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ATLANTA, GA„ SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1«)13.
OEWEY FOP
AILS IS
Insisting Also Sixteen Destroyers.
Eight Submarines, Two Gun
boats Needed, Navy Board Says
Small Fleet Will Bring War.
Secretary Expresses Belief That
Budget Can Not Afford So Many
Dreadnoughts — Would Take
Initiative for “Naval Holiday.”
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. — Two
dreadnoughts, eight destroyers and
three submarines are the recommen
dations made by Secretary Daniels in
his first annual report to the Presi
dent.
The recommendations of the Navy
General Hoard, which are appended to
the report, call for four battleships,
sixteen destroyers, eight submarines,
a tender, two oilers, two gunboats, a
i-ansport, one supply ship and one
hospital ship.
Admirai Dewey vigorously upholds
the four-battleship program and op
poses the Secretary in no uncertain
tone.
Secretary Daniels believes the pro
gram he advocates to be as heavy as
the revenues of the Government will
permit. He says:
Likes Churchill Idea.
• The revenues of the country’ do
not permit so large an expansion in
naval building as the department
might desire to enter upon at this
lime.”
Mr. Daniels indorses the sugges
tion of Winston Churchill for a “na-
>a 1 holiday.” He says:
The suggestion of a vacation for
one year in battleship building has
met with hearty approval, and 1 ven
ture the earnest hope that this will
near fruit in a well-considered plan
by navy-building nations not to let
the unnecessary’ competition go to
further lengths.
Contending for a continuing bulki
ng policy, Admiral Dewey, speaking
through the general board, says:
‘The general board does not be-
iieve the nation stands ready to aban
don or modify any of its well-estab
lished national policies, and repeats
its position that the naval policy of
the country should be to possess a
fleet powerful enough to prevent or
answer any challenge to these poli
cies.
Strength Needed Varies.
‘The absolute strength necessary to
accomplish this is a question that de
pends upon the national policies or
prospective challengers and the force
they can bring against us, and hence
is relative and varies with their naval
policies and building program.
The forecast of the board with re
gard to naval development In other
countries has proved remarkably ac-
; urate. The absence of any’ definite
naval policy on our part, except in
the general board, and the failure of
the people, the Congress and the ex
ecutive Government to recognize the
necessity for such a policy, has al
ready placed us in a position of infe
riority which may lead to war; and
this inferiority is progressive and
will continue to increase until the ne-
1 essity for a definite policy is recog
nized and that policy put into oper
ation.
Calls Hopes Futile.
“The general board, while adher
ing to the policy it has consistently
followed for the last ten years, and
believing that the naval needs of the
nation call for a fleet of 48 ships of
ne first line in 1920, recognizes con
ations as they exist and the futility
•f hoping or expecting that the ships
ind 1H021 its policy calls for will be
provided hv 1920.
>*ne g-Treirtl ooaro believes that
1P people, with full understanding of
me meaning of and reasons for naval
power, will instruct the legislative
“ranch of the Government, and that
hat branch, with the same under-
* anding. will provide the means.
Suggests Publicity.
If the people, having been given
’ fie meaning of and the reasons for
naval power, fail to instruct the Con
gress, the responsibility and the re
sulting material loss and national hu
miliation rests upon them: and if the
Congress, having been instructed by
ie people, fails to provide the means,
hen the responsibility is theirs.
“The general board believes that
only a lack of understanding offthes*
'lews by the people at large pre
sents the adoption of a consistent na
val policy, and recommends to the
lepartment a system of extended pub
11 it.' in all matters relating to naval
policy, acting through patriotic or
ganizations. the press, or by whatever
UK-ans a knowledge of the naval needs
°f tne nation may be brought home
1 “ the people of the country, with the
! 'if nning and reasons for them. ’
'Man Born to Chase
Growler and Love/
Says‘Wittiest Maid’
Her Negative Answer to ‘Should
Women Propose?’ Wins Prize
in Virginia Contest.
RICHMOND, VA„ Dec. 6.—Miss
Nell R. Dee Murphy, of this city’, pro
nounced by General Bennett H.
Young, of Louisville, commander of
the Grand Camp, United Confederate
Veterans, the wittiest girl In the
South, has been awarded first prize
in a contest here for the best an
swer to the question ‘‘Should Women
Propose?”
Her answer follows:
“Let man propose forever! Cheap
gifts are lightly treasured. Man most
admires In woman modesty* Without
respect love dies. From the growler
to love, man Is constituted to chase.
If the bride must be given away, let
father do it. In Old Virginia, at least,
God forbid the bride unsought will
ever give herself away, for ‘de fruit
dat draps afore ’tis shook am apt
to be too mellow.’ ”
Miss Murphy’ has been a belle at
several reunions, having made her
debut at the meeting of the grand
camp in Mobile in the spring of 1910.
Girl Ushers Only at
Suffragette Wedding
t n ■ vJagO. Dec. 6.—“The suffrage
redding” was introduced at the mar
riage service of Miss Frances Golds
worthy to Dr. William S. Timblin 1n
Windsor Park Memorial Baptist
Church.
In planning the personnel of her
bridal party, Miss Goldsworthy put
forward the resolution: “Be it Re
solved, That girls make better ush
ers than men.” Affirmative, asserted
by the bride; negative—more or less
—by the bridegroom.
So ten young women members of
Delta Beta Phi ushered to their seats
the some 200 guests at the Timblin-
Goldsworthy wedding.
•i
Tale Is Fiction. She Says, and
Preseton Arnot Is a “Fool,”
Not Paul.
Salas Builds Wall
! Across Railroad in
A Battle for Land
Naval Stores Man Also Defies City.
• Fear of Mine Leaves Him
Victorious.
NEITHER IS SHETHE HEROINE
Scottish Adonis, All Innocence,
Seen in Fireplace Glow. In
spired Fervid Romance.
‘Rube’ Marquard Is
Sued on $1,000 Note
CHICAGO, Dec. 6.—“Rube" Mar
quard, pitcher for the New York
[ Giants, and Blossom Seeley Majr-
I quard, his wife, with whom he - is
j playing in a vaudeville sketch in the
i Palace Music Hall, are defendants in
a $1,000 suit, filed in the Municipal
Court by Joseph Kane, Mrs. Mar
quard s former husband, for aliena
tion of his wife’s affections.
“Kane recovered a judgment of $4.-
000,” said Attorney Lowenthal. “Mar
quard paid him $3,000 and gave his
note for the remainder. He has fail
ed to pay the note.”
Boys Quit Smoking
To Save Schoolmate
COFFEYVILLE. KANS.. Dec. 1.—
To save their schoolmate, Robert
Murray, from a sentence to the State
Industrial School in the Juvenile
Court, every boy pupil at the Mc
Kinley School at Coffeyville signed a
pledge to abandon the use of tobacco
in every form.
Upon the strength of this pledge
and a petition appealing for leniency,
Probate Judge Osborn consented to
give Robert another chance.
‘Wes'Edwards, Feud
Leader, Seriously Ill
RICHMOND. VA., Dec. 6.—Suffer,
lng from tuberi losis, Wesley Ed
wards. serving 27 years in the Vir
ginia penitentiary for his part in the<'
Hillsville Court tragedy, was removed
to the State farm, where the doctors
hope the fresh air and work in the
open will restore him to health.
Edwards, with three other members
of the mountain clan who drew prison
terms, has been working i the prison
shoe shop.
Triplets for Pastor,
Ladies’ Aid Is Busy
EVANSVILLE, IND., Dec. 6.—The
Ladies' Aid Society of the Simpson
U. E. Church was hastily called in
special session to-day when word was
received that the wife of Rev. Henry
triplets, two boys and a girl.
Simmons had presented him with
Preparations had been made for but
one child, and a hurry-up order for
clothing resulted.
Builds Extra Strong
Home for Big Family
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS, Dee. 6.—Elinor Glyn. grace
fully reclining on an eighteenth cen
tury couch ip the loveliest boudoir of
which a woman can conceive, smiled
when The American's correspondent
showed her the report that John Prese
ton Arnot. who recently remarried his
former wife, Countess Marietta, of
Spain and Pittsburg, claims he is the
hero of “Three Weeks.”
“He can only be a crank or a fool!”
she exclaimed. "Therefore. whv
should T proceed against him? I
would do so only if he had the im
pudence to hint that he is the hero
and I the heroine.”
The mere possibility of such a sug
gestion stirred the author, who, leap
ing to her feet and her hand clenched,
her eyes blazing, said:
“In such a case my small, smooth
hands will prove tipped with claws. I
will tear the man to pieces."
Makes Dramatic Figure.
She made a dramatic figure against
the background of purple silk. She
was dressed in a simple, tight-fitting,
low-cut black velvet gown, her mass
of Titian hair supplying the oniv
touch of color. Her anger quickly
evaporated.
"1 had intended to keep secret how
I came to write ‘Three Weeks’ untf!
my death, but I see now to relate it
will be the best way to kill this leg*
end about its hero.
"It was the assassination of Queen
Draga of Servia that first gave me the
idea. The fact that a beautiful wom
an could be slain in cold blood
awakened my sense of the dramatic.
Later on. at Fhristmas time, after a
hard day’s snooting, I was sitting by
a monumental fireplace in a historic
Scottish castle. Opposite me was a
youth of perfect beauty, with the
features of Adonis. His blue eyes re
flected utter innocence of feminine
wiles. I asked myself, ‘What would
you be if your soul were suddenly
kindled by love?’
“This psychological problem long
haunted me. Finally I worked it out
in ‘Three Weeks.’ T decided the her
oine should be a queen and-a Russian,
because there is no doubt the psy
chology of the Slav women is the
most complex and most interesting.
Lake Lucerne on a summer night .ap
pealed to me as the most idealistic for
the tale of the unsophisticated Eng
lishman's lovemaking. I went there
and worked rapidly for a fortnight,
the chapters flowed from my pen
without effort. Then, jaded. I went
to Venice to recuperate, and the my a-
tic city of historic intrigues suggest
ed to me a fine setting for the last
stage of Paul's romance."
Alabama Cotton Crop
Good and Price Right
BIRMINGHAM. Dec. 6.—J. B, Be
thea. one of the most prominent Ma
sons of Birmingham who is not in
Grand Lodge official ’ position, just
back from the Grand Lodge annual
meeting, where he met representative
citizens from all parts of the State,
says that from the information he
received there can be no doubt that
farmers in Alabama, and especially
those who raised cotton this > ear,
have had the most prosperous year
in their lives.
All farmers appear to have ready
money, the crops being good and the
prices brought for the product being
most satisfactory.
Burns 30 Buildings
To Hear Fire Bells
WINONA, MINN. Dec. 6.—“The
thought of the wild flanging of the
fire bells, the rising smoke and the
reddening heavens was too much for
me. I burned over 30 buildings be
cause the excitement was irresisti
ble," said Frank Norton to the Wi
nona police.
SAVANNAH. Dec. 6.—R. S. Salas,
wealthy naval stores and fertilizer
%nan, is becoming famous In Savan
nah in a three-cornered row w’ith the
city and the Central of Georgia Rail
way.
Salas recently purchased extensive
water frontage. In doing so he got
a sidetrack belonging to the Central
of Georgia Railway and a lane be
longing to the city. He immediately
started closing the lane and tearing
up the cobble stones, but an injunc
tion stopped him. He then tore up
the Central of Georgia tracks, and
built a thick w f all across the open
ing. The company sent a switch en
gine and knocked the w-all down. He
has now erected across the opening a
sign the size of a large Billboard
warning the railroad not to again
trespass on his property.
Just what plans he has made he
W’ould not say. but so sure are the
company employees that he nas
planted a mine, that no one will take
an engine In.
Jacksonville Girl Called ‘Coming Nordica'
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Voice Excelled Farrar’s Before She Studied
.Miss Ruby Lehman Leyser, of Jacksonville, whose voice is declared marvelous.
Mother Fears Arctic
Explorer Is Dead
CHICAGO, Dec. University of Chi
cago friends of Ernest DeKoven Lef-
fingwell, a student ar the Midw’ay In
stitution, fear he has lost bis life on his
final daRh for the North Pole. A tele
gram was received yesterday at the
university from Leffingwell’s mother,
who is in Pasadena. Cal.
She telegraphed she had not heard
from her son since August 23, and that
he was to have returned from Point
Barrow, Alaska, by November 1.
In the spring of this year I*effingrwell
joined the Steffansson expedition. W
had promised his parents that this would
be his last Arctic trip.
‘I Shot Him to Save
My Life/ Cries Wife
NEWCASTLE. WYO., Dec. 6.~“I
killed Jim because he intended to kill
me. There was nothing el. 1 # for me
to do.” said Sarah Scudder, justify
ing the shooting of her husband,
James Scudder. at a sawmill camp
near Upton. *
Mrs. Scudder sent a bullet through
Scudder’s head. He died nine hours
later without regaining consciousness.
Mrs. Scudder is held in the county
jail without bail and will be tried for
murder in the first degree. She is
said to have killed another husband
and a woman in Texas.
After Prayers, Man,
Long Invalid, Walks
CENTRA LI A. ILL., Dec. 6.—A
ease of “divine lipaling" is attracting
a great deal of interest here.
Revival meetings have been in
progress. Charles Tate, an invalid
for four years, was carried to the
service in his chair. He asked for
the prayers of the congregation.
Before morning Mrs. Tate was able
to walk, according to his friends.
When Mr. Tate appeared at the
services the next evening and walked
down the aisle, the congregation was
plated.
Minister Arrested
On Bigamy Charge
CHAMBERSBURG, PA., Dec. 6.—
Just as he was stepping into a church
at Greensprings, Cumberland County,
the Rev. Thomas J. Hilton, a Mennon-
ite clergyman of Plattsburg, Mo., was
arrested by Sheriff George Walker,
of Franklin County, on a charge of
bigamy.
After Hilton was on his way to jail
here he remarked, the police say. that
“trigamy” might as well be the name
of his offense, for he had three wives,
rather than tw’o.
SABILLASVTLLE, MD„ Dpi-. *.
Neighbors of Theodore Colvin Wills are
congratulating him on the completion
of a new home built to withstand the
tremendous weight of his family.
The Wills family, with seventeen ac
tive members, weighs mqre than a ion
1 and a h*fc
Man Resigns *3,600
Job to Hear Sea Roar
SACRAMENTO. Dec 6.—“The sound
of the surf at night Is worth $100 a
rnontli to me." said Charles L. Snyder,
chief examiner and secretary of the
Stale Civil Service Commission, in an
nouncing liis resignation of a $3,600 Job.
Snyder will return to Alameda and
resume work as secretary of the Pacific
Division of the Federal Civil Service at
$2,400 a year. He has been on leave
from this position, w-hich is a permanent
Undraped Posing
Causes Stir in Paris
Cabinet Minister's ex-Wife Seen
Artistic “Studies” by Lead
ers of Art World.
PARIS, Dec. 6.—A social sensation l\a»
been caused here by the undraped plas
tic poses by Madam Valentine DeSaint
Point, the divorced wdfe of a French
cabinet minister, granddaughter of the
Marquis DesGians DeCessrtat, and a de
scendant of the poet and historian, I*a-
martine.
The spectacle was given In her huge
studio. No. 19 Avenue DeTourville, in
the Champs PeMars quarter. Some
three hundred invitations were sent out
to leading men and women in the liter
ary and artistic world. There was not
a single refusal.
Madame DeSaint F’olnt, who is known
as Madame Valentine, has a petite fig
ure. pale blue eyes and a mass of chest
nut hair. She is als# a writer of books
and plays, as well as a talented painter.
Town Puts Its Ban
On All Sunday Work
AURORA, ILL., Dec. 6.—No resi
dent of this city will be allowed to
work on Sunday or keep open his
place of business on Sunday, except
those who conscientiously obser/e
some other day of each week as th.?
Sabbath, or in case of necessity, under
an ordinance passed by the City
Council.
The ordinance was passed to ap
pease the barbers, most of whom fa
vor Sunday closing.
Two-Mile Walk Is
Favored for Pupils
WOODBURY, N. J.. Dec. 6.—“Two
miles is not on excessive distance for
a good, healthy child to walk lo
school." according to .1. Brognard
Betts. Assistant Slate fommisurioner
of Education.
Italy Buys Warship
Built for Brazil
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON. Dec. 6. The Daily Tele
graph pub ishes tiie report that Italy has
purchased the Brazilian dreadnought
Rio .Janeiro.
Genevieve Clark
To Be Housekeeper
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—Speaker
and Mrs. Champ Clark hi ve taken a
house on Massachusetts avenue
which will prove one of the center*
of official society this winter.
The household presiding genius
to be Miss Genevieve Champ Clark,
their attractive debutante daughter,
w ho will apply the principles of mod
ern domestic science' t the servant
and housekeeping problems.
One of the first entertainments to
be given In the house will be on Ne vi
Year’s Day, when MIj* Clark will be
presented to society.
Wed 20 Years and
Divorced 20, Remarry
0 BINGHAMTON, Dec. 6.—The mar
riage of Mrs. Laura Perkins, of Ox
ford. and Andrew Keyes, of this city,
in Oxford, revealed a romance.
Forty years ago they were married
and lived together twenty years, after
which ihr wife obtained a divorce.
Ttecent|y they mei accidentally and*
decided to remarry.
Cousin of Lillie Lehman Plans to
European Music Centers.
Invade
JACKSONVILLE. Dec. 8.—Miss
Ruby Lehman Leyser, of this city,
has won fame as a singer and is de
scribed by noted music masters as
the “coming Nordica of America.” It
is declared she has a voice, which,
even at the beginning of Its culture,
was superior to that of Geraldine
Farrar.
Miss Leyser is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. S. H. Leyser and was heard
under the auspices of the Friday
Morning Musical© two years ago. She
possesses a wonfbjrful soprano voice
and it is her hope to invade Paris.
Berlin, London and other muaiqal
centers of Europe after another win
ter of study under the leading mas
ters of New York.
Not only does she possess a . voice
of birdlike quality, but Miss I/eyser
Is gifted with rare charm and wom
anly beauty, characteristic of the
State in which she was bora—Ken
tucky. With her beauty this belle of
the Blue Grass State Is winsome and
affable, and her friends here believe
that the future holds gTeat promise
for her.
Miss Leyser has been undergoing
rigid training in Chicago. New York
and Canada for the last seven years.
Her studies have been pursued under
such master as Buzzi Peccia and W.
S. Brady. She is a cousin of Lillie
Lehman, the great German artist,
and Blanche Lehman, leader in mu
sical circles of Ix>ulsvllle.
Young Belmont May
Have to Tell Income
NEW YORK. Dec. 6.—-Raymond
Belmont, son of August Belmont, will
have to appear in the Supreme Court
and tell from what sources he de
rives his income, if Justice Gieberich
decides in favor of an application
made to-day by Edith Lorraine Bel
mont. She Is the actress wife of Ray
mond, having married him a year
ago.
Mrs. Belmont is suing her husband
for separation. Her attorneys want
to know who gives Raymond money
and how’ much he is receiving. The
young husband is said to be in Eng
land at present. The trial of the sep
aration action was adjourned for two
weeks, to permit the court to pass on
the new application. •
Real Bird Christmas
On J. W. Kern Estate
Husband Replies to
‘Perfect Foot’ Wife
WASHINGTON. Dec. 6.—Senator and
Mrs. John W Kern will give a linique
party on Christmas Day for the birds
that live In and around Kern Cliffe,
their Virginia country home.
Mrs. Kern has purchased a number
of tiny baskets to fill with goodies dear
to the bird heart. These will be sus
pended from tree branches. Bird houses
will be placed on Uu* grounds for a holi
day shelter.
OMAHA, NEBR., Dec. 6—That
Mrs. Clara S. Houston, the Chicago
woman of “perfect foot” fame suing
Nat C. Houston, of Omaha, vice
president of the Great Western Com
mission Company, for divorce and
$10,000 alimony, induced her husband
to marry while he was in. a weaken
ed state of health owing to the sud
den death of his first wife is the al
legation filed by him in the District
Court.
He also alleges Mrs, Houston con
stantly demanded money, but told
him he must not touch or come near
her, she demanding $160 a month
“pin” money.
Art Works Demanded
Of Millionaire Clark
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 6.—In a suit on
I file to-day the United States District
Court is requested to summon Eli P.
• ’lark, a millionaire land holder of Los
Angeles, upon a date yet to be set. and
require him to show cause why he
1 should not deliver twelve paintings to
I Frank McKay, trustee for the bankrupt
; art concern of Tomlinson-Humes, Inc.,
i of Chicago.
I The paintings are said to be the wiork
of William Hogarth, and comprise the
“Industry and Idleness ' series.
Though Huerta Continues To Ba
Defiant, His Officers Are Forcing
Women to Enlist in His Army
and Men Recruits Are Trapped*
Chihuahua, Occupied by the Reb*
els as a Base, Is Happy Ove*
Escaping Fighting — Fe'deraf
Army Fleeing Toward the South*
Special Cable to The America*.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 8.—Driven t<*
desperate straits by the repeated vie.
tories of the apparently Invincible
rebels. Federal forces In the capital
are working frantically against th»
time when "Poncho” Villa, ruthless
rebel leader, will carry out bis threat
of conquest and pillage of the ancient
city.
Villa's word has preceded him in
his march southward from Juares:
“I will have 20,000 men surrounding
Mexico City by Christmas Day,” he
promised. "Our forces will grow as
we march southward, apd by the time
we reach the capital the people 1n
the city will be ready to join us."
Federal Soldier* Desert.
And the Federals are almost ready
to accept his threat as an accurate
prophesy. Villa seems unconquerable.
The Federal forces are depleted,
mostly through desertions, and the
authorities have been forced to the
most unusual methods of recruiting
For one thing, they have conscript
ed servant girls by the score for a
detachment of women soldiers. In
the capital servant girls are fearful of
walking on the streets, knowing that
many of their friends have been
forced to service under the Federal
banner.
Men have ceased to enlist volun
tarily in the Federal army. There
fore. the officers are compelled to ob
tain Involuntary recruits. The favor
ite method is to have parties of able-
bodied men arrested by the police, on
flimsy charges, end then to Intimi
date them into enlistment. An ex
traordinary trick was worked a few
days ago. A moving picture theater
was posted with placards bearing the
alluring promise that the show with,
in was for men only. Glowing pic.
tures of the entertainment were
drawn by suggestion^ Naturally, men
thronged the house, laughing with an
ticipation.
Unwilling Recruits Trapped.
Once they were within, the door*
behind were closed, and a number
of religious pictures were thrown up
on the screen. The first was the fa
miliar "The Virgin of Guadalupe," the
patron saint of Mexico. The crowd
was good-natured at first, thinking
this initial picture a mere spectacle
from which a contrast was to be
drawn. But then came another reli
gious picture, and another, all of them
reproductions of well-known paint
ings. The men, who had come ex
pecting a different sort of entertain
ment, began to grow restless, and
then later to start an angry uproar.
The police were upon them almost
with the first shout, and off they
marched 65 men to the prison. Once
there and locked behind the bars, the
men were forced to enlist.
To such expedients tile Federals
are being driven, and in the ranks
there are many who have lost heart
and who are ready to desert at the
first opportunity. And not only »•»
men In the rank?, but to high offi
cials and authorities, the feeling uf
Impending disaster seems fastened.
Huerta Alone Is Defiant.
To all except Vletorlano Huerta,
Provisional President, and the bane
of the United States Huerta Is as
resolutely defiant as ever, and is ap
parently hopeful of ultimate success
for the Federal*.
"I have no intention of yielding.'*
he stated yesterday. "Should tlia
fighting in Mexico continue for years,
I will continue to do mv part it I
am ali^e-"
Huerta w-as encouraged a little by
the proclamation of the United States
authorities announcing their policy of
continued neutrality concerning Mex
ican affair?. It is known that in his
heart he feared, just as the other
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