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OVER /00,000 THE SUNDAY AMERICAN'S NET PAID CIRCULATION The A ational Southern Sunday Newspaper The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS Use for Results VOL. XII. NO. 113. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY DECEMBER 11. 1913. Copyright, IflOfl. By The Georgian Co. O r^TTXTT'Q PAY NO - l ». MORE. EXTRA HOME EDITION ROAN ATTACKED IN FRANK APPEAL C*3 D*3 C*3 tX<3 c*3 K<3 C*3 Atlanta Women Rescued in Macon Hotel Fire vr .vs 23 S JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES RETURNS TO ATLANTA COLONEL JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES. A.S Smashes Phone Pole Averting Auto Crash Richmond Man, Believed tc Have Perished in Room. Appears, "Reformed.” MACON, Dec. 11.—J. R. Thurmond, "f Richmond, Va.. who was believed to have perished in the Hotel Wil- ( ams fire, which caused a loss of 10.000. made his appearance at noon ■o-day. and indignantly denied the re ports of his death. "This affair has converted me." he *aid, "for I’ll never take another drink." The porter put Thurmond to bed in an Intoxicated condition, and it was believed that the man failed to escape from his room. However, he .iumpejl to the roof of a two-story uilding and reached the ground without mishap. He then went to r-ed at another hotel, awakening at noon to learn that he was given up as ead. Only the walls of the hotel, a. four- story building, are standing, and they nre expected to fall any minute. Atlantans’ Narrow Escape. Sixty-seven guests were in the ho- ol, and for a tirpe it was impossible ’o tell how many of them had es- aped. The register and other rec ords of the hotel were burned. A Jewelry salesman named Levy, from Chicago, claims that his stock of diamonds, appraised at $10,000. was lost in the fire Mrs. R. Miller and .Miss Alice Mill er, of Atlanta, came down a fire es- j ape from the third floor in their night’ iothing - just as the. ceiling of their room fell In. All of their clothes and possessions were destroyed. Brady Knight, of Eatonton, found the stair- way and fire escapes cut off by sheets of flames, and so he tied quilts and «heets together and reached th • ground with the use of this impro vised rope. Honeymooners Hit. A honeymoon c_uple, Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Lorig. of Macon, the bride for merly being Miss Martha Cohn, of Al bany, had an exceedingly narrow es- ape, and were rescued by firemen, being taken out of a window, almost suffocated., They lost diamonds and other Jewelry, mostly wedding pres ents, valued at $4,000. The lire was discovered by a po liceman at 4:45 a. m., and at that time i he roof was blazing. Defective wir- ng was supposed to have started the fire. Two Southern Women Hurt in St. Louis Fire. ST. LOUIS Dec. 11.—A score* of ests at the LaSalle Hotel, Broad way and Chestnut streets, were in- ired and the lives of 100 saved by he moat daring kind of work by fire men in a blaze early this morning. '1 remen carried a score of frantic - omen down fire escape^ and ladders, t he guests had no time to get th^ir othes. The screams of Mrs. Archie M« ann, who awakened to find her room filled with smoke, probably saved many lives Among those injured were Miss Mary Walker, of Memphis Tenn., and Miss Bertha Cambron. of Owensboro Ky. L. C. Langford, of Adams. Texas, nd J. K. Dobbs, of Birmingham, were arried from thei- rooms: almost sui* ’ocated. Miss Hazel Chambers, who had a com on the fifth floor, saved about 00 guests. The ejevator man. for ■'ome reason, could not be found, and Miss Chambers made trip after trip bringing down guests. p Al R PAYS 40 PER CENT PROFIT. GADSDEN, ALA.. Dec 11.—W. R Bradford has been elected president o' he Marshall County Fan Association, succeeding Thomas E. Orr A 40 per ent dividend ^ - vear - Wilson, Threatened With Grip, Cancels All Engagements WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—Threat ened again with an attack of grip, President Wilson canceled his en gagements to-day and suspended all executive business. He is suffering from a bad cold in the head and from, a mild attack of ’aryngitSs Dr. Grayson is determined not to take any chances with his patient, and probably will Insist upon his throwing aside all work and out-of- door exercise until the grip is en tirely eliminated from his system. The President will remain within his room to-day and probably until Monday. A delegation of temperance work ers was much disappointed at not being able to see the President. Vaccine Perpetuates Smallpox, Is Charge WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—-With practically every civilized nation urg ing its invitation upon the Interna tional Anti-Vivisection and Animal Protection Congress, now in session here, Belgium to-day appeared to he the delegates’ choice for the next gathering three years hence. Porter F. Pope, of Philadelphia^ de clared that the "continued prevalence of smallpox in America is solely due to the continued practice of vaccina tion.” Man Kills Negro Who Shot Brother-in-Law DARIEN. Dec. il.—When J. P. Mew. a farmer, went over to Gen eral Island, opposite Darien, to look after some hogs, he saw a negro with one. As Mew hailed him the negro opened fire, shooting Mew in the face. Mew’s brother-in-law. who was with him, fired on the negro, killing him. To Save Xmas Poultry From Warm Weather WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—Declaring the loss of poultry during the Thanks giving period because of the warm weather - a I s •almost a calamity of na tional import,” agricultural specialists have Issued warnings to poultry deal ers, and those engaged in dressing, on how to chill and preserve poultry so as to prevent loss during the Christ mas season. Hose Is No Place For Xmas Money CHICAGO, Dec. 11.—The following ad vice to women Christmas shoppers was given to-day by Chief of Police Glea son: “Take your husband shopping with you. Let him carry the money. “An inside skirt pocket is an excel lent place to carry money while in a crowd.” the chief said, "but don’t put it in your stocking." ^ Hill Finds Ink Blot: Bank Officers Quit ST. PAUL.. Dec. 11.—One little Ink spot is reported to have caused a shake- up In J. J. Hill's First National Bank that to-day resulted in the resignation of W. A. Miller, vice president, and F. A. Nienhauser, cashier. As the story goes. L. W. Hill recent ly received a statement of his account with a drop of ink upon the figures. Then the shake-up. Woman of 116 Made Shroud 55 Years Ago NEW YORK, Dec. 11.—Although cheerfulness is the recipe by which Mrs. Hannah Kosokoff says she has at tained the age of 116 years, she has a burial shroud beneath her bed. She made it herself 55 years ago when she thought her time to die had come. LILLIAN DEMANDS APOLOGY. LITTLE ROCK. Dec. 11.—Lillian Russell forced the management of the Hotel Marion to apologize publicly for having advertised that she would dance with a guest at a cabaret show in the hotel. PROSPERITY $20,000,000 Bank Fails Because of Mexican Conflict All Records for Volume of Busi-J ness Here Broken by Early j; Christmas Mail. Special Cable to The Georgian. MADRID. Dec. 11.—Great ex citement waj caused on the Bourse to-day by the failure of the Banco Hiepano-Americano, a $20.000,000 institution, to open its doors. The bank was compelled to suspend payment of its obligations, due to a heavy run which began Tuesday and to depreciation of investments which the company holds in Mex ico and the Argentine Republic. The civil war in Mexico was one of the chief causes contributing to the failure. The wave of prosperity reported in all lines of business in Georgia and Atlanta has found an echo in the business of the Atlanta postoffice. Postmaster Bolling H. Jones said Thursday that the volume of mail that passed through the local post- office Wednesday night was greater by many thousand pieces than that of any previous 24 hours in the history of the office. "We broke every record that was ever heard of around here,” said Mr. Jones. "We handled 240,000 pieces of first class mail and fully 300,000 pieces of second, third and fourth class mail. There were 25,000 parcels alone, which is about the nujnber that has passed through the office every day for the paw two weeks, and there were thousands of ether pieces of mail that I have not in cluded in these figures. Flood of Calendars, "One firm alone mailed 15,000 cal endars Wednesday afternoon, and in asmuch as they are about two feet long and difficult to handle, they are equal to fully three times that amount of ordinary mail matter. "The increase In the volume of business that passes through the At lanta office has been apparent for sev eral weeks, but we had no idea it would reach the tremendous propor tions of last night. We require be tween 1,§00 and 1,500 mail sacks—all of them large ones—to handle the Atlanta mail now, and this number probably will be doubled when the Christmas rush comes. Mr. Jones declared that in view of the great increase in the business of the postoffice those who contemplate sending away Christmas gifts should mail,their packages as soon as possi ble. Shudders at Prospect. "If the volume of mail reaches the stupendous tola! of 600.000 pieces three weeks before Christmas,” he said, "think what it will reach when the Christmas rush begins in earnest. Unless parcels are mailed at once there can be no certainty in their de livery, because there is 'a limit to what our force can do. We hai/e working now all the extra men we have room for, and though they are handling the present volume of mail in fine shape, if it gets much larger it is going to be''very iiard to handle. “People seem to be spending more money than ever before for Christ mas gifts.” Mr. Jones also said Thursday he had about 1,000 "Santa Claus letters” which children have placed in the mail, and which he has authority ot turn over to any charitable institu tion or responsible person who wishes them. These letters exceed by sev eral hundred the number that were mailed last year, and unless someone asks for them they will be sent to the dead letter office to make room for those yet to come. Rich South African Is Shot by Assassin Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRI CA. Dec. 11.—Sir Lionel Phillip®, South African mining magnate and multi-millionaire. was shot three times, but probably not fatally wound ed by an assassin while in Commis sioner street to-day. The assailant was arrested He said he acted in revenge. Sir Lionel was one of the group of five men, including John Hays Ham mond, of New York, who were sen tenced to death for instigating the Jamieson raid in 18$6. whic h brought on the Boer War. He was formerly with Cecil Rhodes. Lee Will Case Goes To Jury After Trial Lasting 3 Weeks The Lee will case went to the jury at 11 o’clock Thursday morning, aft er a two hours’ charge by Judge Bell, and a verdict is expected to-day. The trial lasted three weeks. The contestants in the suit are the daughters of Mrs. Lee. The suit is styled "Mrs. Annie LaRue Lee Mi- zell, caveatrlx, against Mrs. Maud Lee Thompson.” Mrs. MizeJl claims her sisters were awarded their share of her mother’s estate prior to her mother’s death, and that the entire estate left by her mother was willed to her. » *. ' ‘ Two wills were introduced, one which awarded the estate to Mrs. Mi- zell and the other dividing it among all the children. Charges of forgery have beer made in connection with the signing of the last one. A $40.- 000 estate is involved. What Does Senate Do With Fruit Knives? WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—"Why did the Senate buy grapefruit knives?” This is a my6tery precipitated by pub lication of expense Items of the United States Senate in a. report from the sec retary. However, the need of grapefruit knives is not more mysterious than other items, such as timothy hay, oats, meal, bran, arnica, mustang liniment, floes pillows, mineral waters and taxi cabs. Attorney Watt Kelly Is Injured. Three Companions Escape as He Wrecks Car. df«* Uncle Sam Plans to Aid Farmers' Wives WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—To gain in formation that would enable the De partment of Agriculture better to serve rural women, the Secretary has sent let ters of inquiry to the women on 56,000 selected farms, covering every county. Analysis shown that farm women de sire assistance in all phases of home management, especially as to labor-sav ing arrangements and better hygienic and sanitary conditions. Primrose's Wife Denied Separation WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., Dec. 11.—The decision of Justice Keogh dismissing the complaint made by Mrs. Esther Prim rose, of Mount Vernon, against George H. •Primrose, the famous minstrel, was affirmed by the appellate division. Mrs. Primrose sued for a separation, charging cruelty, inhuman treatment and that her husband was a heavy drinker Houghton, English Playwright, Dead i Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. MANCHESTER. ENGLAND, Dec. 11. —Stanley Houghton, well known English playwright and author of "The Young er Generation.’’ one of the comedy hits of the season in London, died at bis home here to-day. Watt Kelly, an attorney with of fices in the Tetpple Court Building, was injured, and three other Atlanta business men, his companions, had narrow escapes Thursday when an automobile in which they were riding crashed into a telephone pole at North Boulevard and Auburn avenue. The pole was severed at the base r*ud fell over into the street, barely missing the occupants of the machine. Mr. Kelly was thrown against the side of the automobile and suffered severe hurts to his chest and knee cap. With him were Herbert Ferrell, manager of the United Building Com pany; Edward O’Beirne, a partner with William H. Rhett in an Insur ance company, with offices in the Hurt Building, and Rhett. who was driving the machine. The accident occujy^d when Rhett, order to avoid a- collision with an other automobiles swerved his ma chine to one side. Witnesses declared that the second machine was driving on the left side of the street, running alongside of an Auburn avenue street car. Rhett, rounding a curve In Au burn avenue, was confronted with the other car, which was bearing down upon him. J With a quick turn of his wheel, he sent his car Into the pole. The other automobile drove on pa.st. paying no attention to the other, and proceeded down the street. The identity of its occupants was not learned. Mr. Kelly was hurried to his office, where medical attention was given him. He then was removed to his home. The party had been out on High land avenue inspecting some building operations. Bowen Defeats Wood For Mayor of Dalton DALTON, Dec. 11.—In the city election held here yesterday B. R. Bowen was elected Mayor over Dr. W. E. Wood by a majority of 70 votes. Each carried four wards. Police Chief A. E. White swept all of the wards for a majority of 353 over hii opponent, J C. Fincher, a former chief. The fofir Councilmen elected ar^: Firs; Ward, Will McNally; Fourth Ward, John Hill; Fifth Ward, Jesso Holland, and Eighth Ward, Dave Steward. Finished Last Book Week Before Death PARIS, Dec 11.—A book by Mile. Favre de Coulevain, wnoie pen name was Pierre de Coulevain. is about to be published. Sh» completed it scarcely a week before her death. Mile, de Coule vain was t’ne author of "Noblesse Americalce and of Elve V.eiorieuse Let the Record .of Results Be Your Guide Every mail brings evidence of quick am. satisfactory results re ceived through Hearst’s Daily Georgian and Sunday American “Want Ads.” • THIS “WANT AD” FOR SALK—Turkeys • t 1.7c por pound. Write A. C. Me- Leod, Jr., Quitman, Ga. appeared in three issues Hearst’s Daily Georgian HUNDREDS OF LETTERS similar to the following are on file in our office: Quitman Ga The Georgian Company. .Dear Sirs. Inclosed find check in payment for the ad you put in your paper. I must say that I am well pleased with the resultf Yours truly. \ C. M’LEOD. JK. Will Be Permanently Associated With The Atlanta Georgian and Hearst’s Sunday American. Colonel John Temple Graves, for the pa.st six years editor of The New York American and special writer 'or the various Hearst publications, has returned to Atlanta to be permanent ly associated with Mr. Hearst’s At lanta newspapers a» that publisher’s direct personal representative. Colonel Graves' work in Atlanta and the South will be wide in scope' and far-reaching in consequence. He will stand for Mr. Hearst and his aspira tions and ambition in Southern jour nalism. He will project his personal ity sharply into the Henrst publica tions in the South, and his work will be Mr. Hearst’s work. Needles to say, Colonel Graves Is being cordially welcomed on all sides. He numbers his friends in Dixie by the thousands. He Is attached to the South by tie# of blood and long as sociation and acquaintance. The en tire period of his young manhood was spent In Dixie, as an editor In Georgia and Florida, and, although he has had high honors conferred upon him abroad, his heari still is, and ever has been, most at home among Geor gians. Colonel Graves has be^-n intimately associated with Mr. Hearst in New York and Washington, and has been sent to Georgia because Mr. Hearst believes him pre-eminently the man to bring the Hearst publications close to the hearts and firesides of the Southern people. Of course, Colonel Graves is glad to be "back home.” As he expresses it, “Old Brer Rabbit w«» no more de lighted when thrown into the brlar- patoh than I am delighted to be in the South again permanently, and where I may serve the people of my native section to the full and final limit of my ability. "Mr. Hearst has great, ambitions for The Georgian and The Sunday American. I shall strive to help him realize them completely.” Mrs. Graves and the children will not return to Georgia until later n the winter, and perhaps not until spring. Elevator Common Carrier, Is Ruling Of Supreme Court The Georgia Supreme Court io-day held in the case of Lucy L. Aflen against Mrs W. D. Grant, owner of the Grant Eulldlng in Atlanta, that the owner of a public building in’which a public elevator is operated Is a common carrier under the law, in so far as such owner’s obligation to exercise extraor dinary diligence In handling passengers is concerned. Miss Allen brought suit for $25,000 damages against Mrs. Grant, setting forth that she was seriously hurt and permanently disabled by a falling ele vator in which she was a passenger, and that the accident was due to negligence of the defendant. Mrs. Grant demurred on th^toncpund the owner of the building was not a common carrier, and hence not subject to damages. $985,000 of Pabst Estate to Germany MILWAUKEE. AVIS.. Dec. 11.—More than $985,000 in United States money wll; leave America within a few days for the land of the Kaiser. According to the Pabst will, the estate was left in trust for Mrs. Emma Sohen- lein. Captain Fred Pabst’s daughter, to revert to her when her daughter Edith should attain the age of 10 years Tne child reached her tenth birthday Octo ber 13 Mercer Junior Head Acquitted by Class MACON, Dec. 11 -The president of the junior law class at Mercer Uni versity underwent an impeachment trial last night and was acquitted The president was charged with high crimes and misdemeanors In that he had "bootlicked" and that he had "insulted" the class and demeaned himself In a manner unbecoming his official position. THE WEATHER Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia — Generally fair Thursday and Friday. FINAL LIFE MULE Trial Judge Termed “Vacillating” by Defense Attorneys—Hear ing Likely to Start Monday. Severe criticism is made of Judge L. S. Roan for certain phases of his conduct of the trial of Leo M. Frank and for bis re fusal to grant a new trial, even though he himself had doubt as to the defendant’s guilt, in the brief argument prepared by Frank's lawyers to be presented to the Supreme Court of Georgia next Monday. The document was received from the printers Thursday. The brief of evidence, another bulky document, will be completed Thursday afternoon The attorneys for the defense will exchange briefs with Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey later in the day and all of the. lawyers concerned in the famous caae will Le ready to re-engage, in s.. hitter legal battle which ha*d Its be ginning on July 26 when Frank's trial was started. Judge Roan Criticised. Judge Roan Is characterised in the printed arguments of the attorneys as "vacillating" In his conduct of th- trial at many times, and hts action in refusing a new trial is described as Irtiefensible, in view of his openly expressed doubt of Frank's guilt. The argument on this particular phase of the appeal to the Supreme Court concludes with numerous legal citations designed to show' that Judge Roan was shirking a plain duty when he refused to take- the burden of a decision in the matter. Several of the Citations quote the Supreme Court as saying that when the trial judge is assailed with doubts as to the justice cf the verdict there is no course open to him but to grant a new trial. The documents which are to be submitted to the Supreme Court are said by lawyers to be the most vol uminous ever filed in Georgia in an appealed case 600 Pages in Brief. The brief of evidence alone constat* o,’ about 600 large pages wfth type of ordina.ry size. The arguments and narration of the facts of the case consume an ether 3S9 pages, and the original mo tion for a new trial, the amended mo t on and the judge’s charge make up another book of 159 pages The total is approximately 1.100 printed page. The case of Frank vs. the State 1, listed eighteenth on the calendar of the Supreme Court and will be reach ed Monday, in all probability, the others being mostly cases from other parts of the State, which will not he ergued except through the briefssub. n.itted. Sues Wife, Who Made Odd Bed Regulations Charging that hie wlf© made life mis erable for him by many strange acts of cruelty, one of them being the re quirement that he lie at a certain angle In bed while sleeping. Ludweli J. fiacrev has brought suit for divorce from Mrs. Anna Sacrej. He further charges that she would not lei him read a* much as he wanted to: thaf she kept the house In a disordered condition; that she kept picture# of strange men in the house. To prevent him from taking the child for a walk on Sunday*, he charges that she wouk< am ear the child with dirt so that it would not ba presentable. 250 Reported Dead; Tornado Hits Canoes Special Cable te The Atlanta Georgian- FREETOWN. SIERRA LBOKE, WEST AFRICA. Dec. 11.—More than 260 natives are believed to have pm ished to-day when a tornado blew* twenty passenger-carrying canoes rmK to sea Many upturned cano** later found.