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Two Great Bargains for the Price of One await the readers of Next Sunday’s American And Its Free Fiction Magazine The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results VOL. XII. NO. 109. ATLANTA, OA., SATURDAY. DECEMBER (j, 1919. Copyright, 19*h>. By The Georgian Co. o PEYTC PAY NO - ' MORE. EXTRA FIRST HOME EDITION BRYAN FLEES FROM SUFFRAGISTS C&3 C& C& C&3 C&3 C&3 McAdoo Favors Regional Banl[ for Atlanta vw 4V a* ++ * ^^ X\ cif. tw 85 S3 ixs \s (-• / ^- NI * \ a , „ PERISH IN TEXAS FLOODS Declares Secretary Told Hoke Smith City Is Ideal Place for Currency Branch. When it comes to a “friend at xmrt” in the matter of designating regional banks. Atlanta can count with a very gratifying certainty on no leas a person than Secretary XV. G. McAdoo as being favorable to the location of one of the great Govern ment banka here Robert F. Maddox, vice president of the American tional Bank, brought that new? from the Eaet with him v. turned Saturday. ' I he whole, that I may *ay m\ - excursion was a suc- csa Mr. M.uldox said. 'Tilwas taken, of course, in behalf of Atlanta's hope to be awarded one of the regional banks under the pending currency bill. “I went pretty thoroughly into af- airs in Washington, and I want to say right here that our two Senators, Smith and Bacon, have done wonders for Atlanta In the way of creating a sentiment favorable to locating one of the banks here. Tf we get It, too much credit can not be given to those men.*' Takes no Credit Himself. As to Mr. Maddox’s own part, ir really was a. pity that a third person ouldn’t have had the telling of it, because Mr. Maddox absolutely de fined to put in any bid for fame. “All I did was to carry on an array >f facts and figures.'* said Mr. Mad- Jox, “in an effort to help the good cvork along by showing how excel ently fitted Atlanta, was to receive *nd support a. regional bank." But it had been said by others that her Mr. Maddox departed on his exc ursion he was loaded for big game— ind the report trickled back from Washington that be was not sparing ibe ammunition. He laughed a little when the report <vas mentioned. “Oh, never mind about that," he parried, “here’s something worth while. now. Board's Membership Uncertain. “After the bill Is passed—and I Don't believe that will be until about 'be middle of January—President Wilson will appoint a. national re- sc**ve board, and that body will llx the points at which the banks will be located. Nobody knows now who will be on. that board, so no work can be lone specifically as yet. “But it is certain that Secretary McAcoo will he a member. And S*c- fetary McAdoo has told Senator Smith that he regards Atlanta as an excellent place for one of the banks— f bat he believes a bank ought to be located here, in fact That’s a big point, let me tell you: but Senator Smith was so confident °f the Secretary’s attitude that he save me permission to quote him con- ,: *rning what Mr. McAdoo ha'd told him." to banking and financial condi- ions in New York, Mr. .Maddox said core was a big demand^ for money, n th every prospect that the high in- ‘ c T-eer rater, would be maintained in definitely. Country Marking Time The whole country is sort of mark- ; pg time, in a business way,” Mr. M iddox said. “No doubt about it. Dds radical legislation is having its meet, no matter how much good we T.ay expect ultimately to receive from 11 Personally, however. I am much ‘':aseci and encouraged b.v the at ti le of President Wilson * 1 beard the President's speech to ongiessy arid it was firmly impressed me that he was in favor of a let- 'P in radical legislation. The coun- r V has be^n well stirred up, and the - >atir»n i« bound to ( onmiiu* un; Mail Christmas Packages Early, Says Postmaster if you w ant the parcel post to carry your Christmas gift, get it into the Atlanta postoffice as long before Christmas as possible. That Is the advice of Postmaster Jones. “Next Monday the rush ought to begin.” he said. “Then we can handle the flood of Christmas packages in some sort of order. But I do not see how we can handle the great rush of parcel post packages if it is delayed until two or three days before Christ mas. “Only this morning five solid car loads of unsoiled mail were received at the Hunter Street terminal for distribution over the Southern States. The incoming mail has so increased that a proportionate increase for the next two weeks would swamp us.” SCORES I Collier Will Suit Gets to Jury After Long Legal Battle POULTRY SHOW ENDS IN CHORUS OF LUSTY CROWS Elizabeth Hurt. 13-months-old daughter of l!. 1. Hart, oi College Park, and prize-winning Leghorn. Judge Halts Row by Fining Three Women When Mrs. Lula Page, of No. '-7 Walker street, Saturday morning re cited to Recorder Broyles the details of a three-cornered hair pulling, she remarked that Mrs, I. M. Blair, of No. 125 Walker street, ‘came at her just like a cat." Mrs. Lillie White, daughter of Mrs. Blair, angrily turning on Mrs. Page, said: “Don't you dare call my mother a cat! ” Judge Broyles halted the row and held that Mrs. Page was the aggressor and fined her $10.75. Mrs. Blair and Mrs. White were fined $5.75 each. Festal Days Figure In Divorce Petition Christmas eve and George Wash ington's birthday figure in a petition for divorce filed in Superior Court Saturday by Mrs. Alma de Lucia, who asks' a separation from Anthony de Lucia. The couple were married at ti p. m. Christmas eve, 1910, and on February 22, 1913, the husband deserted her for the sixth and last time, the petition declares. His address is believed to be Washington. D. C.. according to the petition. Mrs. de Lucia asks for the custody of their child, Gladys. Ebp, de Lucia. Court Faces Record Divorce Suit Session With more than 500 divorces al ready granted in 1913, the Superior Court next week faces the heaviest divorce calendar in the history of Fulton County. Already 179 suits have been fisted and before the day is past the number is expected to reach 185. Upon Judge Ben H. Hill will fall the task of hearing the cases. Profit by Experience of Others Every day the malls bring us notes of thanks for the quick and satisfactory resuits received from Hearst's Amer ican and Georgian “Want Ads.” THIS LITTLE AD FOR SALE -Lsrgr Radiant Home stove; .almost new; very cheap. Ivy 1912-L or 333 Myrtle street. appeared in one issue of Hearst's Sunday American, and herd's vvhai Mr. Atllcr has, to say: Atlanta. Gd. The “Want Ad Man” Hearst's Daily Georgian and Sun day American. Atlanta, Ga.: Gentlemen—I <io not tare to renew this order, as I have had more than sufficient re sults from the one insertion of this ad in The Sunda> \merican. Yours truly. Many Still in Peril Clinging to Roofs of Flooded Houses and Tree Tops. DALLAS, TEXAS, Dec. 6.— Reports of additional deaths in \he flooded re gion of Central Texas co-dav brought the total to 75. Ten persons to-day were reported drowned at Hearne, eight, at Bryan and six at High Bank. A score or more persons are missing. The additional deaths reported to day were discovered by rescuers in motor boats who have been explor ing the flooded districts. Many farmers who sent members of their families to places of safety, but refused lo leave their live stock to the mercy of the n>ing waters, have not been lvea-id from for several days. The motor boat crews during the night picked up more than 150 per sons who had been marooned. Most of them wei*e suffering from hunger and exposure. Scores of persons in a. doben com munities are still ill peril, clinging to roofs of houses and tree tops. Res cuers were powerless to aid them, be cause trains could not carry consign- merits of boats to all the inundated towns. Among the dead reported was Hen ry Martin, vice president and general manager of the International and Great Northern Railroad, who was drowned attempting to rescue a ma rooned family at Valley Junction. His body was not recovered. All but 1,000 person^ marooned by the flood waters along the Brazos had been taken to safety to-day. The weather was cold and many of the marooned victims suffered from ex posure during the night. Wilson Better; Does Five Minutes' Work WASHINGTON, Dec. ti.—Presi dent Wilson, who is suffering from grippe, was so much better to-day that he disregarded the advice of his physician and family and went to the exeutive offices adjoining the White House. He spent five minutes at his desk signing important papers, and then returned to his room, where he ex pected to spend the remainder of the day. He received no callers Vedrines in Turkey on Flight Around World CONSTANTINOPLE. Dec. 6.— Pierre Jules Vedrines. the famous French aviator, arrived here early to-day in his aeroplane, having trav eled 405 miles from Sofia without making a stop. Vedrines said he would continue in an effort to fiv around the world. The aviator set out from Nancy, France, on November 20. He was shot at by troops while flying over Austria. Senate Votes Long Currency Sessions WASHINGTON. Dec. 6 — By a vote of 41 to 18 the Senate to-day passed the Kern resolution providing for ses- siosuw of the Senate from 10 o’clock in the morning- until 11 o’clock at night, with two hours recess for dinner. This order will stand until the curren- | ay bill is passed. J Nine Republicans voted with the I>emoerats. They were Senators Bo- 1 r.ili. Ready. Fpmmins. Bronna. Ken- ri« Perkin? and The will suit of Sanford \\. (..oi lier against his brothers, George W. Collier and John \V. Collier, for $45,- 000 of his father's estate went to the jury Saturday afternoon, after a long charge by Judge Ellis. Arguments lasted more than two days. The time of hearing evidence was more than three weeks. The suit has been in the courts five years. Sanford Collier alleges that his brothers misrepresented, the value of the estate and that he sold his inter est for a small sum. Having worked for four days as dish washer in a Broad street restau rant, the first campaign of a strenu- X— ■ ■ Guatemalan Army Head, Former Dixie Journalist, in City Colonel J. Perry Fyffe, commander- in-chief of the Guatemalan army, was in Atlanta Saturday, the guest of his boyhood friend, Frank Reynolds, of Hotel Aneley. Colonel Fvffe is well known in the South, having been connected with Chattanooga newspapers. During the Spanish-American War he was colo nel of the Third Tennessee Regi ment, which served in the Philippine Islands. He was appointed Chief of Police of the Panama Canal Zone,’ and left the canal position to accept an offer from the Government of Guate mala to reorganize the army of the Central American republic. ous and extended warfare designed to expose the inner workings of the cul- | inary departments of local eating j houses and hospital kitchens, Mrs. J Grace Macey-Keefer. the wealthy di vorced wife of David II. Keefer, whose matrimonial troubles brought her sharply before the public- eye recent ly, is overcome with horror at pre- \alling conditions. “I have been told,” she said Satur- Continued on Page 3, Column 3. $250,000 a Year for One Woman’s Clothes! That’s the startling total of the wardrobe cost for an American millionairess, according to a Parisian editor. The joy or woe of it all- depending on whether you are man or woman will be detailed in Next Sunday’s American Order from your dealer or by phone to Main 100. *\\'hen the last spectator leaves the Auditorium Saturday night and the sleepy birds are being taken away to their accustomed perches or being prepared for shipment to the Bir mingham show , the best exhibition of the kind ever seen in Atlanta will be over. The poultry show has been an Immense success, except in a mone tary way. “As to. the financial disappoint ment,” jaid J. M. Poole, secretary of the Southern international Poultry Association, “that isn’t going to break our hearts. We expect to be here just as strong next year, with a standard exhibition.” In addition to birds, however, there is likely to be a. band next year. ”It seems Atlantans will not pat ronize a proposition that savors of a sporting contest—that, is, not for it self. High-class birds don’t seem to attract them as much as a band. So we may add a band to the program." There was a pretty good crowd Friday, however. Chicago to Stop Tickling Plumes CHICAGO, Dec. 6.—Mayor Harrison | has started a popular crusade in behalf ! of meek and long-suffering man. The | Mayor issued an edict against hori zontal plumes, aigrettes, pompons and other devices which tickle or scratch eye,s. ears or noses of men who are Dupuy Attempts to Form French Cabinet Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PARIS, Dec. 6.—The French Cabi net deadlock was unbroken to-day. Senator Jean Dupuy at noon gave a definite answer to President Poincare accepting the commission to form a new Cabinet, succeeding the Barthou ministry. M. Dupliy reported 'to President Poincare this afternoon that he was unable to form a Cabinet. Increase in Bank Clearings Continues The clearings of Atlanta banks for the week ending December ti totaled $20,150,918.34. compared with $18,- 193,279.62 for the same period last year—an increase of $1,957,638.72. Indications continued favorable to breaking the yearly record by many millions. THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia—Unsettled Saturday night and Sunday; probably local rains; colder in north west Sunday. ASSAILED Head of Cabinet, Taken Unawares in Speech to Government League, Retires. WASHINGTON. Dec. ti.-—The first, militant suffragist outbreau against nu official of the Ameri can Government was staged to day when Secretary of State Bryan was challenged at the con vention of the National Popular Government. League with the. cry, “TTow about justice for wo men?” The Secretary bad just concluded a fervent address on behalf of popular rule, declaring that no government is strong except in proportion as it rep* resents tin* will of all its people. A tall, slender woman arose in a seat near the front of the dark hall where the meeting is being held, and called out, “How about women Mr. Bryan ? Are not women people?” The suffragist champion was Miss Helen Todd, a former Illinois State Factory Inspector and now head of the California Civic League for W orn* en. Her act “floored” the Secretary for a moment. A dozen other women, with angry gestures, chimed in. “Yes. how about women. Air Sec retary?” Leaves by Side Door. Mr. Bryan turned to the audience and. struggling to control his voice, said : “Madame. I have no doubt that in all your work you have followed your conscience and your judgment. In my work 1 have tried to follow mine.” With that he left the platform. Bryan left the hall by a side en trance, while a. score of suffragists began a buzz of excited comment which* portended ill for every speaker who should follow. Senator Owen, in the chair, ignored, the outburst and called upon Senator Lane, of Oregon, to take up the next subject on the program. Nine new laws to establish “the sovereign right of the people to ruie themselves” were demanded by Sene tor Owen in his speech. He enumer ated them in his address at the open ing of the first aanual conference « f the organization, as follows: Self Rule Remedy. The Gateway amendment, b* w hich the people may more ea.« ily amend the Federal Constito tion. The initiative and referendum in easily workable form. The recall by which to d ism is* public officials who are unfit. The commission form of jot eminent for cities, with the ini tiative. referendum and recall. The short ballot. The mandatory direct primary, A drastic, workable, thorough going corrupt practices act. The nomination and election of President and Vice President or Lite United States by direct_vote of the people of the States, glw ing each State its proportional* electoral vote. The democratisation of our in stitutions from top to bottom k through these agencies, and the prevention of the putting of “joV. n popular government bills