or the safety for the railroad’s passengers, so long as they themselves can secure their speculative profits. “The action of these speculative bankers in interfering with the development of a great and important section of this country, in restricting the condition, the wealth in the section, in hamper ing the transportation, in destroying the property and murdering the citizens of that section, is essentially criminal. “The individuals responsible for such conditions should be regarded as criminals. “Politicians who condone such criminality merely because of the wealth and political influence of the responsible individuals are nothing less than accessories after the fact. “Attorney General McReynolds has the New York and New Haven Railroad situation before him for action, or rather, it. would appear, for inaction. “It remains to be seen whether the special railroad repre sentative of a railroad administration will proceed against the individuals clearly shown to be responsible in the Mellen interview. Personally, I doubt if anything will be done to the dissatisfaction of any railroad interest by the Wilson Administration. “The Wilson political boom was conceived in the veto of the railroad safety crossing bill by Mr. Wilson when he was Governor of New Jersey. “During the time that elapsed between Governor Wilson’s veto of the railroad safety crossing bill and the repassage and the signing of the bill by the administration that succeeded him, sew. enty people were killed and ninety-two mutilated—a fact which indicates both the sincerity of Mr. Wilson’s devotion to the rail roads and the intensity of his ambition to be President. “The Wilson boom was definitely delivered at the Baltimore convention, where the largest number of railroad lobbyists ever assembled was led to a Wilson victory under the leadership of Mitchell P. Alger, attorney for the Pennsylvania Railroad. “Since the election of Mr. Wilson, the Wilson Administration has done its best to show its appreciation of the railroad support which elected it. “It permitted the reorganization of the Union and Southern Pacific in harmony with the desires of these railroads and in oppo sition to the interests of the States affected, although President Taft had prevented this unjust reorganization and the State of California had attempted to enjoin it. “Again, when the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin were attempting to compel the railroads to do their duty to the citizens of those States, and were employing the powers of their State Railroad Commissions to this end, the Wilson Administration appeared before the Supreme Court of the United States in an attempt to deny such powers to the Railroad Commissions of those States. “The United States Supreme Court overruled the specious federalists plea of the Attorney General of the United States and sustained the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin. The Attorney General of the United States accomplished nothing other than fur ther to establish the sympathy of the Administration at Washing ton with the railroad abuses and oppression. “The Administration at Washington has been in favor of com pelling the coastwise shipping of the United States to pay tolls through the Panama Canal, for the simple reason that the coast shipping will be the main competitor of the transcontinental raiU roads, and whatever canal toll shall be added to the cost of tran*» portntion from one coast to the other of the United States can bsi added And will be added to the cost of transportation by the tram* continental railroads. “Undoubtedly, if (he railroads can secure a canal toll on intercoast shipping, they can impose the same additional charge l \J I / Mm