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Atlanta Edition of The American
Consists of ths Following Sections:
1— Late News.
2— Real Estate. Wants.
3— Sports, Autos.
A—Society and Foreign.
5— Editorial and City Life.
6— Magazine.
7— Comics.
8— Fiction Magazine.
DE SURE TO QET THEM ALL.
S’O. 36.
Copyright, 1»1*. by
The Georgian Company.
ATLANTA, OA., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1913.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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Be to Make the
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by Advice and
rial Assistance.
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Plan Adopted by
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home influences,
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he task of organ-
the work.
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welfare work. The
not study the case
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enefactor, adviser,
sense the big
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the work in At-
k the co-operation
e Children’s Court
is in charge of
judge and W. W.
probation officer,
idv have been in-
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9ed It.
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ded by the Ham-
one of the first to
nt. The Judge of
t, Instead of com-
a delinquent boy
an officer, asks a
•k after and take
boy is not obliged
rt or to an officer,
his conduct and
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ige of the boy.
ed. will eliminate
onable feature of
n, the rule requir-
rt at stated inter-
at Home.
does not take the
ive with him. nor
irters for the boy,
nterfere with his
ider the plan, the
ling after the boy.
me in contact with
us is in a position
f with the causes
lency, and also to
y advice and sug-
:ht, and to assist
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s at Oroe.
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has been In op-
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mization. August
and exalted ruler,
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of the Big Broth-
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as grand exaited
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lave been devised.
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here is protection
salvation for the
The Big Brother
the law. He is an
y and Charity, of
id Kindness.”
Blease's Chauffeur
Arrested Third Time
As Reckless Driver
South Carolina Governor Who Be
fore Protected Negro in Car When
Offense Is Committed.
COLUMBIA. S. C„ Dee. 6.—Charges
of reckless driving have again been
docketed here against Harrison Nee-
ly. negro chauffeur for Governor Cole
L. Blease. Earlier In the year the
same driver was arrested twice on
charges of reckless driving. When
fines were Imposed, the Governor be
came angered and ordered the release
of his driver, declaring the fine null
and void. On these occasions the city
authorities refused to honor the Gov
ernor’s pardons for his chauffeur.
The Governor was In the car this
afternoon when the driver Is alleged
to have guided the machine within
four feet of a standing street car.
which was unloading passengers. A
member of the police force says the
car was making twelve miles an hour.
There is 4 city ordinance here against
automobiles passing nearer a standing
street car than ten feet.
10 BE ON VISIT
Pope to Renounce
Temporal Powers
Italian Catholics Look Forward to
Reconciliation Between Quirinal
and Vatican.
Special Cable to The American.
ROME, Dec. 6.-—Renunciation by
the Pope of his claims to temporal
power is forecast by'the announce
ment of the Count Della Orre, presi
dent of the Popular Union, a-t the
conclusion of the Catholic Congress
in Milan, that Italian Catholics look
ed forward to reconciliation between
the Quirinal and the Vatican.
This expression by Count Della
Orre, following as it does a similar
statement by the Archbishop of
Udine, is believed to be the forerun-,
ner of a formal announcement by
the Vatican of a renunciation of the
temporal power. Plus X Is known to
favor a reconciliation. Since his ac
quisition there has been a notable re
laxation of the isolation which had
been observed by Leo XXII.
Dynamiter Tells of
55 “Jobs;” $10 Pay
NEW YORK, Dec. 6.—One of the
most remarkable confessions ever
made is that of Secretary E. Davis,
the dynamiter on whose evidence the
Federal Grand Jury at Indianapolis
has just found indictments in 55
c^ses, in which officers and members
of the International Association of
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
are defendants. The confession con
tains nearly 50,000 words.
DpvIs gives dates and relates how
he blew up bridges, viaducts and oth
er structures erected by non-union
labor, for small reward. In one case
he got $30, in another only $10.
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,
i The two-acre court about the barn
must be paved. So Mr. Rock. !**, T ns
looking for second-hand brick.
His secretary, F. E. Sims, was busy
to-day calling up contractors who
might have slightly worn brick, al
most as good as new, for sale.
Pretty Jessie Dunn Becomes Bride
of G. A, Domeck, Auto
mobile Racer.
PARENTS DUE FOR “SHOCK”
They “Sent” Her to Birmingham,
but She Goes to Jacksonville
on Bridal Trip.
When Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O.
Dunn, of No. 143 Logan street, awake
this morning believing their pretty
daughter. Miss Jessie Irene Dunn, is
safe in Birmingham with relatives
and satisfied that they have thwarted
her matrimonial aspiration®. the
daughter will be speeding toward
Jacksonville as the bride of G. A.
Domeck, a noted automobile racer of
the East.
Miss Dunn left her home Saturday
afternoon presumably to go to the
Terminal Station to board a train fpr
Birmingham. Instead of doing this,
she met Mr. Domeck. a® per well laid
elopement plans, and, In cofhpany
with Mrs. H. K. Minor, a friend, has
tened to the home of the Rev. B. F.
Fraser, pastor of St. Paul Methodist
Church. No. 330 Grant street. There
the ceremony was performed.
Shortly before midnight Mr. and
Mrs. Domeck boarded a train in the
Terminal for Florida, where the
young bridegroom Is to take part in
the big Daytona races.
They’ll Find Her Clothes Gone.
When the surprised parents inves
tigate in the room of the eloping girl,
they will find that all of her clothing
and belongings are gone.
Every night for the past *en nights
Mr. Domeck ha* visited the Dunn
hom#\ and each night he took away a
bundle of his pretty fiance’s effects,
storing them downtown.
Miss Dunn would place the bundle
under the front door steps, and Do
meck would get it as he left the
house.
The elopement came as the climax
to a romance of little more than two
months’ duration. Mr. Domeck first
met Miss Dunn in California, while
she was visiting there.
Five months ago he was injured
while tpsting his racing car on the
track at Brighton Beach. N. Y.
Meet Second Time.
I A few weeks ago he started South
to recuperate, to get in condition for
the Daytona races. It chanced that
he stoped in Atlanta, and again he
met ‘Miss Dunn. Love then asserted
Itself in the old-fashioned undaunted
style, and for two months a steady
courtship has been on.
Because of the hazardous occupa
tion of the young wooer the parents
of the girl objected to the match.
“I’m willing to take chances on
his dangers, because he’s the only
man I ever loved, and I’m going to
keep on loving him, even if he does
risk his neck on the race track,” .smil
ingly exclaimed the bride as she
boarded the train for Florida.
“I feel just like I’ll win all of the
race® now,” chimed in the other happy
Miss Shenk, Noted
Beauty, Near Death
NEW YORK, Dec. 8.—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
j into the more garish light of publici
ty when she sued Charles H. Wilson.
I 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 orivate hos
pital.
College Yells Old as
Rome, Says Professor
1 CAMBRIDGE, MASS., Dec. 6.—
The “rah rah” of the caJleTe youth
; is not an institution origii._J with
the American college roster, but was
a means of giving vent to one’s en
thusiasm vocally in the days of an
cient Rome and medieval ByzanU •
nium. according to Prof. Ernest von
Dobschutz, occupying the Ge .nan
{ Exchange Chair at Harvard.
Cardinal Gibbons in
Doubt of Promotion
BALTIMORE, Dec. 6.—When the
telegram stating that he would be
dean of the Sacred College, due to the
death of Cardinal Oreglia. was shown
to Cardinal Gibbons, he said:
“It is true that I am the oldest
cardinal in point of years, but not In
point of service as a cardinal. The
oldest cardinal is the venerable patri
arch of Lisbon, Cardinal Netto, and I
come next.
“Cardinal Oreglia is the last car
dinal to pas® away who was created
by His Holiness Pope Pius IX. I
knew Cardinal Oreglia, and I am ex
tremely sorry to learn of his death.”
Hoop Skirt Fails to
Attract Young Rome
ROME, GA., Dec. 6.—The hoop
skirt and the minuet do not stand
well with Rome’s young men. Last
night the city’s society belles ar
rayed themselves in old-fashioned
garments and posed and danced the
minuet for the delectation of a score
of grandfathers and grandmothers at
the Opera House.
The young men did not turn out
and the girls are furious with their
beaux. A representative young man
explained the situation in the follow
ing words: "Nix on the hoop skirt
and the minuet—give us instead the
slit »-irt and the tango."
Stead’s ‘Spirit’ Says
‘Other World' Is Far
Beyond Conception
Daughter of Titanic Victim Asserts
She Has Received ‘Direct Wire’
From Parent.
BOSTON, Dec. 8.—Spirit messages
from the late William T. Stead, lost
in the Titanic disaster, received by
his daughter, Miss Estelle Wilson
Stead, now In Boston, were given out
by Miss Stead to-night, as follows:
"Never fear death; it means more
than anyone has discovered. The full
ness of life la here. It Is a struggle
to get the right union with those who
have been left. If I had only one
message to give, It Is love.
“Love and God are the same here.
“Give more time and patience to
thought transference—It will unite us.
It will make It possible for us to com
municate with each other more accu
rately.
“The reality of this other world Is
much greater than Imagined. This is
a new life. Go to America and try to
take up my work.’’
First Woman Lawyer
Is Dead, a Pauper
Miss Phoebe Couzens ‘Also U. 6.
Marshal and f)nce Was a
Suffragist.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 6.—Miss Phoebe
Couzens. who was the first woman
lawyer, the first United States mar
shal of her sex, the first co-ed grad
uate of Washington University and a
pioneer Buffragist, who In later years
turned against woman suffrage, died
here to-day In abject poverty. She
was 73 years old.
Miss Couzens came hack to her old
home from Washington, D. C., several
months ago to press her claims for
JIOO.OOO which she declared certain
brewers owed her for making anti
prohibition speeches. The claims
were denied. She was forced, through
poverty, to poorer and poorer quar
ters. For the last several weeks she
had been living in squalid rooms in
a tenement section.
Daniel Sully’s Wife
Wins in Jewel Suit
NEW YORK. Dec. 6.—Mrs. Emma
F. Sully, wife of Daniel J. Sully, the
former cotton king:, won a point to
day in her Supreme Court battle to
recover $125,000 from Tiffany's for
alleged conversion of jewels.
The defendant pleaded Mrs. Sully is
debarred from recovery because she
did not sue until five years after the
gems came into the possession of the
Aim The court, however, denied the
motion of the defendant for judg
ment.
Attorney General
Of S.C. Kills Negro
*
COLUMBIA, Dec. 6—Thomas F.
Peeples, Attorney General of South
Carolina, accidentally shot and killed
Robert Marshall, a negro attendant
in the Elks Club rooms about 11
o’clock to-night.
It is said by eyewitnesses that the
Attorney General was passing a re-
v«. . er over the bar when it exploded,
the bullet piercing the brain of the ne
gro.
Bryan, Jr., ‘Never
To Run for Office
Atlanta Society Girl Plays Beau Brummel
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Miss Tracy L’Engle Scores at Wellesley
Miss Tracy L’Engle,
a charming Atlanta
society maid who
wins stage hon
ors in the
East
wmMm? - <
Hammerstein Opera
Barred Until 1920
Father and Son Enjoined by Old
Agreement—’Hyenas and Wolves
Did It/ Says Oscar.
NEW YORK, Dec. 6.—Oscar Ham
merstein and his son Arthur were
to-day enjoined from producing grand
opera in New York until 1920 in a
decision handed down by Supreme
Court Justice Pendleton.
The court held the agreement en
tered into between • the Hammer-
steins and the Metropolitan by which
the Hammersteins sold their opera
interest in New York and agreed not
to produce opera until April 26, 1920,
does not violate the Sherman anti
trust law.
Oscar Hammerstein admitted mak
ing the contract, but seid it was made
“by the hyenas of opera and the
wolves of Wall street” during his ab
sence in Europe.
TUCSON, ARIZ., Dec. 6—William
Jennings Bryan, Jr., son of the Sec
retary of State, who has just been
admitted 'to the bar, announced that
he will enter politics, but declares he
never will run for office.
He Is scheduled to be a Democratic
committeeman and delegate to take
an active part in the election of a
Governor next year.
Farrar’s Voice Not
Impaired,Says Doctor
NEW YORK, Dec. 6.—Despite the
insistent denials of the Metropolitan
Opera managers and her physicians,
the rumor persists that Geraldine
Farrar’s retirement from grand opera
may be forced by reason of her Ill
health.
Dr. H. Holbrook Curtis, under whose
personal care Miss Farrar has been,
is among those who declare that the
American soprano’s voice is not per
manently impaired.
“She overtaxed her strength,” said
Dr. Curtis. “She sang too soon after
her recovery from la grippe. Her
voice Is not impaired.”
Cast of Clyde Fitch Flay Is Kept Secret Until
Curtain Rises—Other Southerners in It.
Cold Weather Due
After Sunday Rain
For the third successive Sunday
rain is predicted for Atlanta. The
weather man declared the day would
be dark and gloomy and rain proba
bly would fall all day. About night
fall, however, it is due to stop. Then
colder weather will set in, and Mon
day will be clear and colder than
Atlantans have experienced for a
week.
Slaver Sentenced
To Atlanta Prison
MEMPHIS, TENN., Dec. 6.—-Graf
ton Thompson, a chauffeur who
brought 16-year-old Maud Evans
from Little Rock to Memphis, In vio
lation of the Mann act, was to-day
sentenced to one year In the Federal
Prison at Atlanta by Judge McCall,
of the United States Court.
Russian Ambassador
Is Rebuked by Kaiser
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 6.—M.
Sweerbeleff, the Russian Ambassador
to Berlin, recently received the much
coveted great cross and ribbon of the
Red Eagle from Emperor William.
The envo” s’ a recent pub’to function
wore the ribbon when the cross only
should have been worn. The Kaiser
criticised him. Sweorbeleff, explain
ing. said he was so grateful he even
wore the ribbon when sleeping.
“Quite right to appreciate the honor
conferred upon you,” ejaculated the
Kaiser, "which, after all. you did
nothing to deserve."
500 Divorces in 1913
Is Record of Fulton
Five hundred divorces have been
granted in Fulton County to date this
year, and more are coming.
The Superior Court *this week faces
the heaviest divorce calendar in **s
history. Nearly 200 suits have been
listed. Judge Be|i H. Hill will hear
them, ^
WELLESLEY, MASS., Dec. 6.—
With Miss Tracy L’Engle, of Peach
tree road, Atlanta, in the title role
the Junior class In Wellesley Col
lege last night gave a performance
of Clyde Fitch’s “Beau Brummel.”
The cast was kept secret until the
very rise of the currtain. Not only
were the members of the cast un
identified, but the name of the play
had been carefully guarded, a new
custom at Wellesley, which aroused
a good deal of Interest.
The first performance was highly
creditable and the play was repeated
Saturday evening for the benefit of
the freshman class.
Miss L’Engle, who is one of the
most popular girls at Wellesley, was
showered with congratulations and
well wishes by her classmates and
many college friends.
Another Southern girl, Miss Mar
garet Garside, of, Tampa, Fla., made
a decided hit as the Duchess of
Leamington. Miss Elma Jaffrion, of
Marksville, La., scored also.
Miss L’Engle is the daughter of
Mrs. C. 8. L’Engle, of Peachtree
road, and is the sister of Phil L’En
gle, one of the best-known young
men of Atlanta.
Miss L’Engle is In heT third year at
Wellesley, where she has been promi
nent since her freshman days as a
leader in amateur theatricals. When
a student in Washington Seminary,
Miss L’Engle was notable for the
same reason. The young woman's
friends In Atlanta declare she cher
ishes a more or less secret ambition
to achieve a stage career.
Princess Is Banished
From St. Petersburg
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 6—The
Princess Marie of Sweden, who was
born a Russian Grand Duchess, has
been banished from the Court of St.
Petersburg by the Czarina because
the Princess left her husband and has
refused to return to him.
The Princess fled from her hus
band’s home at Stockholm after he
had itruck her during a quarrel. In
the future Princess Marie w'ill make
her home with her father at Paris.
Real Bird Christmas
On J. W. Kern Estate
WASHINGTON. Dec. 6.—Senator and
Mrs John W. Kern will give a unique
party on Christmas Day for the birds
that Hve 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.
May Goelet Slated
For Honor by Queen
LONDON, Dec. 6.—The Duchess of
Roxburghe, formerly May Goelet, will
shortly be offered the position as mis
tress of the robes by °ueen Mary.
Tho Duch'*' , «» has been a frequent
visitor In the royal household during
the past few months, and she has been
marked for especial favors by Queen
Mary.
The Duchess of Devonshire, the
present occupant of the position, will
resign on account of ill health.
Son of Harriman
Ends Shop Schooling
OMAHA, Dec. W. Averill Har
riman, son of the late E. H. Harri
man, finished his education to-day
and left for New York City, where he
will arrive Monday.
For the last two weeks he has been
working in the Union Pacific head
quarters and shops in this city learn
ing railroading at first hand. While
here he put in a short time ifi every
department of the big railroad of
which he is a director. r
IS PROVED
University Fund Jumps From
$54,182 in One Day, Leaving
$111,064 To Be Secured to
Complete Quarter Million,
Success of Campaign for Great
Educational Institution Is As
sured at End of First Week
of Canvass for Subscriptions.
Atlanta, giving freely to the fund
for the new Oglethorpe University,
had a glorious Joke Saturday on the
glooms who talk of tight money.
With a spurt that startled the en
thusiastic committee workers them
selves, the figures leaped in the one
day from $54,182, which amount was
announced by the committeemen at
luncheon, to $138,938, leaving but
$111,064 of the desired quarter of a
million yet to be subscribed.
It was an exuberant occasion,’that
luncheon, when the workers spoke
happily of their assurance that with
in the next week the greater part, If
not all, of the balance will have been
obtained.
"There Is money enough In Atlanta
—ready money—evidence of the city's
prosperity—that Is to be had for our
asking," said Ivan E. Allen, general
chairman of the soliciting commit
tees, in his speech at the noonday
luncheon Saturday. "We have seen
only a small proportion of the city’s
population, and have only scratched
the surface. Oglethorpe University
will be a reality Just as sure as we
are sitting here, and in ample time to
be a Christmas present for Atlanta
and the South.”
It was a Joyful yell that went up
when he had finished—not a yell so
much as a dynamic whoop, expres
sive of the spirit of the luncheon par
ty. The attendance at the luncheon
table was the largest of the week’s
midday meetings, and everybody
wanted to talk A great many did.
Big Gifts Announced,
First of all, there was an analysis
of the financial report, and a state
ment by Individual committees. C.
P. Glover, a committee chairman, an
nounced subscriptions aggregating
$1,010 for the day. This was the
largest amount, and Its announce
ment was the signal for applause.
There was applause also when the
largest single contribution of tho
morning, $1,000 given Joy W. Woods
Whits, was announced. When the
totals were checked for the forenoon’s
canvass, $6,088 was announced as the
amount and $54,333 as the aggregate
for the week. At the first of the
week a goal of $50,000 had been set.
After luncheon the following sub
scriptions were made: S. M. Inman,
$5,000; real estate subscriptions, $10,-
600; Georgia Railway and Power
Company, $6,000; Atlanta Gas Com
pany, $400. Revelation was made also
that the $2,500 previously donated
anonymously was the gift of the
Southern Bell Telephone and Tele
graph Company.
In addition to these amounts there
are subscriptions of between $60,000
and $70,000 made by Atlantans In
sums of $1,000 before the committees
were appointed for the detailed can
vass.
At Saturday's luncheon It was given
out that few large subscriptions have
been made, the bulk of the money
raised coming from subscribers who
are relatively not rich.
Going After Big Money.
"This next week the committees are
going after Atlanta men who can and
will give big money,” announced
Chairman Allen, in analyzing the fig
ures. "We have done more than
raise $64,000 this week. We have con
verted the city of Atlanta to a belief
in the Oglethorpe movement, and
provided we all keep working hard,
the battle Is won."
O, T. Camp, one of the enthusias
tic workers, made a talk.
"All we have to do is to keep ham
mering another week." he said, "and
we shall come out easy winners. Any
movement of sufficient Importance
and appeal to cause Atlanta business
men to give their time
season of the year is foreor
to It At this
reordaled t*