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■1 NOTICE ( If you have any difficulty In buying Heart’s { Sunday American anywhere In the South notify i -irculatlon Manager, Hearst's Sunday American. S Atlanta. Ga. VOL. 1. NO. 36. The Copyright, Georgia] . _ 1»1B. by >eorglan Company. ★★★ ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS, Salas Builds Wall Across Railroad in A Battle for Land Naval Stores Man Also Defies City. Fear of Mine Leaves Him Victorious. flood List of Dead Now Numbers 75 and Scores More Afe Still in Peril From Rushing Waters and Cling to the House Tops. Railroads Are Heaviest Losers Hundreds of Bridges Damaged and Long Stretches of Track Have Been Carried Away. AUSTIN", TEXAS, Dec. 6.—Fear- Ing that an epidemic of typhoid will follow (he floods that arc sweeping Central and Southern Texas, the State Health Department to-day be gan the preparation of large quanti ties of vaccine to be distributed among the cities and towns In the flood-swept district. Authorities of the State penal farms near Sugarland to-day report ed that 2,500 prisoners had been re moved to higher ground and were under guard. The farm* are flooded and the State suffered a heavy cron loss. The railroads of Texas have been the heaviest losers on account of the flood. Hundreds of bridges have beer, damaged and hundreds of miles of track have been washed out. Total Dead Now 75. DALLAS, TEXAS, Dec. Reports of additional deaths in the flooded region of Central Texas. to-day 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 to leave their live stock to the mercy of the rising waters, have not been heard from for several days. | The motor boat crews durine the night picked ur> more than 150 per sons who had been marooned. Most of them were suffering from hunger and exposure. Scores In Peril. Soores of persons* in a dozen com munities are still in peril, clinging to roofs of houses and tree tops. Res cuers were powerless to aid them, oe- rause trains could not carry consign ments of boats to all the inundated towns. Among the dead reported was Henry Martin, vice president and general manager of the International and Great Northern Railroad, who was drowned attemntlng to rescue a marooned family at Valley Junction. His body was not recovered. All but 1,00(1 persons marooned by the flood waters along the Brazos had been taken to safety to-day. T ie weather was cold and many of the marooned victims suffered from ex posure during the night. SAVANNAH, Dec. 6.—R. S. Salas, wealthy naval stores and fertilizer man, Is becoming famous in Savan nah In a three-cornered row with the city and the Central of Georgia Rail way. Salae 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 wall across the open ing. The company sent a switch en gine and knocked the wall 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 would not say, but so sure are the company employees that he has planted a mine, that no one will take an engine in. Tinsley Accused of $60,500 Bank Theft SAVANNAH, Dec. 8—Fleming D. Tinsley, member of one of the most -prominent families In the State, re cently acquitted by a Superior Court jury of a charge of larceny after trust in connection with the failure of his cotton Arm. has now been Indicted by a Federal Grand Jury In a like case. Tinsley is charged with taking $60,- 500 from the Merchants National Bank, of which he* was a director, through the representation that there was enough cotton in the warehouse to protect the loan. Joseph Hull, father of Tinsley’s partner, Dan Hull, who Is one of the wealthiest citizens In the State, made the money good with the bank. Rube' Marquard Is Sued ou $1,000 Note CHICAGO, Dec. 6.—“Rube” Mar quard, pitcher for the New York Giants, and felossom Seeley Mar quard, his wife, with whom he is playing in a vaudeville sketch in the 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.” Rockefeller to Buy Second-Hand Brick CLEVELAND, Dec. 6.—John D. Rockefeller wants to buy some sec ond-hand brick. Those who supposed the Forest Hill estate is a complete model of Its kind are wrong. It seems. The two-acre court about the barn must be paved. So Mr. Rockefeller Is looking for second-hand brick. His secretary. F. E. Sims, was busy- to-day calling up contractors who might have slightly worn brick, a,- most as good as new, for sale. Postoffice Robbed; Dogs Trail Thieves COLUMBIA, 9. C., Dec. 6.—Bur glar*; entered the postoffioe at Blyth v wood, a small town near Columbia, • -day and rifled a quantity of regis- •red mail. The home of the post master and a dry goods store wer*3 so robbed. The robbers made their escape and ire being trailed by bloodhounds from the State penitentiary. They filled a buggy full of shoes and other arti cles from the dry goods store. Miss Shenk, Noted Beauty, Near Death NEW YORK, Dec. 6.—Miss Flor ence Schenk, of Baltimore, whose beauty and daring as an equestrienne captivated the horse show set of several seasons ago, and who came into the more garish light of publici ty when she sued Charles H. Wilson, trainer of Alfred G. Vanderbilt's horses, for breach of promise, is re ported to be dying, following an op eration for tumor, In a private hos pital. Triplets for Pastor, Ladies' Aid Is Busy Macon Elks to Give Poor Children Tree MACON, Dec. ' 6.—Two hundred noor children of the mill settlements will be made happy Christmas by the Macon Elks, who will have a Christmas tree in ‘heir lodgeroom Christmas afternoon. This is in, furtherance of the "Big Brother Movement" of the Elks throughout the country. The Sal vation Army will co-operate with the Elkg in the affair. EVANSVILLE, IND., Dec. 6.—The Ladies' Aid. Society of the Simpson M. 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 SABILLASVILLE, MT>„ Dec. 6 — Neighbors of Theodore Colvin Wills are congratulating him on the completion of a new home built to withstand tile tremendous weight of his family. The Wills family, with seventeen ac tive members, weighs more than a ton l and a half. Tale Is Fiction, She Says, and Preseton Arnot Is a “Fool,” Not Paul. NEITHER IS SHETHE HEROINE Scottish Adonis, All Innocence Seen in Fireplace Glow, In spired Fervid Romance. Special Cable to The American. HARI8, Dee 6.—Elinor Glyn, grace fully reclining on an eighteenth cen tury couch in 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 ot a fool!” she exclaimed. "Therefore, whv should I 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 snu.Il, 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, tlght-flttlng, low-cut black velvet gown, her mass of Titian hair supplying the only touch of color. Her anger quickly evaporated. "I had intended to keep secret how I came to write 'Three Weeks’ until 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 Servla that first gave me the Idea. The fact that a beautiful wom an could he slain In cold blood awakened my sense of the dramatic. Later on, at Christmas time, after a hard day’s shooting, I was sitting by a monumental fireplace In a historic Scottish castle. Opposite me was a youth of perfect beauty, with tho features of Adonis. His blue eyes re flected utter Innocence of feminine wiles. I asked myself, 'What would you he If your soul were suddenly kindled by love?’ "This psychological problem long haunted me. Finally I worked H out In ‘Three Weeks,’ I 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 lovemaktng. 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 mys 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. J. B. Be thea, one of the most prominent Ma sons of Birmingham who Is not In Grand Lodge official position, just hack 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 year, 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 clanging of the fire bells, the rising smoke and the reddening heavens was too much for me. I burned over 80 buildings be cause the excitement was Irresisti ble,” said Frank Norton to the Wi nona police. Two-Mile Walk Is Favored for Pupils WOODBURY, N. J., Dec. 8.—"Two miles Is not an excessive distance for a good, healthy child to walk to school.” according to J. Brugnard Betts, Assistant State Commissioner of Education. Jacksonville Girl Called'Coming Nordica *!••*!* +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ ENGLAND BEGIN Voice Excelled Farrar s Before She Studied F Miss Ri^jy Lehman Leyser, of Jacksonville, whose voice is declared marvelous. Exhibition Hall in South Man chester Is Destroyed Entail ing a Loss of $60,000. NOTE TO ASQUITH IS FOUND Police Prevent Militants From Burning Stand at Race Course. Mrs. Pankhurst Weaker. Special Cable to The American. LONDON, Dec. 6.—The suffragettes began in earnest to-day to carry out their threat of nation-wide incendia rism in revenge for the arrest of Em meline Pankhurst. Rusholmee Exhibition Hall, in South Manchester, was destroyed, with a loss of $60,00. Near the scene of the fire was an abusive let ter addressed to Premier Asquith. At Liverpool “arsonettes" set fire to the scenic railway in the Liverpool Exposition Grounds, partly destroy ing it. There also was a letter abus ing the Premier left by the incen diaries. Militants tried to bum the grand stand Of the famous Alntree race course near Liverpool, but were pre vented by the police. Several women, who fled at the approach of the police, were detected setting fire to a portion of the stand, which had been soaked with oil. A large quantity of litera ture reviling the Government was found. Large property owners, fearing the widespread activity of the arson squads, are hiring private watchmen to protect their buildings. Members of the Cabinet have been advised to keep an especially strict watch about their homes, and Premier Asquith probably will be attended by a body guard on account of the hostility aroused by Mrs. Pankhurst’s arrest. Mrs. Pankhurst Too Ill For Forced Feeding. Special Cable to The American. EXELTER, ENG., Dec. G.—The condition of Mrs. Emmeline Pank hurst, who was brought here and lodged in jail after her arrest under the "cat and mouse” act, was serious to-day, owing to her continued hun ger and thirst strike. Her heart was weak and the jail doctor said the prisoner’s condition was too low for forcible feeding. It is probable that the Government will have to order Mrs. Pankhurst’s release within the next 48 hours. I Shot Him to Save My Life,’ Cries Wife NEWCASTLE, WTO., Dec. 6.—"I killed Jim because he Intended to kill me. There was nothing else for me to do," said Sarah Scudder, justify ing the shooting ot 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 ball 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 CENTRALIA, ILL.. Dec. 6.—A case of "divine healing” 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 elated. Minister Arrested On Bigamy Charge Undraped Posing Causes Stir in Paris (Cabinet Minister’s ex-Wife Seen In Artistic “Studies” by Lead ers of Art World. PARIS, Dec. 6.—A social sensation has been caused here by the undraped plas tic poses by Madam Valentine DeSaint Point, the divorced wife of a French cabinet minister, granddaughter of the Marquis DesGlans DeCeselat, and a de scendant of the poet and historian, I .La martine. The spectacle wan given in her huge studio, No. 19 Avenue DeTourvllle, in the Champs DeMars quarter. Rome 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 Point, who In known as Madame Valentine, has a petite fig ure, pale blue eyes and a mass of chest nut hair. She Is also a writer of books and plays, as well as a talented painter. Cousin of Lillie Lehman Plans to Invade European Music Centers. Town Puts Its Ban On All Sunday Work AURORA, ILL., Dec. No .resi dent of this city will he allowed to work on Sunday or keep open his place of business on Sunday, except those who conscientiously obserre sornp other day of each week as the 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. Genevieve Clark To Be Housekeeper WASHINGTON, Deo. 8.—Speaker and Mrs. Champ Clark h. ve taken a house on Massachusetts avenue which will prove one of the centers of official society this winter. The household presiding genius is to be Miss Genevieve Champ Clark, their attractive debutante daughter, who 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» Year’s Day, when Miss Clark will be presented to society. CHAMBERSBURG, PA., Dec. 6.— Just as he was stepping into a church | at Greensprlnga, 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 two. Wed 20 Years and Divorced 20, Remarry 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 tjje wife obtained a divorce. Recently they met accidentally and* decided to remarry. JACKSONVILLE, Dec. 6.—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 I^eyser is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. leyser and was heard under *the auspices of the Friday Morning Musicale two years ago. She possesses a wonderful soprano voice and it is her hope to Invade Parts. Berlin. London and other musical 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 word- anly beauty, characteristic of the State in which she was born—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. Mins 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 Peccla and W. S. Brady. She Is & cousin of Lillie Lehman, the gTeat German artist, and Blanche I^ehman, leader in mu sical circles of Louisville. 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 Gleberich decides in favor of an application made to-day by Edith I/orraine 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 OMAHA, NEBR., Dec. That Mrs. Clara fl. 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 WASHINGTON. P*e fl — Senator and Mrs. John W. Kern will give a unique party pn 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 the grounds for a holi day shelter. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 6.—In a suit on file to-day the United States District Court Is requested to summon Eli P. Clark, a millionaire land holder of Lo« Angeles, upon a date yet to be set, and require him tp show cause why he should not deliver twelve paintings to Frank McKay, trustee for the bankrupt art concern of Tomllnson-Humes, Inc., of Chicago. The paintings are said to be the work of William Hogarth, and comprise the “Industry and Idleness" series^ Militant Suffragists Take the Secretary by Surprise and Ha Beats “Hasty Retreat” Whe« Pressed Too Hard for Views, Senator Owen, in Chair, Ignores Ircident, Which Is First Such Outbreak Against an Official of the American Government. WASHINGTON, Deo. 6.—The first militant suffragist outbreak against an official of the American Govern ment was staged to-day when Secre tary of State Bryan was challenged at the convention of the National Popu lar Government League with the cry, “How'about Justice for women?” The Secretary had Just concluded a fervent address on behalf of popular rule. 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, now head of the Cali fornia Civic League for Women. Her act “floored” the Secretary for a mo ment, as other women joined In. Leaves by 8ide Door. Mr. Bryan turned to the audience^ and, struggling to control his voice, said: “Madame, I have no doubt that in a’l your work you have followed your conscience and your Judgment. In my work I have tried to follow mine.” With that he left the platform. Bryan left the hall by a side entrance. Senator Owen, in the chair, Ignored the outburst. Nine new lawn to establish “tha sovereign right of the people to rule themselves” were demanded by Sena tor Owen in his speech. They followi Self Rule Remedy. The Gateway amendment, by which the people may more eas ily amend the Federal Constitu tion. The initiative and referendum In easily workable form. The recall by which to dismiss public officials who are unfit. The commission form of gov ernment 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 of the United States by direct vote of the people of the States, giv ing each State its proportionate eleotora-1 vote. The democratization of our in stitutions from top to bottom, through these agencies, and the prevention of the putting of "Jok ers” in popular government bills by “organized plutocracy.” Favors Right to Rule. Bryan's address dealt with the righv and capability of the people to rule. He declared that the universal trend throughout the world is toward "those methods of government that permit a larger and larger participation in the government on the part of the peo ple.” He stanchly defended the right of the Filipinos to self-government with out mentioning that people by name; urged that President Wilson’s plana of direct nomination of candidates for President be supported, and advocat ed the immediate amendment of th# Federal Constitution to that end. Chairman Owen named as a com mittee on organization Carl Vroman* of Illinois; Milton T. U'Ren, of Cali fornia, and Heroert Quick, of We®t Virginia. The committee on resolu tions consists of Delos F. Wilcox, of New York; Campbell Russell, of Okla homa.: Professor Lewis Johnson, of Harvard University; George H. Dun can, of New Hampshire, and Dr. A. X McKelway, of the Distriot of Colum bia, «*L j 1 r I " • • ." X v. , ,