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Horrors in Headgear
There’s a real millinery
tragedy which will be
revealed to readers of
Next Sunday’s American
The Atlanta Georgian
Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results
VOL XII. NO. 11 1.
ATLANTA, OA.. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1913.
it. 190*.
By The Georgian Co.
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GUNMEN BATTLE AT 6-DAY-RACE
MOB TRIED FRANK, LAWYERS TELL HIGH COURT
DON'T FORGET! THIS THIS DAY OF
THE BIG ALL-STAR XMAS BENEFIT
These three
famous musi
cians will assist
in the all-star
Chrismas Fund
Benefit.
Channing
Ellery, Band
master, and his
two soloists.
Left to right,
Thomas Wal
lace. tenor;
Mr. Ellery, and
Bayne, young
baritone.
East Side Clans Clash, and Bul
lets Fly—Car Passengers
Drop to Floor.
NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—More than I
100 shots were fired early to-day in a
battle between rival gangsters out- :
side of Madison Square Garden, j
when the six-day bike race is being
held.
One man was wounded, but he
was whisked away in an automobile
and the police did not learn his
name.
The fight is said to have arisen over
the “strong arm” privileges. These
are “privileges” of gambling and
stealing watches and jewelry from
the crowds watching the race.
Passengers on a south hound Mad
ison avenue car which passed at the
height of the battle, threw themselves
on the floor to escape the flying bul
lets. After the police had made wo
arrests they said that t lie combat
had aken place between gunmen be- j
longing to the Sirocco and Jimmy
Kelly gangs, two powerful East Ride
organizations.
The shooting threw all the night
spectators of the race into excite- j
ment and the riders were forgoten for j
the time being.
The shooting affray came as the j
climax to a night of excitement. Ear- i
Her the police made a raid upon the
“sleepers” who had been occupying
seats since the race started early
Monday morning and hundreds were
driven into the street.
Loses $11,000 Trying
, To Trap Swindlers
GARY, IND., Dec. 12.—-William
Clee, of Greencastle, Pa., to-day was
out $11,000 following a coast that he
could trap three faro swindlers in a
local hotel.
Clee, when he went into the gamb
lers’ room, staked $2,000 and in a
few' minutes he hail won $0,000. The
gamblers pleaded that they were un
able to pay his winnings. When Clee
went out for a policeman the three
gamblors fled with Clee’s $3,000 and
his winnings.
National Forests to
Lower Cost of Meat
ASHINGTQN, Dec. 12.—Hope for
relief in the dwindling meat supply and
its rise in prioe is held out by Chief
Forester Graves in his annual report to
day. He cites that the National forests
this year supplied grazing facilities for
more than 20,000,000 head of live stock,
an advance of 4 per cent over the
amount furnished last year.
The increase in grazing acreage is ex
pected to stimulate stock-raising Re
ceipts from grazing in 1913 totaled more
than $1,000,000.
CZAR OF MEXICO
PLEA CUES
Woman, Aged 84, Dies
Of Whooping Cough
MACON. Dac. 12.—Mrs. P. Look, [
the last of the pioneer German resi
dents of Macon, died to-day at the
age of 84 year*, as the result of ill
ness with whooping cough. One of
her grandchildren was seized with the
malady several weeks ago and Mrs
Cook caught” It from the child
Physicians hsv that this is the first
instance within their knowledge in
Macon of an adult dying from whoop
ing cough.
Deputies Who Oppose Action in
Deference to U. S. Are
Shouted Down.
Wilson Is 'First Aid’
To Brave Girl Rider
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—President
Wilson, walking in Rock Creek Park,
saw a riderless horse. Nearby he found
a little girl on the ground. She was
Ruth Donaldson. 13, who had been
thrown trying to take a hurdle.
"Are you hurt?” inquired the Presi
dent.
“Oh, no,” she replied, smoothing her
tousled hair. “I am used to that; I’ve
ridden a long time."
Miss Donaldson was slightly bruised,
but mounted her captured horse and
rode away.
Famous Stage Folk Enter Into
' Affair Joyously, and Second
Show Is Certain.
And now we approach the crowning
feature of the campaign for the Emp
ty Stocking Fund.
It’s that great show at the Atlanta
Theater this afternoon, of course.
The curtain rises promptly at 2:10
o'clock on what is undoubtedly the
greatest collecUon of theatrical stars
ever gathered together in Atlanta.
Just take a look at the program—
and then try to figure out a combina
tion that would give more definite
promise of a first-class, really en
joyable show. Here’s the whole lay- #
out.
Stars in Every Act.
Ellery’s Royal Italian Band, by
Channing Ellery himself, and led by
Taddo Di Girolamo, with solo num
bers by Thomas Wallace, tenor, and
Bayne Young, baritone, in the over
ture from Wagner’s “Taiinhauser,
Clay’s “I’ll Sing the Songs of Ara-
and “Dio Possinte,” from Gou
nod’s “Faust.”
Australian Boy Scouts
Auriema.
doll auction. Forrest Adair, auc
tioneer; John Tempi** rGaves, in
troducer.” Dolls dressed by Mrs.
Robert F. Maddox. Mrs. Joseph
Rhodes. Mrs. William Speer, Mr3.
George M. McKenzie and Mrs. Wilmer
L. Moore.
House and Francis, tumbling team,
from the Atlanta Athletic Club.
Yvette, violiniste.
Can you beat it?
Stars from “Fine Feathers.”
Why, of course you can’t. It wouM
be hardly possible to select an equal
number of acts that would be as pro
ductive of as much solid enjoyment
as that bunch promises.
Prompted by Christmas Spirit.
And after you’ve given up trying
to figure out a better combination-
think of what the show means; think
of the spirit that prompts the satge
folk and the local folk who are sac
rificing their own personal*interests
to appear.
That’s the big thing, after all—that
spirit of DOING SOMETHING for
those who can not do anything f >r
themselves, and that is the spirit that
is going to make Yvette and Robert
Edeson and Forrest Adair and all the
others put a vim and go into th< ir
work that will make it better than
anything they’ve ever done.
And they’ve made a lot of s icrilic. 3
to go to the Atlanta Theatir either
after or before their acts at the other
playhouses—and do their afternoon’s
work all over again just because
there are a lot of little kiddies in
Atlanta who want old Santa Claus to
visit them. If the Christmas Editor
had to pay these people their salaries
they'd ordinarily get for the after
noon’s work, he’d throw up his hands
and quit—it would take piore than the
entire, fund ever will amount to.
But they’re doing it all for noth
ing!
Do you think for a moment that if
anyone had walked up to Mr. Ellery,
or Mr. Lackaye, and asked him to
do his afternoon’s work over again
just because somebody wanted to put
on a show that he would have done
ft?
Not in a million years.
Certain They Would Be Repaid.
But when the Christmas Editor
asked them to appear and toid them
they wouldn’t get a nickel of the box
receipts—not even cab fare; that all
they would get would be the thanks
of th< Christnuu? Editor and a glow
around the hourt th« v volunteered
so quickly and enthusiastically that
the show was planned in about fif
teen minutes.
For they knew that they would gel
more than the thanks of the Christ
inas, Editor.
They knew that they would get
sonv' Ming the\ could get in no other
way -the knowledge that they had
DONE SOMETHING to keep some
little boy or girl from facing the ter
rible tragedy of the empty stocking;
that they would awake Christinas
morning with a warm glow in their
bearts. and the happy thought th.w.
through them some child clasped a
toy or doll to its breast and breathed
i prayer of thanksgiving to old Santa
Claus.
Houston to Form
County Chamber
FORT VALLEY, Dec. 12.—Follow
ing a visit here by B. M. Lee, fiield i
representative of the Georgia Cham
ber of Commerce, representative ,
business men have determined to hold
a mass meeting of citizens of Hous- j
ton County on Thursday. December i
18, at a place to be selected and an
nounced later by Judge A. C. Riley.
The object of the meeting is to t
carry out the plans of the Georgia 1
Chamber of Commerce in the forma- I
tion of a county chamber of com
merce.
Lonett Boys Going to
U, S. Training School
COLUMBUS, Dec. 12.—Deputy Mar
shal W. D. Owens, of the United States
Court, has carried Allie Griffin. Daly
Monroe and Eugene Cox, white boys, to
Atlanta, wher he will turn them over
to the Federal authorities to be takeh
ot Washington and placed in the Na
tional Training School.
The boys, who are from Lanett, Ala.,
were convicted in tlie United States
Court here on charges of car-breaking
and sentenced to terms of two years
each in the training school.
Columbus to Elect
Officials Saturday
COLUMBUS, Dec. 12. Now that com
mission government has been defeated
by the voters of Columbus, the regular
city election will be held Saturday, at
which time a Mayor and eight Aider-
men will Te named. There are sixteen
Aldermen in the city, but eight hold
over.
John C. Cook, chairman of the finance
committee of the present a’dermanic
board, is the nominee for Mayor.
Historic BritishGates
Bought by American
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON. Dec. 12.—A pair of early
eighteenth century iron gates have been
sold to an American purchaser for |
$3,500. |
The gates have stood for nearly 200
years at the entrance of the Royal Fe
male Acylum, Beddington, Surrey. They
were sold under the stress of financial
needs on the. condition thta duplicate
gates be supplied.
Wilson Waives Rules
To Reward Old Clerk
WASHINTGON, Dec. 12.—President
Wilson appointed Miss Eva L. Moran a
clerk in the War Department in recog-
nitoin of the 50 years of service of her
father in Government employ.
Mr. Moran is now too old to work.
Civil service rules were waived by ex
ecutive order.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 12.—General
I
Huorta’s authority a» dictator of Mex
ico has been strengthened by extraor
dinary powers conferred upon him by
the Chamber of Deputies, which ad
journed early to-dav after a stormy j
session.
Huerta’s power wai made absolute
during the recess which the Cham- j
ber will take from next Monday until j
April 1. The legislative and execu- \
tive branches of the Government will |
be under the absolute domination of
Huerta, and he will have authority to
change the 1914 budget at will.
Several of the Deputies protested \
against the action of the Chamber be- j
cause of the affront it gives to the
United States Government, but they
were shouted down.
A committee was appointed to call '
upon General Huerta, at the National
Palace to-day and inform him of the j
action taken by the Chamber
General Huerta is allowed to sell
Government property at his own dis- i
cretion, as the result of the sweeping ,
privileges conferred upon him.
The Chamber also approved the '
electoral law calling for another Pres- j
ideptial election next July, and grant
ed a concession to a British group of
capitalists to build a railroad from
Ameca to oPrta Pena on the west
roast
Harris Slayer Held
In Muscogee’s Jail
COLUMBUS. Dec. 12—J. E. Mellon,
who is in Muscogee Count* Jail,
charged with killing Mans Teal, at
Jackson’s Mill, in Harris County, will
not be taken to Hamilton for the pres
ent. The Jail at Hamilton is undergoing
repairs and Is not considered safe.
Melton still maintains that he had to
ikll Teal in self-defense.
HOLIDAYS BEGIN DEC. 23.
COLI’MBITS, Dec. 12.—Superintend
ent R. B. Daniel, of the Columbus pub
lic schools, has announced that the
schools will suspend for the Christmas
holidays on December 22, and will re
assemble January 5.
Woodhead Ad Men's
Chief, to Speak Here
William Woodhead. president of
the Associated Advertising Clubs of
America, will apeak before the Ad
Men’s Club of Atlanta January 13 at
a luncheon in his honor.
The announcement was made at the
Ad Men’s luncheon at Hotel Ansley
Thursday. The following men were
appointed to make the arrangements:
L. D. Hicks, chairman; W. L. Hal
stead, H. M. Atkinson, George J. Auer,
Bt. Elmo Massengale, J. H. Lewis and
Samuel C. Dobbs.
Can Find 'Mona Lisa’
For Big Pay—Burns
PA Rib, Dec. 12.—The Mona Lisa. |
Leonardo DaVlnci’s famous painting,
which was stolen from the Louvre, can J
be recovered If enough money Is pro
vided for a world-wide search.
flqch Is the statement of William J
Bums, the American detective, to a
leading art dealer who consulted TJurn^
regarding the most profound art mys
tery of the century. Burnt* was ready ’
to undertake the search provided
enough money was forthcoming. There i
is earnest talk of raising it by sub- •
sorlptlon.
VERDICT
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Judge Roan Sharply Criticised
for Failure to Clear Court as
Demonstrations Broke.
Chicago Preparing
To House Idle Men
CHICAGO. Dec. 12.—The city to
day leased h five-story West Side
building to house some of the thou
sands of unemployed men who could
not be cared for at the municipal
shelter house
Mayor Harrison sanctioned re
quest sfor appropriations of $10,000
for the city to give employment to idle
men.
SEE NOTED STARS;
HELP XMAS FUND
Everything is in readiness for the biggest show in Atlanta's
theatrical history—the All-Star Matinee for the benefit of the
Empty Stocking Fund at the Atlanta Theater, this afternoon, at
2 :J0 o’clock
Wilton Laekave and Rose Coghlan, of “Fine Feathers;”
Yvette, of the Forsyth ; the Australian Boy Seouts, Auriema,
House and Francis, crack Athletic Club experts, the famous
Ellery Band—they will all appear in a bill that money couldn’t
buy.
And there will be a great doll auction, with Forrest Adair
as auctioneer, and John Temple Graves, eloquent Georgian,
helping things along.
It is an array of talent representing thousands of dollars to
any booking office, all inspired by the desire to help the poor
youngsters of Atlanta have one merry Christinas
Get your tickets at the Atlanta Theater right now Orches
tra, $1 : entire balcony, 50 cents; gallery. 25 cents.
Duchess Places Ban
On Tango in Canada
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Dec 12.—The
tango dance is not to be allowed at
Government House festivities. The
Duchess of Connaught has decided to
draw the line.
A number of Ottawa society people,
have been taking tango lessons from a
New York teacher. News that the
Duchess would not countenance tne
dance has acted as a general damper.
Three New Cruisers
Planned for Japan
6p«ciat Cable to The Atlanta Georgian,
TOKIO, Dec. 12.—The new naval
program of the Japanese Government,
announced by the Minister of Ma
rine, calls for the construction of
three more powerful battle cruisers
Work has been commenced on one
of them.
LAURENS FARMERS TO ELECT.
DUBLIN, Dec. 12.—The Laurens
County division of the Farmers’ Un
ion will hold its hnnual election of
officers next Wednesday. A speaker
from State headquarters will attend.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia: Fair Friday and
Saturday.
Counsel for Geo M. Frank, in
the brief and argument which
they have just, completed for
submission to the Supreme Court
of Georgia in the appeal for a
new trial, greatly amplify the
charges of a “mob trial” which
they assert their client received,
and renew their accusations that
Judge L. S. Roan’s conduct of
the ease was market) by inde
cision and lack of proper firm
ness.
The hearing before ihe Suprem*
Court is set for next Monday. The
Frank case 19 the eighteenth on t **
calendar and probably w^l be reached
during the day.
The argument prepared by Frank - *
lawyers contends that Judge Roan
exhibited weakness in failing to clear
the courtroom during the denionstra
tion* that were made against thr
prisoner and in behalf of Solicitor
Dorsey, who was conducting the pros
ecution.
Further, it is argued that the only
just course left open to Judge Roan
when the crowd wildly cheered dur
ing the polling of the Jury was to
send the jury back to its room or
then and there declare a mistrial.
The stand of the defense is that the
verdict is not complete until every
member of the jury lias been polled,
and that if any man had possessed a.
mind to dissent from the verdict he
would have been frightened out of
his intention by the riotous demon
stration against Frank that was in
progress outside.
Charges of Mob Spirit.
“Can ths court doubt that this was
a mob trial rather than a Jury trial””
it is asked in the argument. “Can
the court doubt that the heated pas
sions of these lawless* people who in
vaded the courtroom and who packed
the streets and who let their feelings
come to the surface so plainly, influ
enced and drove this Jury into this
verdict?
“The rule is well settled that it is
the duty of the court to protect the
jury from the influence of demon
strations by the public. If the judge
has failed to exercise this duty to the
proper extent, and the appellate court
can see that injury probably has been
done, then the judgment will be re
versed.
‘ The truth is that the conduct of
the audience, continued and repeated
as it was without any firm action or
rebuke by the court, made the trial
practically one by the public.
“It is better to have a man tried
stiaight out by the mob than to have
him tried in court and have the jury
influenced and intimidated by the
mob. If the mob is to try the prls-
Continued on Page 4, Column 4.
Bernard Shaw
Rushes to the rescue of risque dances and
plays of the London music halls, against which
a crusade is nowon. You can read all about it in
Next Sunday’s American