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Two of the
many girls who
are dressing
Xmas dolls for
poor children.
They are Miss
Myrtle Rabut,
on left, and
Miss Ella
Whichard.
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VOL. XII. NO. 105.
ATLANTA, (JA„ TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1913. B AAT^rATc.. 2 CENTS. '" R "°
ICKPOCKETS ROB ENTIRE TRAIN
CAPT. WEST BLAMES MOTHER-IN-LAW FOR ARREST
ItANGO TEA FOR CHARITY IS A HUGE
SUCCESS; BIG AID TO OLD SANTA
Promises Sensational Disclosures
at Council's Probe of the City
Electrician’s Conduct.
Political circles are stirred by the
declaration of Aldine Chambers, ex-
jCouneilman and attorney for the Cot-
f° n States Electrical Company, that
Sensational disclosures of the official
[Conduct of City Electrician R. C. Tur-
r er will be made at the probe or
dered by Council by the Board of
Electrical Control and the Council
pectric Lights Committee. Mr.
Chambers asserted that he was going
j tu P rove that there was a sinister
jtnotive behind Electrician Turner’s
(unfavorable attitude to his client, the
Cotton States Electric Company. _
I c °uneilman Clarence HavertT.
chairman of the Board of Electrical
or ’rol- said Tuesday that he would
Cal1 a meeting of the joint bodies
''Thin a few days and that the in-
Ves t*gation of Turner would be be
gun.
4 ^ Iecir ician Turner said all hfe had
■ i Mr «Chambers'
|,.' k 11 comply with the law in
I work. He declared he had
I 1 ''
t an investigation.
IChild Dies Despite
Aid of Five Doctors
ilt e LBKRT0N ' Dec. 2.— Sarah. the
■ 1 daughter of Mr and Mrs
Mhomp S fiy, erm an, wmle playing at her
V the ' and injured her skull, dying
«rfr, r .A ln Jury after an operation was
fnd the skull trepanned
|». erton's best phj
'ms attended the Injured child.
I ' ‘ T AfM's BROTHER KILLED.
I IG. VA., Dec. 2. 1. -
lioria ’ billed by a train near \ u
" *** buried here to-day. He
Y' ■ ■ "f David A. Weatherl-
I ■ 11- wife, ill In a Ri a
rai, ‘ was unable to attend the fu-
Elopers Wed at Union Depot
U.S.OFFICEA TRAVELERS
L GIVE PAIR
ALL NIGHT
l
Drops Dead as He
Wins Whisky Bet
SCRANTON, PA., Dec. 2.—Justice
Casseti, aged 20, is dead to-day as the
result of his boast that he could
drink in succession six tumbler
glasses full of whiskey.
After $10 was offered to him as a
prize for performing the feat, Cas-
set drank the whisky. The money
was handed to him immediately
afterward, but when he reached for
it he fell dead.
Judge Thayer Quits
Following Charges
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—The State
Department to-day received and ac
cepted the resignation of Judge
Rufus H. Thayer, of the United
States Court for China.
Recently charges alleging wrong
acts were brought by the House
Committee on Expenditures. Judge
Thayer says his wife’s health forced
him to retire.
Society
Dancers in Happiest Mood as TEiey
Swell Empty Stocking Fund.
Women Win a Place
Beside Swiss Clergy
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
GENEVA, Dec. 2.—Women w-111 now
be able to enter the ministry in
churches in the Canton of Neuchatel,
as a result of a vote of the synod of
the Protestant Church, admitting
women to the theological faculty.
Neuchatel already has women doc
tors, dentists and lawyers, as a re
sult of the non-militant feminist
propaganda.
“Wilson Beats Me As
Czar/’ Says Cannon
CHICAGO, Dec. 2.—“They said I
was a Czar when I was Speaker,
but Woodrow Wilson can give me
cards and spades.” said “Uncle Joe”
Cannon to-night at the dinner of the
Illinois St. Andrew’s Society.
“If he should be mistaken in his
ideals and methods and fails to give
us protperKy, he will fail In 1216.
Many an empty stocking will be
filled by the larg^ attendance at The
Georgian’s Tango Tea at the Pied
mont Hotel Monday afternoon. At
lanta’s society women and men gath
ered in the ballroom on the ninth
floor until the affair had the appear
ance of an eventful afternoon at the
Piedmont Driving Club. Then when
the dancing was well begun a count
ing of the receipts was made.
There was $162 in all, showing that
there were 162 persons present. The
orchestra was paid $17 and there
were a few other expenses, leaving
$136 for Old Santa to buy good things
with which to fill the isocKlngs of
the poor children on Christmas
morning.
The tango tea was such a success
that the management of the Pied
mont is considering giving regular
dances in its own behalf. At 4:30
o’clock, as the shopping period of the
day was about over, the women be
gan to come in. Society editors have
had much to say of how the socially
elite have become fascinated by the
new dances and how they have been
devoting evenings to lessons. The
1 Tango Tea demonstrated very clever
ly that there are many finished danc
ers of the tango, the turkey trot and
the hesitation waltz.
Once when the orchestra started a
selection in tango time and the da nep
ers were a little slow starting, Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. V, Rainwater did some
beautiful figuring alone in the center
of the floor, and they did them so well
that the whole party encored for
more. But they refused to dance
alone again.
The party was wholly informal,
though marked by the presence of
many of the most beautiful women of
whom Atlanta boasts so much. It
was a happy gathering of friends and
acquaintances, where those who did
not wish to dance, and many who did,
took tea in an adjoining room and
talked of The Georgian’s Empty
Stocking FAind and other things in
which they were interested.
It was quite remarkable how much
the company In so light-hearted a
mood was interested In the Empty
Stocking Fund and the plans for giv
ing Atlanta’s poor that kind of Christ
mas the real Old Santa would have
them have. They were all anxious to
know just how much money was re
ceived, and declared that because
there was a serious purpose behind
the affair they had enjoyed it much
more.
Many have called p.nd taken dolls
to dress for poor little girls, but there
are still more dolls, and The Georgian
will furnish them to persons who will
call for them at the following places:
The Georgian office, Alabama
street; Piedmont Hotel, Georgian
Terrace, Hotel Ansley, Wlnecoff Ho
tel and Majestic Hotel.
Sir Allon Wants
The American Cup
NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—“If Sir
Thomas Lipton had not challenged
the America cup I would .hav»i..chal-
lenged,” said Sir Charles Allon, who
is here to-day.
“If Sir Thomas is unsuccessful I
shall challenge,’’ he said.
Forgot New Time
Card; Wreck Kills 1
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., Dec. 2.—
Two freights were ditched, one man
killed and traffic tied up for several
hours on the Saginaw Division of the
Pere Marquette Railroad early to-day
because one crew forgot that a new
time card went into effect to-day.
Shows New Method
Of Reflex Anesthesia
HARTFORD, CONN., Dec. 2.—Dr.
W. H. Fitzgerald, of.New' York, at a
clinic for twenty-four physicians to
day demonstrated hifc.new method of
ireflex- a*est hesia.
By mere pressure upon nerves in
the neck, throat or nose, he makes
parts of the body insensible to pain.
Maria Montessori
To Lecture In U. S.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ROME, Dec. 2.—Crowds of Amer
icans gathered to bid farewell U
Dr. Maria Montessouri, who sailed
for New' York to lecture in the United
States on her methods of child teach
ing.
Denies He Intended Kidnaping
Son—Tells of Scene With
His Wife’s Mother.
“I did not have any intention what
soever of kidnaping or trying to kid
nap my son Ernest,” declared Captain
Ernest West, U. S. Marine Corps, In
his cell at police headquarters Tues
day. Captain West was arrested
Monday at the Capital City Club fol
lowing the sensational charges of his
mother-in-law. Mrs. John H. Jones,
of assault with Intent to kill. A city
case of drunk and disorderly conduct
also is booked against him.
“My wife and her people have been
unduly alarmed since I came to At
lanta,” continued Captain West. “I
did not try to steal my boy and do
not Intend trying to steal him. That
is all wrong, all a very bad misunder
standing.
“Yesterday I went out to the Court-
land street residence for the sole pur
pose of seeing Ernest. T did not want
to make a fuss of any kind.
Doesn’t Fear Trial.
“I am ready to go to trial to-day
as I have done no wrong, so I have
no fear of the courts.
“When I got out of my taxicab and
walked up to the front, door yester
day my mother-in-law came to the
door. ‘I want to see my son,’ I told
her.
“She told me the boy w'as in the
back yard playing, and with her I
went through the house to the back
yard. The boy was not there. We
went through the house again and as
we neared the front door Mrs. Jones
suddenly grew hysterical.
‘“Y04 shall not have that child,’
she screamed. ‘You shan’t have him,’
and doubling up her fist she struck
me. I caught her hand to prevent her
striking me again and she jerked
loose, falling to the floor.
Spends Night in Jail.
“Seeing that I was creating a scene,
I left the house hurriedly and getting
into the cab drove to my club.”
The city case against Captain West
will be tried before Recorder Broyles
Tuesday afternoon. Bond was fixed
at $200. No bond has been arranged
on the assault and battery charge
and no date set for the trial. Cap
tain West spent the night in police
headquarters.
Mrs. Jones lives with her husband
and Mrs. West and her aon at No. 486
Courtland street.
Willetts, of Harvard
Team, to Shift Name
SYRACUSE. N. Y., Dec. 2.—Wil
liam Allen Willetts, of Skaneateles,
Harvard senior, and substitute on the
Crimson eleven, desires to change his
name to William Prentiss Willetts.
Willetts gave as his reason for de
siring a change, the fact that his
mother’s name was Prentiss.
Little Prince Henry
Fails in School Test
LONDON, Dec. 2— Prince Henry
has made so little progress in his
studies at Eton that there is no
chance of his being able to pass'his
examination.
Prince Henry, therefore, will be
specially coached during the holi
days.
Penny to Wife; Rest
To His ‘True Friend’
NEW YORK. Dec. 2.—Richard
Siegener left one Lincoln penny each
to his wife, from whom he was sep
arated, and his five children. The
rest of his estate was left to his "true
Xriend,” Mrs. Mary Willo*
0. C. Enggram and Miss Kay, of
Calhoun, Prefer Romantic Way
to Church Affair.
A desire to inject the spice of ro
mance into a love affair that began In
childhood, coupled with a natural
timidity that made a big church, rice
and old shoe wedding an utter im
possibility, caused Oscar C. Engram
and Miss Ethel Hay to slip quietly
from their homes at Calhoun, Ga., fit
4:53 o’clock Tuesday morning, board
the Western and Atlantic train and
have the nuptial knot tied at 8:15
o’clock in the waiting room of the old
Union Station.
No one knew anything about the
contemplated wedding but the bride
groom’s brother, H. E Engram, of No.
38 Orleans street, Atlanta, and he
didn't know until Monday night, when
he received a wire from his brother.
The message bade Mr. Engram en
gage a preacher and meet the train,
“for," said the wire, "I'm coming to
Atlanta and am going to get married
in the railway station."
Wed in Waiting Room.
The wedding was performed by Dr.
I. S, Hopkins, a well-known Metho
dist minister of Atlanta, directly In
front of the news stand 1n the main
waiting room. Scores of tourists and
ordinary travelers witnessed the tri
umph of the little blind god, and after
the wedding the travelers gave the
newlyweds an impromptu reception.
"I never thought I'd get married in
a railway station," said the smiling
bride, after the ceremony, "but after
all It does not seem so bad. We’ve
known each other since our child
hood days, and have been intending
to get married for several months.
“Mr. Engram insists that we have
been going to get married since we
were little children. The more we
thought about getting married in a
church, with everybody looking at us,
the less we felt like getting married.
Neither of us, I’m sure, would ever
have the nerve to go through a church
wedding, with Us resultant showers
of old shoes and rice and things.
Fooled Their Friends.
"East night we decided that our
natural timidity would never per
mit us to egt married at home, so we
decided to come to Atlanta. We sent
a telegram to Mr. Engram’s brother,
asking him to meet us with a min
ister, and then this morning we
slipped away from home and caught
the train for Atlanta.
"Nobody in Calhoun, except our
folks, knew anything about It—and
we're glad we fooled them. Every
body was expecting us to have a
church wedding."
Mr. Engram smilingly declared that
If he had had to go through a church
wedding he just knew his knees
would have "caved in."
"It seems all right to me to be
married in a railway station," he
said. "I don’t see where it makes any
difference where you get married.
The main thing is—get married."
The newlyweds spent the morning
with their brother, seeing the city,
and left at 12:30 o’clock for Macon,
from whence they will go to Florida
for their honeymoon.
Honeymoon in Florida,
They probably will not return to
their home in Calhoun for a month
or two Mr. and Mrs. Engram are
well-known Georgians. Mr. Engram
conducts a large warehouse in Cal
houn, and his bride is the daughter of
J. M. Kay, a prominent merchant of
Calhoun.
The wedding attracted considerable
attention about the station, and the
happy couple were forced to heed the
attentions of as large a crowd as they
probably would have encountered in
a church. A score of tourists bound
for Palm Beach hailed the wedding
as a welcome diversion in the monot
ony of travel, and were almost as
Joyous as tire bride and bridegroom.
Panic on Whitehall
Cars as Negro Dies
In Double Collision
PANIC ON Whitehall—3L2 —Page 1
Passengers on two Whitehall-
Peachtree street cars were *throsvn
Into a panic Tuesday by a collision
at Forsyth and Brotherton streets,
which resulted in the instant death of
a negro driving a wagon loaded with
whisky.
The negro turned from Brotherton
street into Forsyth street and drove
across the tracks just In time to get
in the way of a car coming from each
direction.
Sounds of crashing glass were
mingled with the cries of women when
the car, bound for the West End,
struck the negro’s wagon. The driver
was hurled to the pavement. His
head was crushed and he was dead
when bystanders picked him up.
The northbound car also struck the
wagon, but Its speed had been checked
considerably and little damage was
done by the second accident. The
front of the southbound car was bad
ly shattered and all of the glass was
broken out.
Governor of Canton
Kills 4 of His Guard
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
HONGKONG. Dec. 2.—General
Chi Kuang Lung, Governor of Can
ton. for the second time within a
fortnight was attacked by an assas
sin. who endeavored to plunge a
knife into his heart.
General Lung personally killed four
of his guards, fearing treachery at
their hands.
Two States Claim
Gates Death Tax
MINNEAPOUIS, Dec. 2.—A case to
determine whether Minnesota or
Texas shall collect the inheritance
tax on $500,000 of the eetate of
Charles G. Gates has begun here.
This State asserts his home was
Minneapolis. Attorneys for Mrs.
Gates and other heirs argued his
legal residence is in Fort Worth,
Texas.
Forbes-Robertson’s
Sister Is Released
BIRMINGHAM. ENG.. Dec. 2 —
Miss Forbes-Robertson, a sister of
Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson. the
actor-manager, has been released
from prison under the “cat and
mouse” act.
She w'as sentenced to two weeks
on a charge of smashing a window
and Immediately went on hunger
strike.
No Loan for Kieff,
Result of Beilis Case
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ODESSA, Dec. 2.—Mayor Diakoff,
of Kieff, and two members of the
j City Council have returned from
l^ngland and announce the failure of
their mission to float a municipal
loan of $7,000,000.
The Mayor ascribes the failure to
the evil repute of the city owing to
the Beilis trial.
Kerns to Give Birds
Real Xmas Dinner
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—Senator
and Mrs. John W. Kern will give a
party on Christmas Day for the birds
in and around Kern Cliffe, their Vir
ginia country home.
Mrs. Kern has purchased tiny bas
kets to fill with goodies for the birds.
These will be suspended from tree
brances.
Sistine Madonna
Is a True Raphael
BERLIN, Dec. 2.—“The Sistine
Madonna is a genuine Raphael,” was
the declaration made in the Saxon
Parliament at Dresden by the Saxon
Minister of Education, who said that
no time must be lost in denying
“before the world” a story that the
greatest gem In the Dresden gallery
x* only a copy*
Score of Passengers Lose Wallets
on Seaboard Express—Offi
cial of Road in Number.
Reports of robberies by pick
pockets at Atlanta railway sta
tions continue to pour into police
headquarters, following a whole
sale robbery of passengers on a
Seaboard train leaving Atlanta
Monday afternoon
The latest victim reported was
City Detective J. W. Hollings
worth, who was robbed of $63
Monday evening while helping
some relatives on a Birmingham
train at the Union Depot.
Hollingsworth says he had two
small children in his arms and
did not feel his money leaving
him.
That the amazing series of rob
beries is the work of experts there
is little doubt. It is believed that
two well dressed strangers who were
"een to Jump off tile Birmingham
train as It pulled out of the yards,
were the men who worked the pas
sengers of this train.
A man whose name the police have
not given out reported Monday night
that he had been robbed of a large
amount of money while in the depot
waiting for a Western and Atlantic
train to Birmingham,
The first news of the wholesale
robbery on the train came from the
officials of the Seaboard Air Line ex
press to Washington and New York
which left Atlanta at 1:40 o’clock
Monday afternoon. A telegram from
Roadmaster J. B. Harrlll, who was
himself robbed of tickets and $30 in
money, announced the depredations
on the train.
Money, handbags and suitcases
were taken from the passengers, who
complained of their losses a short
time after the train left the station.
The theory is that the men pur
chased tickets to the first city out of
Atlanta, and then after robbing the
passengers, left the train. The names
of the victims on the Seaboard train
have not yet been reported.
Many See New Jap
Battleship Launched
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
NAGASAKI. JAPAN. Dec. 2.—The
Japan battle cruiser Klrishlma was
launched to-day In the Mitsubishi
yards in the presence of many promi
nent naval officers.
Her displacement is 27,600 tons, her
turbines aggregate 70,000 horsepower.
She carries 24 guns and 8 torpedo
tubes. Her speed is 28 knots.
Superintendent for
Hall Schools Named
GAINESVILLE Dec. 2. Professor J.
D. Underwood, of this city, has been
elected by the Board of Education as
Hall County School Superintendent, to
fill the unexpired term of the Rev. H
F. Wood, resigned. He will go into of
fice February L and his term expires
January 1. 1917.
Professor L'noerwood has practiced
law for the past three >eara.