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I I h . MAIN SHEET-Part II. THIS SECTION CONTAINS SPORTING and AUTOMOBILE NEWS ★★★★ Xoted stage stars who will appear in Atlanta to help swell the Empty Stocking Fund. Business Man and Former Coun cilman Seriously Considers Starting Campaign as Candi date for City’s Chief Executive. Shrewd Prognosticators Forecast Race Between Woodward and Judge John S. Candler—Em bryonic Booms for Others. When it was reported in political circles Saturday that Martin F. Amorous, prominent Atlanta business man and former Councilman, was se riously considering: starting' a cam paign for the Mayoralty the last hope of delaying the contest for that office until a time nearer the election was shattered. The Mayoralty race Is on now, and will grow warmer ev*ry day until the ballots are cast early next fall. Embryonic booms for other can didates are expected; they are liable to come along almost any time. It has been a long time, though, since so many men who would make Imposing candidates have considered offering for the place. A number of them have begun to consider it so serious ly that they have gone to work pull ing an organization together. A real race is on. Because it is quiet and without ostentation does not make it any the less real. Say He Will Run. Some of Mr, Amorous’ close friends declare that he really intends to run. His intimates have known for a num ber of years that tc- be Mayor of At lanta was his ambition, and they have believed that he was only awaiting a convenient season to make a fight for it. Some politicians figured that an announcement for the office by Mr. Amorous would mean that Mayor Woodward would not stand for re- election. Mr. Amorous has been one of Mayor Woodward’s strongest back ers for a number of years. They say they believe Mayor Woodward would withdraw in Mr. Amorous’ favor. But of all the sure candidates Mayor Woodward is the surest—that much is certain. Mr. Amorous speaks of his probable candidacy in the vague manner of all early candidates. They'll get me in the race, I guess, as they seem to have started out to take in all the A’s,” he said, with a merry twinkle. “First a boom for Forrest Adair was started, then Wal ter Andrews was brought forth. I guess it’s about time for Amorous.” Judge Candler Factor. Two others must not be overlooked in surveying the field. The best post ed politicians say that Judge John S. Candler is already mapping out a campaign for a race, and there are a number of influential men who are elding him. Every time there is a discussion of probable candidates the name of Carlos H. Mason, chairman of the Police Commission, is brought up. Mr. Mason will retire from the Police Commission next spring, but the gen eral opinion Is that he can not quit politics. The work of the candidates between now and next spring is to persuade opposition to withdraw. The gamble is too gr^at when there are too many candidates and the strongest per suader will be the man finally left in. Has Had Easy Climbing. When it comes to persuading oppo nents to withdraw, Judge Candler is a world beater. He has climbed the political ladder all the way from So licitor General in DeKalb County ^hen a youth of 25 years to the Su preme Court of Georgia, and he has never had a real fight before the peo ple yet. Just before time for the bal lots to be cast his combatants have Quietly withdrawn from the field. There is one man he can not per suade to withdraw, though, and no body knows that better than Judge 'andler. He is Mayor Woodward. There are shrewd prognosticators u ’ho say the next fight for the May oralty of Atlanta will narrow down to Judge Candler and Mayor Wood ward. Doll Costumes and Cash Needed by Santa Claus Before He Can Visit Poor Children. SCIENCE WILL GUIDE CUPID. NORTH YAKIMA, WASH., Dec. 6.— a result of lectures on eugenics given by a local physician, a number of young fuen, members of the gymnasium classes rf the Young Men's Christian Asso- ' ation, are planning to delve into their family records for Information on which base a scientific selection of their *ivea Atlantans to Attend Adamson Banquet Former Georgian Who Led Fight for New York’s New Mayor To Be Honored. Wilmer L. Moore, president of the Chamber of Commerce, announced Saturday that Atlanta would be offi cially represented at the dinner to be given In New York to Robert Adam son. the former Atlantan who was manager of the campaign of Mayor- elect John Purroy Mitchel, of New York. The men named to represent Atlanta are Alfred C. Newell and William Hurd Hillyer. Mr. Adamson is well remembered in Atlanta as a newspaper man. He went to New York and had gained distinction when he was appointed secretary to the late Mayor Gaynor. He became chairman of the cam paign committee when the Fuslonlsts nominated Mr Mitchel, and the din ner Is being given him In recognition of his service toward the overthrow of Tammany Hall in the recent elec tion. First Open Meeting For Suffrage Club The first open meeting of the De- Kalb County Equal Suffrage Asso ciation will be held in the courthouse in Decatur Monday afternoon. The association was organized last sum mer, with Mrs. S. Everhart Cunning ham as president. Mrs. M. L. McLendon, president of the Georgia Equal Suffrage Associa tion, will be one of the speakers Mon day, bearing a message from the na tional suffrage convention held in Washington last week. Martin Cal vin, who for years has been a strong advocate of equal suffrage, will be another speaker. a Total of $60,000,000 Penalties Now Asked in Mississippi Anti- Trust Cases. MERIDIAN, MISS., Dec. 6—Attor ney General R. A. Collins, of Missis sippi, has filed an amended bill here in the anti-trust suit formerly brought against the Mobile and Ohio, the Ala- ahama Great Southern and the South ern Railways in Mississippi, intro ducing as new defendants the Ala bama and Vicksburg and the New Orleans end Northeastern Railroads. It is alleged that the Southern Rail, way controls all the other defendants. Penalties amounting to about $20.- 000,000. in addition to the $40,000,000 asked in the original bill, are asked for violation of the Mississippi anti trust law. Guard Keeps Watch Over Morgan Grave HARTFORD, CONN., Dec. 6— Al though nearly eight months have passed since the body of J. PierponJ Morgan was buried on the summit of Cedar Hill Cemetery, the grave con tinues to be closely guarded, particu larly at night. During the day no specially assigned watchman is kept there, but at sunset an armed guard goes on duty until sunrise. The body of Mr. Morgan was in terred here April 14 in a concrete- lined grave, with a huge slab of stone covering it. The Morgan fam ily is paying for the guard. Savannah Girls to Have Suffrage Club SAVANNAH. Dec. Mrs. S. B. C. Morgan, one of the pioneer clubwom en in the State, is planning to or ganize the working girls of Savannah into classes along the line of work conducted by Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont in New York, in the interest of votes for women. Recently Mrs. Morgan was in New York, the guest of Mrs. Chapman Catt. Skibinsky to Make Lyceum Tour of U.S. Alexander von Skibinsky, well known in musical circles, has Just re ceived a proposition from the Alka hest Lyceum System for a concert tour of the United States and Canada, which he has accepted. He has signed a three-year contract and will tour with a company of musical cele brities und^r the name of The Fes tival Artists. This company will be booked by the affiliated Lyceum bureaus of America. Lest you foTget— We will just mention again the High Places in the Anti-Empty Stocking Crusade Then we’ll just talk about them a bit. These are the High Places: 1. Tango Supper, 10:30 o’clock, Monday night; Hotel Winecoff; 50 cents for the dance. 2. Biff Star Matinee, 2:80 o’clock, Friday afternoon; Atlanta Theater. 8. Dolls to be dressed. 4. Subscriptions to be made. Now, then. You see, the promoters of this cru sade against unhappiness are trying to mix business with pleasure, so as to forestall any idea that this matter of making a subscription Is merely a business matter. Of course, it IS BUSINESS. It ought to b* Atlanta’s BUSINESS to see that not one little heart aches on Christmas morning. That’s GOOD BUSINESS—isn't it? ' Just the Time to Tango. But there’s nothing like a bit of variety to sort, of set things off. So we come to No. 1, and that ought to be a brilliant affair. The hour, 10:80 o’clock, is just about right to attract you after the show or to wind up an evening call. You meet a lot of charming people, most of whom you know, and you find a bully opportunity to tango. The name would surest that So it looks as if No. 1 will get by— that is, No. 1 will NOT get by with out a place in your date book, and « jolly evening to mark It later. No. 2 may be rated as SOM 8 SHOW. Yvette, the dainty violinist© head- liner at the Forsyth Theater, will be on the star show bill at the Atlanta; and also stars of the movies, notably Auriema, female Impersonator, from the Alamo No. 2. Then there will be Hom« “surprises’' to be announced later in the week. And the climax of all—the “big act* from “Fine Feathers,” at the Atlanta this week, with Kdeson and Lackaye and Coghlan and Robertson and Fig- man-—can you BEAT IT? We’ll hand it to No. 2. Don’t Forget the Dollies. And the dollies! Well, there’s no use of spreading it on when it comes to No. 3. Those pretty little store dollies, simply beg ging to be dressed, ready to be ex tracted with squeals of delight from some little raggedy stocking Christ mas morning- say, what’s the use of painting tho lily? You know what those dollies mean to the little girls, lots and lots of whom never SAW such dollies outside of the show win- dows—and you can see them stop in front of the big stores, and flatten their pudgy little noseM ugainst ths glass, and wonder, and wonder, and wonder if Santa Claus will FORGET! Shucks—Santa Claus isn’t going to forget. Not this time. You can get the dolls from The Georgian, or the big hotels. And you’ll see to it that Santa Claus doesn’t FORGET. That’s a bad habit in anyone, but in Santa it’s worst of all. And here’s a word of cheer, com ing to No. 4. The subscriptions to tho Empty Stocking Fund have mounted past the $1,000 mark. It's all of that—and then sonw. Not Enough Yet. But It Isn’t enough to quit on. This year old Santa Is going to CLEAN UP. And it’s going to be an expen sive Job, if It's properly done—which it WILL BE. Santa Claus Is going to CLEAN UP this year in Atlanta, and he's go ing to have enough money to do a good job. When you come right down to It, that fellow was RIGHT when he said none of us ever was nearer Heaven on this earth than when we were making a child happy. Making a child HAPPY. There doesn’t seem to be much you can add to that, come to think it over. Anyway, we'll rest the case on that, your Honor. We believe Atlanta is going to MAKE ALL THE CHILDREN HAP PY THIS CHRISTMAS And NOW la the time to CINCH ltl Who la Aiding Fund. Here is the list of contributions to the Empty Stocking Fund to date: Fund heretofore unacknowledged: Tango Tea • 141.00 The Georgian 100.00 W. R. Hearst 100.00 Walter P. Andrews ....... 25.00 Robert F. Maddox 25.00 Mali R. Wilkinson ...» 25.00 Lindsey Hopkins 25.00 James W. English 25.00 Forrest Adair 25.00 Southern Bell Telephone Co. ..... 25.00 George Adair 25.00 A. K. Hawkes 2b.OO Dr. W. S. Elkin 25.00 B. M. Grant 18.00 Employees J. P. Allen suit dept., 10.00 Mrs. Kate Cox ................... 10.00 Woods White 10.00 J. H. Falks 10.00 W. H. Kiser .10.00 F. J. Paxon 10.00 Mrs. J. M. Slaton 10.00 A Friend 10.00 Charles J. Haden ................ 10.00 Wilmer Moore 10.00 H. C. Warthen 10.00 J. H. Falks 10.00 W. T. Gentry 10.00 P. S. Arkwright ................. 10.00 Reuben Arnold 10.00 Well Wisher 10.00 John W. Grant 10.00 Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Morris...,,. ‘'•0.00 Asa G. Candler lO.OO W. L. Peel 10.00 J. K. Ottley 10.00 United Daughters of Confederacy 10.00 Thomas Egleston 10.00 A Friend 10.00 b. Bernard 10.00 Mrs. H. L. Wilson 10.00 Ophelia and Jessie May O'Nell and Lida McCarthy 6.00 In Memory of a Little Boy...... 5.00 Mrs. Alma Papy 5.00 Leopold J. Haas 5.00 Carlos H. Mason 5.00 Henry Durand 5.00 Charles C. Jones 5.00 Anonymous 5.00 A Friend 5.00 Morris Brandon 5.00 No Name 5.00 A. L. Belle Isle 5.00 John E. Miirphy 5.00 Frank Hawkins 5.00 Albert Howell 6.00 Joseph Willingham 5.00 E. C. Peters 5.00 E. L. Tatum 5.00 The Crickets 5.00 In Memory of Dear Daughter.... 5.00 Dr. Joseph Jacobs 6.00 Jean and Ethel 4.00 C. S. King 4.00 Continued on Page 4, Column 6. MAYORALTY Tango Supper and Star Matinee for Christmas Func * +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +§•{• +•+ +•*!• •!•••{■ +•+ Two Big Events This Week to Fill Empty Stockings Prospective Attorneys In Fear of a Stampede to Standard of Equal Franchise Decide Not to Talk Before Women. Some Members of School Scent a Snare In Prize to the Winners. Now Those Who Voted to Back Out Are Taunted by Classmates. Bv«n now that it is all over, the speeches aaJd and half forgotten. the Judgment made and recorded, you are likeiy to start a tiny civil war if you ask any considerable group of At lanta Law School students why the debate on woman suffrage was held discreetly and decorously behind the closed doors of the Kilpatrick Lit erary Society Friday night, Instead of In the Ansley Hotel auditorium, before members of the Woman Suf frage Association. as they had planned. The first yoiAig lawyer probably will tell you, very chestily, that no woman suffragist is going to make political capital out of the Atlanta Law School, and that the original plans were changed because the de bate, held before a crowd of women, certainly would have been swerved in favor of suffrage. Yon will know, then, that he was on the negative side of the proposi tion. And the second youthful Black- stone will taunt him. ‘ Ya-a-h. Politics nothing. Yon were Just afraid to get up before th. women. That’s all." He, it is pretty certain, was for tb. affirmative "No," number one will protest. But it will be a rather weak “no." Students Near to Fight. And then, most likely, the debate will begin all over again. It was settled at a meeting of tha Kilpatrick Society that the next Fri day debate would be on the timely question, "Resolved, That the United States should grant woman suffrage.” WRh the announcement of the subject, up rose L J. Groesxnan, a last year’s graduate of the Law School, and a stout champion of votes for women. "Fine,” said Mr. Grossman, and then he made the proffer of a prise of $30 to the winning team of de baters. The bonus was offered in the name of the Woman Suffrage Asso ciation. The debate, it was stipu lated, was to be public, and Mr. Grossman announced that the hotel hall could be obtained. Women of the association would be present, and it would be quite a pretentious af fair. So it was settled. The affirm a tlv* team was composed of John R Mc Clelland. R. IX Hood, 1 L. Crawford and R. C, Therrell. The negative, K, C. Buchanan, H. C. Greenlee. Hew!u W. Chambers and R. O Holton. Symptoms of Qualms, Imediately there were symptoms of acute qualms. Somebody thought of something, and asked R. B. Patter son, president of the Kilpatrick So ciety. to call a special meeting At the meeting, advocates of antt- suffrage were very urgent In their arguments that the debate should b« held not in public, and not in acoord with the prize offer, and not before the women The negative debater^ it was noticed, were the stoutest in this argument. Other voices Joined theirs, most loudly those of S. W. Johnstone and J. S. Hlghsmith. They were all very suspicious of the ar rangement, It seemed. Wasn't it plainly a “frame-up,” they asked, for the affirmative to win because there would be women pres ent to cheer the suffrage orators on, and thus to have a psychological ef fect on the Judges? And didn’t Mr. Grossman, ardent suffragist, hare a purpose in his offer? Taunts Also Heard. Then it was that the affirmative be gan to taunt its foes. "Isn’t It because you are bashful?” asked the suffragistsi The anti* evaded oratorlcally. "Nhonld the At lanta Law School lend Rself to poli tics?’’ they asked manfully. "Isn’t it because you are bashful?” insisted the affirmative. And then one of the others admitted that he, for one, was not so keen about mak ing a. speech before the assembled members of the Woman Suffrage As sociation. After a while they put it to a vote. Thirteen members were still ready to air their views In public, but twenty- three had been swerved. And the j debate was held Friday night in th* 1 society’s hall, where women are never admitted. But even now you can not get a unanimous answer to your question 1 "why."