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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS
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Congressmen Accused by Mulhall
Exonerated Except McDermott,
Who Is Scored.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—President
Wilson's charge that lobbies existed
at the Capitol to influence legislation
were sustained in the report of the
House Lobby Investigation Commit
tee, presented to the House to-day.
The charges preferred by Martin M.
Mulhall against Representatives Bar-
tholdt, of Missouri; Calder, of New
York; Sherly, of Kentucky; Webb, of
North Carolina, and Fairchild, of New
York, however, were declared un
founded.
The report also iinds that while the
American Federation of Labor main
tains a lobby lure It does not permit
Its activities to transgress the law or
go beyond the bounds of proper privi
lege. The report find9 that MulhaR
and James A. Emery, working for the
National Association of Manufactur
ers, “went beyond the limits of de
cency in trying to influence legisla
tion.”
The National Council for Industrial
Defense* and the National Tariff As
sociation also were found to have
maintained lobbies to influence legis
lation. Other points btought out in
the report are:
To Protect Injunction.
That the main purpose of the Na
tional Association of Manufacturers
was to prevent legislation curbing the
uses of the injunction against labor
unions.
That the Tariff Commission legisla
tion of 1909 was not improperly 5 n-
fluenced by lobbies.
That no improper influences have
been exerted in nominating or elect
ing Congressmen as far as the com
mittee can ascertain.
That Representative James D. Mc
Dermott, of Illinois, “has been gul'.ty
of acts of grave impropriety unbe
coming the dignity of the distin
guished position 1 e occupies.”
That Mulhall and Emery should
change their ways or “remain away
from the Capitol forever.”
Representative McDermott’s re’a-
tions with the pawnbrokers and liquor
dealers of Washington are gone over
by the committee at length.
Loan Is Condemned.
The committee states that a loan
of $500 given McDermott by Hu*!i
F. Harvey, secretary’ of the Washing
ton Liquor Dealers’ Association, prob
ably did not “influence his vote," but
the transaction is severely con
demned.
“The members of the House know
Mr. McDermott,” says the report,
“and know his ideals and his char
acteristics as the public generally
does not, and in the nature of things
can not know' them. His training
and association have not given him
the ethical perception and standards
relative to public office that usually
characterize nublic men. We can n > f
sav that he has been corrupted in his
vote, but some things which a private
citizen may do with impunity must be
avoided by one in official station.”
McDermott is exonerated of any
improper conduct in connection wiM
an alleged contribution by Harold Mc
Cormick to his campaign fund in 191?
Clements May Win:
President Wavers
Reports from Washington indicate
that President Wilson has assumed
an attitude much more favorable to
the reappointment of Judge Judson
Clements, of Georgia, on the Inter
state Commerce Commission than
was at first understood. The strong
indorsements of the Southerner and
the argument that his experience is
greatly needed by the commission
since it lost its senior member by
resignation, have had their effect.
Senator Robert M. LaFollette is
mentioned as one of the most active
supporters of Judge Clements. It is
said in Washington that he has told
the President the Senate may reject
any nominee in Judge Clements’
place.
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SLEUTH PLAY
Support in 'Argyle Case’ Is Splen
did, and Majority of Lines
Carry a ‘Punch.’
By TARLETON COLLIER.
Hail the apotneo*is of the detec
tive! Nowadays he becomes the
modern knight, rescuing the oppress
ed maiden, swatting the oppressor,
and then marrying the lady in ques
tion. all in true Ivanhoe style. And
being a detective would be rather de
sirable. if women were not so rasp-
ingly neurotic.
These are one or two of the im
pressions that come to you as you
watch Robert Hilliard and the others
in “The Argyle Cose.” which opened
at the Atlanta Monday night. There
are other Impressions, too. but you
received them so long ago from the
ten thousand detective stories that
they may be trite—that the police de
tective is not only fallible, but bun
gling; that a true hero can face the
gun of an infuriated villain, and dare
him to shoot, and all those things.
But the firmest impression you re
ceive is that here is a play with ev
ery line written to convey a delib
erate punch. The general effect is
an unflagging interest that is at
times, and very often, thrilling. It
is melodrama, but a not unreason
able melodrama, even for a detective-
crook play.
And it must afford soul-satisfaction
to a bunch of actors to realize that
they have a part in a drama like “The
Argyle Case,” in which everybody
has at least one great moment and
comes in for one hearty hapd of ap
plause. At least, it is satisfying to
the audience that they should see a
cast in which every individual de
serves the applause he gets. Robert
Hilliard and his supporting company
are a group well balanced as to abil
ity and are uniformly as capable as
any actors that And their way into
these parts.
Robert Hilliard himself leaves little
to be desired in Liar interpretation ->f
the not too fanciful part of the ultra-
new detective, who out-Burr- Burns,
who hobnobs with those high in sta
tion and who is at all times the mas
ter of the situation. He is known to
Atlanta, having appeared In “A F'ool
There Was’’ three seasons ago
There was an uncomfortably la re; 3
amount of neurasthenia written in J
the lines of the women in the pla
and they were called upon to shriek and
sob and fidget. However superb our
masterful detectives might be, theT
roles were not nearly so difficult as
those of the women. And. very hap
pily, the women were equal to it all.
Edwin Holland, as Hurley, the mur
derer in the case; Gustav Von Sei f -
fertitz, as Frederick Kreisler. a fan
tastic counterfeiter, and Joseph Tuo-
hy, as Joe Manning, a rather human
detective, were some of the unustJRllf
good company whose work pleased.
“The Argyle Case'’ will be at t’^ie
Atlanta Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings and Wednesday matinee.
Yvette Hit of
Forsyth’s Bill.
A young woman with a head of
paroxysmal red haid and a rubber
ball energv became the sensation of
the week’s bill at the Forsyth, the
moment she stepped onto a darkened
stage and began to play a ghostly
white violin.
I must be admitted that Yvette's
methods could hardly fail of creating
the desired sensation. From a tanta-
lizlngly remote position in the center
of the (heater you gained the sus
picion that her nether limbs, a goodly
portion of which protruded through
a slit skirt, were naively bare of
hosiery' of any sort. And Yvette’s
dancing—well, there were some of
the audience who were uneasily aware
that this was not the conventional
thing. The act scored a tremendous
hit—the biggest of the season with
out a question.
The young woman handles the
violin adeptly—rather than artistical
ly. however—and sings plaintively
with It. Her work carries a peculiar
ly effective appeal that won her a
genuine ovation.
The house laughed at the Nichols
Sisters Monday, with their act “The
Kentucky Belles.” Female blackface
comedians are rarities, and in addi
tion to the novelty of the perform
ance, the sisters exhibited an ex
cellence of impersonation.
A closing act that for once held a
Monday matinee audience makes the
bill unique. Captain Chink’s Aus
tralian Boy Scouts are unusually well
drilled young men—not all of them
are really boys. But there is little of
novelty in the performance of gun
juggling, except perhaps the timely
Boy Scout setting
The Hickey Brothers. acrobatic
dancers, are tumblers of more than
usual ability. The Rosaires. open
ing the act. have a wire-walking act.
Goldsmith and Hoppe, with their
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EASTMAN, Dec. 9. — A res: room
for the farmers wive.® and children
and others who may visit for a few
hours in Eastman will be opened
within the nex’ few days under 1 1**
auspices of the Las.man Stud* * i
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advancing age We all know the ad
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Your hair is your charm. It makes or
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brush with it. drawing this through the
hair, taking one small strand at a time
Bj* morning the gray hair disappears,
after another application or two, its nat
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| sketch, “The Manager and the Sales
man.” art* comedy musicians, (’hot
Eld ridge and Harriett Barlow have a
rural comedy sketch.
Lyric Has Drama
With Strong Appeal.
Virtue’s persecution and vindica
tion forms the basis of the play of
fered at the Lyric for the week, ‘‘The
Butterfly on the Wheel.” The play
is one with an essentially modern ap
peal. It hardly is to be relegated t »
the class of the problem play; nor is
it a melodrama. But there is a solid
ity about It that Is entertaining, rid
a number of situations that call '■»:
capable acting.
Eleanor Montell, as Peggy Ad-
maston, the Innocent young wife whj
is forced to a divorce trial by a sus
picious husband, met tin demands >f
a most exacting part. Charles Dr.r-
rar. as Roderick Oollingwood, tfn
former lover who forced the ingenu
ous Mrs. Admaston into her maritil
plight, was good, and Horace Hooper,
in the comedy part rs Lord Eller-
dine, a typical, but not conventiona..
Englishman, was easily the best of
the male cast.
The play has for its grea scene the
divorce court in which Mrs. Admaston
is forced to defend herself. In her im
potent way. against the damning ev -
dence that has been brought in favor
of her husbands suit. The climax
is powerful, where the butterfly wom
an, unable tf convi < e a hard-headed
English jury and judge of her inno
cence. eollupst s. However, alt ends
well when the machlnat.it ns of vil
lainy are revealed out of court.
“The Katterflv on the Wheel** will
be at the Lyric all week, with mati
nees Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day.
Good Melodrama
Offered Bijou Patrons.
A crowded house greeted the Jewell
Kelley Company in “Over the Sea” at
the Bijou Monday night. The play is
a ripping good melodrama, full of ac
tion and sentiment. Every climax
was the signal for applause. The au
dience seemed immensely pleased
with the performance.
This week’s offering introduces
Miss Lillian Douglas, a new member.
She was given a cordial reception.
Edwin Vail, w ho appeared in the role
of clergyman, won many new friends.
Vernon Wallace the leading man.
was a prime favorite from the start.
Miss Rose Morris, in the part of a
street urchin., was excellent. Earl
Migiey appeared in a comedy part
which gave him abundant » 'portunity
for fun-making Oscar Hues, Miss
Claire Summers. T C. McDonough
and the other members of the cast
appeared to advantage.
TO STRIP ICON
MACON. Dec. 9. A majority of
the members of City Council propose
to-night to divest the Mayor of the
power the office has had far 75 years
to appoint the firemen and policemen
The present Mayor, Bridges Smith,
represents one faction in local poli
tics and ten of the Aldermen repre
sent another faction The firemen
and policemen, now on the payrolls,
were put in office by the party repre
sented by Mr. Smith, and the Aider-
men seek to remove them and i;ive
the jobs to some of their own political
friends. It takes seven votes to pass
the ordinance and eight to pass L
over the Mayor’s veto. Eight of th«
Aldermen have declared in favor of it.
The ordinance provides that the
chiefs of the police and fire depart
ments, who are elected by Council,
shall appoint the members of the two
forces, subject to the confirmation of
Council.
Cardinal Sends Xmas
Greetings to Kings
BALTIMORE, Dec. 9. In accord
ance with a custom <>f centuries
standing. Cardinal Gibbons has sent
out his official Christmas greetings to
ail of the crowned heads of the Cath-
c’ic countries and to the members «• f
the Sacred College of Cardinals.
The King of Saxony and iho
Kings and Queens of Spain, Belgium
and Bavaria will be the royal recip-
Early End Is Seen for
New French Cabinet
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georqian.
PARIS Dec. 9. Despite the fact
rh;it Gaston Doumergue, the new
French Premier and Foreign Minister,
is a member of the Radical-Socialist
party, which now is the predominant
power in tin* Chamber of Deputies,
the Parisian press was practically
unanimous to-dav in predicting that
the new ministry would be .short
lived.
Dalton Has Close
Races for Officers
DALTON, Dec. 9.—Predictions that
there will not be more than 100 vote*
difference between the mayoralty
candidates, B. R Bowen and W E
Wood, in the city election here to
morrow are freely made to-day. The
race for chief of police between J.
C. Fincher and A. E. White appears
also to be close.
In addition to Mayor and police
chief, four of the eight wards will
elect Coundlmen.
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