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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
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n HOUSE
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 t’omm'.t*
tee, presented to the House to-day.
The charges pre -ed by Martin M.
Mulhall against Representatives Rar-
rholdt, of MissouriOalder, of New
York: Sherly, of Kentucky; Webb, cf
North Carolina, and Fairchild, of New
York, however, were declared un
founded.
Tlje report also finds that while *he
American Federation of Labor main
tains a lobby h re it does not permit
Its activities to transgress the law or
go beyond the bounds of proper privi
lege. The report finds that MulhaU
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 brought 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 in
fluenced by lobbies.
That no improper influences have
been exerted in mjnrnating or elect
ing Congressmen as far as the com
mittee can ascertain.
That Representative James D. Mc
Dermott, of Illinois, “has been guilty
of acts of grave impropriety unbe
coming the dignity of the distin
guished position 1 e occupies.”
That Mulhall and Em.rv should
change their ways or ‘remain away
from the Capitol forever.”
Representative McDermott’s rela
tions with the pawnbrokers and liquor
dealers of Washington are gone over
by the committee at lengtL.
Loan Is Condemned.
The committee states that a lo%n
of $500 given McDermott by Hu/!i
V. 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
Air. McDermott.” says the report,
“and know his ideals and his char
acteristics as the public generally
does not, and in the nature of things
tan not know them. His training
and association have not given him
the ethical perception and stancLirdf
relative to public office that usually
characterize public* men. We can not
say that h. has been corrupted in his
vole, but some things which a private
citizen may do with impunity must be
avoided by one in officU 1 station.”
McDermott is exonerated of any
improper conduct in connection witn
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
tlie 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. I.aFollette is
mentioned as one of the most active
supporters of Judge Clements. It is
said in Washington that he has told
ihe 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 :h& Apotheosis 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 crue 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 Case,” 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-
j 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.
A-nd 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 lea.st one great moment and
conies in for one hearty hand 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
Plilliard and his supporting company-
are a group well balanced as to abil
ity and are uniformly as capable as
any actors that find their way into
these parts.
Robert Hilliard himself leaves little
to be desired in I s interpretation of
the not too fanciful part . the ultra-
new' detective, who out-Burr- Burns,
w-ho 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 Fool
There Was” three seasons ago
There was an uncomfortably large
amount of neurasthenia written irCo
the lines of the women In the play,
and they were called upon to shriek ami
sob and fidget. However superb our
masterful detectives might be, their
roles were not nearly so difficult as
those of the won.en. And, very hap
pily, the women were equal to it all.
Edwin Holland, as Hurley, the mur
derer In the case: Gustav ‘Von Seif-
fertitz. is Frederick Kreisler. a fan
tastic counterfeiter, and Joseph Tuo-
hy. as Joe Manning, a rather human
detective, wer° some of the unusually
good company whose work pleased.
"The Argyle Case” will be at Uio
Atlanta Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings and Wednesday matinee.
Yvette Hit of
Forsyth’s Bill.
A young woman with a head of
paroxysmal red baid and a rubber
ball energy 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-
Hzingly remote position in the center
of the cheater 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. Bui there is little of
novelty in the performance of gun
juggling, except perhaps the timely
Bov Scour setting.
The Hickey Brothers, acrobatic
dancers, are tumblers of more than
usual ability. The Rosairee, open
ing the act. have a wire-walking act.
Goldsmith and Hoppe, with their
S»GE IE!KEEPS
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' sketch, “The Manager and the Sales
i man.” are comedy musicians. Chot
Lid ridge and Harriett Barlow have t
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 f. r the week, "T'n
Butterfly on the Wheel.” The play
is one with an essentially modern vp-
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. iml
a number of situations that call % '
capable acting.
Eleanor Montell, as Peggy Ad-
maston, the innocent young wife wh )
is forced to a divtroe trial by a sus
picious husband, met the demands >f
a most exacting part. Charles D«r-
rar, as Roderick Collingwood. th-
former lover who forced the ingenu
ous Mrs. Admaston into i er marit tl
nllaht, was good, and Hornet Cooper,
in the comedy part Lord Elk r-
dine, a typicai. but not convent Iona.
Englishman, was e. ffly tlie 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 evi
dence that has been brought in favor
of her husband’s suit. The climax
is powerful, wh re the butterfly wom
an. unable l' conv! co a liard-headrd
English Jury and Judge «»f her Inno
cence, collapses. Howev«- r, all ends
well vflion the mac'iinttU n* of vil
lainy are revealed out of court.
“Tip B itterfly on the Wheel” wi.l
be at the Lyric all week, with mati
nees Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day.
Good Melodrama.
Offered Bijou Patrons.
A crowded lionise greeted the Jewel!
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, n new member.
She was given a cordial reception.
Edwin Vail, who appeared in the role
of clergyman, von manv 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
Higley appeared in a comedy part
which gave him abundant opportunity
for fun-making. Oscar Roes. Miss
Claire Summers. T. C. McDonough
and the other members of the cast
appeared to advantage.
10 STRIP
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MACON, Dec 9. A majority of
the members of City Council propose
to-night to divest the Mayor of the
power the « Mice has had for 75 years
to appoint the firemen and policemen.
The present Mayor, Bridges Smith,
represents one faction in local poli
tics and ten yf 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 give
the jobs to some of their own political
friends It takes seven votes to pass
the ordinance and eight to pass it
over the Mayor’s veto. Eight of the
Aldermen have declared in favor of It.
The ordinance provides that the
chiefs of the police and *flre 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 of centuries
standing, Cardinal Gibbons has sent
out his official Christmas greetings to
a" of the crowned heads of the Cath-
f’lc countries and to the members * f
the Sacred College of Cardinals.
The King of Saxony and .he
Kings and tjueens of Spain, Belgium
and Bavaria will be the royal recip
ients.
Early End Is Seen for
New French Cabinet
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
I’XRIS Dec. 9. -Despite the fact
that Gaston Doumergue, the new
French Premier and Foreign Minister,
is a member »>f the Radical-Socialist
party, which now is the predominant
power In the Chamber of Deputies,
the Parisian press was practically
unanimous to-day 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 votes
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 Councilmen.
Whitehall
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