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m t rr Horrors in Headgear There’s a real millinery tragedy which will be revealed to readers of To-Morrow’* Sunday American The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results VOL. XII. NO. 115. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1913. Copyright. 1906, By The Georgian Co. O f!ENTS PAY NO " -* O. MORE. HOME EDITION DORSEY RIDICULES FRANK APPEAL C&J C&3 o?c Go=to=Church Day' to Break All Records POWER CO. WINS TALLULAH SUIT CONVENTS SEARCHED FOR JESSIE M’CANN IN STRANGE MYSTERY Mias JESSIE M’CANN, MISSING SOCIETY GIRO. LUND TITLE APPEAL Decision Believed to Mean Virtual End to Sensational Lawsuit. Mrs. Longstreet Beaten. The State Supreme Court Satur day brushed aside, almost with seem ing impatience, the State’s preten tions to title in and to the Tallulah Fails property now held by the Geor gia Railway and Power Company. The verdict rendered in Judge Jones’ court. In Rabun County, in fa- of the power company, is sweep- ingly affirmed in the Supreme Court, and at every point the State is turned down in language picturesque in its erseness. The Supreme Court held that the State long ago vacated in toto all of right and title in the Tallulah Palls property involved in this suit; and it disposed of the State’s fur ther contention that, even if It did va- ate its rights originally, such va cated title extended to the banks of he Tallulah River only. C*se "F*irly Tried.’’ The court held that the title now in he company extends to the middle of ne stream, as is customary in non- navigable rivers. The court of review further says that the case was "fairly tried” In the court below and that "no right error detrimental to the State’s rights was ommitted” in the hearing. This suit was brought by direction of the Legislature, after much pres sure had been brought to bear upon It, and against the advice of Gov ernor Brown. Mrs. Helen Longstreet. widow’ of the famous Civil War general, took ft loading part in the fight to regain the falls land for the State, and was in the center of the light in the lower courts. Denounces "Tactics.” H. H. Dean, of Gainesville, in the course of bis argument for the power company, denounced Mrs. Longstreet And th© Tallulah Falls Conservation Association, charging hold-up tactics. The Jury was out only two hours. Attorney General T. S. Felder im mediately gave notice of a motion for a new trial, and lengthy briefs were submitted to the Supreme Court. i The Tallulah Falls power project has but recently been completed and involves an outlay of many millions of dollars. Luther Z. Rosser and Charles T. Hopkins were the leading counsel for the power company. The hig!f court’s decision is believed to end the dispute. Judge Reid Names Two for New Court v Judge Reid, of the Stone Mountain 1 ircuit, Saturday announced his nom- uations for the two Judges of the At- ianta Municpial Court to handle busi ness in that part of Atlanta in De- Kalb County. They are Jugde T. H. Fincher, jus- 1 ice of the peace of the Bast Atlanta District, and Judge W. E. Q- Baker, Justice of the peace of the Edgewood District. The offices are under the fee system. The nominations will be sent to Governor Slaton immediately. 5 Cotton Pool Men Accept $4,000 Fines Eacn in IL S. Court NEW YORK. Dec. 13.—Five de fendants in the Federal suit against brokers who formed a cotton pool in 1909 to-day pleaded nolo-contendre before Federal Judge Grubb and were flned $4,000 each. The defendants, who were charged with violation of the Sherman anti trust law r , were Colonel Robert M. Thompson, of New York; Eugene G. Scales, of Dallas, Texas; William P. Brown and Frank Hayne, of New Or leans, and W. H. Rothschild, of Woodsville, Texas. Judge Grubb, in fining the defend ants, said he did so on the same grounds upon which a $4,000 fine had been imposed upon James A. Patten, of Chicago, several months ago. The pool put cotton up to 20 cents in August, 1910, this being the high est price at which It ever sold. Crawford Evidence Being Typed; Rivals Frank Case in Bulk Stenographers are busy transcrib ing evidence in the Crawford will hearing. The volume will rival that of the Frank case. Tt will take at least a week to complete the work. Auditor James L. Anderson set January 12 as the day on which he will hear the arguments. Each side will be allowed four hours. Next Friday the Grand Jury’ will take up the criminal charge against Mrs. Belle Crawford, under the di rection of Attorney John Y. Smith, who was appointed special solicitor by Judge Hill on account of Solicitor Dorsey’s disqualification because his law’ firm was connected with Mrs Crawford’s defense in the civil action. Capt, West's Bond Reduced to $1,000 But He Is Still Held Upon the appeal of the attorneys for Captain Ernest West, the $5,000 bond in default of which he is being held In the Tower on a charge of at tacking his mother-in-law, Mrs. B. G, Jones, was reduced to $1,000 by Judge Calhoun, of the Criminal Court, Sat urday. West's attorneys expect to make the bond soon. West is a captain In the Marine Corps, and was home on a furlough at the time of the trou ble. Saloonkeeper Fined ForGivingFree Lunch HARTFORD. CONN., Dec. 13.—Be cause he served soup and food to poor customers. Frank Francolinl. a saloon keeper. was flned $10^ under the anti- free lunch law. HOW THEY PULL! A letter from ANOTHER one of the HUNDREDS of "Want Ad” users who ALWAYS re ceive QUICK and SATISFAC TORY results. Spring Place, Ga*, Dec, 10, 1913. 1 The Georgian and News Pub Co., Atlanta, Ga. Through one fifty-cent ad in your “Want Ad” columns I made a sale of O. I. C. swine to Mr. C. H. Whittington, of Ok lahoma City, Okla., of twenty- one head of young breeding stock for the sum of five hundred dol lars. The Georgian is the paper for results. Truly, WALTER T. KENNER. September Morn' Barred on Engines CHICAGO, Dec. 13.—Engineers on the j Burlington Railroad must keep their | ®>'es on the road. An order Issued for bids "September Mom” In engine cabs. OHIO Improved Chester swine; pigs all ages; farmers’ prices; all breeding stock registered; two well-broke Mexican burros. 4 years old; male and female; perfect pefs Walter T. Ken ner, Spring Place, Ga. THE PULLING POWER of Hearst's Sunday American and Daily Georgian "want ads” is un surpassed. You get what you want when you want it. FOUR BITTEN Four persons Saturday were suf fering from the savage attacks of a mad dog owned by Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Parker, No. 121 Simpson street. Three of the victims will be unaware of the fact that it was a mad dog un til they read this account. The fourth, J. A. Arnold, a call of ficer at the Police Department, re ceived treatment at Grady Hospital after a desperate encounter with the animal which he finally killed with his pistol. Arnold later in the day will obtain treatment in the laborato ries in the State Capitol. None of the other three persons bit ten are known to the Parker family or the authorities, and they are ex tremely anxious that the victims may learn of their danger so that treat ment mav be begun before it i6 too late. Pet of Children. The dog was a shaggy brown mon grel that had been made a groat pet by the four Parker children. It first developed symptoms of rabies Friday afternoon. A Tech High School stu dent was passing the house when the dog suddenly ran out of the yard snapping and snarling and bit the young man. The student kicked the dog away and walked on. In the evening Glenn Parker, aged 15 years, and Tom Rutherford, 12, w’ho Ls rooming at the Parker home with (his sister. Miss Ethel Rutherford, went to Sharp’s Drug Store at Marietta and Walton streets. The dog followed them and on the way began to run at pedes trians, snapping and growling at them. When the’animal bit a man and a boy who were walking together, young Parker and Rutherford became alarmed and took the dog back home with them and locked him in the back yard inclosure. Just as Mrs. Parker was feeding the chickens Saturday morning the dog leaped the barrier and made for her. Barricaded the House. Terror-stricken, she rushed into t he house and, with Miss Rutherford, bar ricaded the place against the mad dened animal and warned her four children not to go out of doors. From the windows they could see the dog racing among the frightened chick ens, chasing them about the yard and biting them at every opportunity. Seizing one of the larger hens, the dog shook It until It was dead. The police department was notified and Call Officer Arnold hastened to the Parker home on his motorcycle. He found the house closed and barred. As he was knocking on the door the dog, noticing the- visitor, ceased his attack on the poultry and rushed for Arnold. Policeman Is Bitten. Before the policeman could protect himself, the dog had sunk his fangs repeatedly in Arnold’s leg. Arnold finally was able to kick the dog off so that he could get a shot at him with his revolver. Not until he had fired five bullets into the animal’s body did the dog give up. Inside the house, the women and the five children listened panic- stricken to the fusilade of shots, and the neighbors ran to their doors and windows to see what was happen ing. The hospital authorities advise the three unidentified persons who were bitten to begin treatment at once in order to avoid serious consequences. Policeman, Attacked When He Goes to Kill Cur, Is Under Special Treatment. Women Selling Red Cross Seals Try to BreakRecordTo-day Scattered throughout the shopping and business district of the city Sat urday were 25 or xn„re of Atlanta’s attractive young women selling Red Cross Christmas seals, enthusiastic In the desire to beat all previous rec ord*. Mrs, D. Roland Bootes, of No. 7 West Tenth stret, 1s —>eclal chair man for to-day, and besides the as sistance of the young women a num ber of well-known Atlanta women, members of the Woman's Relief Corps of the G. A. R., have come for ward to help. Mrs. Bootes Is presi dent of this organization, and, know ing of the many good workers among Its membership, called them to her aid. The amount turned In for Friday’s sales was $875.8$, making a total for the three days’ sales of about $1,100, which means the dlstributi m throughout the city of something like 110,000 of these Christmas seals. Atlanta Officers Seeking Man Who Fired $5,000 Barn Detectives Hamby and Vickery are scouring the city Saturday for a ne gro who is thought to have set fire to a barn belonging to J. L. H. Wal drop, a prominent citizen living near Jonesboro, Ga., and then fled to At lanta with a pair of valuable mules. It is hoped to trace the negro by the mules, which It Is thought he brought to Atlanta to sell. It is understood that the detectives have information that a strange negro and a pair of mules were seen near Atlanta early Saturday morning. The bam was worth about $5,000. A horse valued at $200, two mules worth $100 each, and a valuable thorough bred calf were burned to death, and 10,000 bunches of fodder, a carload of cotton seed, 20 tons of hay and 500 bushels of corn were reduced to ashes. Stricter Laws on Campaign Funds To Follow Probe Stricter laws regarding campaign contributions will be proposed to the City Council by the special committee investigating the “graft” charges against City Electrician R. C. Turner, according to a well-founded report Saturday. The committee is not expected to make public its report until the meeting of Council Monday’ afternoon, but in view of the laxity of the pres ent campaign contribution laws noth ing more than a reprimand is ex pected for the City Electrician, say those in position to know. Electrician Turner said Saturday the committee Could do nothing but exonerate him. "They haven't anything against me,” he said. “I never received any money except for campaign ex penses.” ‘Baby’ of Legislature In Race for Congress QUITMAN, Dec. 13.—The candi dacy of Grover C. Edmondson, the “baby” of the Georgia Legislature, for Congress from the Eleventh Dis trict, has been practically announced here. For several weeks it has been rumored he would make the race, and close personal friends declare that if the situation shapes as now expected he will run. Mr, Edmondson is a prominent young lawyer and Representative from Brooks County. While not yet 25 years old, in event of election he will be the required constitutional age by the time to take the seat in March, 1916. EXTRA PEWS Pastors Expect Overflow Meet ings Will Be Necessary Sunday. Other Cities Observe Day. "It will be one of the greatest days in the religious history of Atlanta!” If a "composite" could be obtained of the ©cores of optimistic predictions on ‘^Go-to-Church Day” which poured into The Georgian office Saturday and all day Friday, that is about the way it would read. One minister had sent out 5,000 In vitations to his Go-to-Church serv ices on Sunday. Several others had Issued 1,000 or more, and all w’ere cer tain that practically every church in the city w’ould be filled to capacity both morning and evening. Three weeks ago December 14 was set as Atlanta’s "Go-to-Church Day.” rr y Prosecutor Calls Grounds Sub mitted by Defense “Hodge podge” and “Catch All.” ‘-Si >,:"T ' * -m m. - y*** v,-.- ' .* fnpg"--f—igy— , ;•■■■■ . , Since then all of the ministers snd all of the ministerial organizations U t have met have given It their indorse ment. "Fighting Strength” To Be Shown. In consequence a spectacle will be furnished of the entire ministry of Atlanta Joining in a gTeat movement to glorify and set forth for the view of the world the maximum “fighting strength’’ of the churches here. "I am expecting Sunday to be * great day » my church,” said f he Rev. A. r. Shuler, of the East Side Tabernacle. "Every preacher in At lanta should rally hla congregation to do Its utmost to-morrow and thus demonstrate that we preachers know an opportunity when it presents it self. “I am going to take aa my subject Sunday night ‘The Church Without a Hobble.’ I believe the greatest ne *1 of the church to-day !s ot cut the cord that binds the millstones of the world about its neck, and free, to ftand forth in e strength of God My morning sermon will be ’A Vision of the Future.’ Thanks The Georgian. “I am glad that ‘Go-to-Church Day’ has been instituted. I thank The Georgian for the suggestion.” Every member of Dr. Shuler’s con gregation has avowed his intention of bringing at least me non-member or one infrequent attendant to one of Girl Melancholy Before Disap pearance and Hinted Plans to Become Nun. NEW YORK, Dec. 1$.—Members of the family of Robert O. McCann, the wealthy Brooklyn merchant whose daughter. Jessie, is mysteriously missing, to-day began a new inves tigation on the theory that the girl had entered a convent. She had been melancholy before her disappearance nine days ago and dropped hints to her friends that she was seriously considering the adop tion of a religious life in a nunnery. Mr. McCann was unable to leave his home on account of worry and physical exhaustion, hut other mem bers of the family continued to search. A $1,000 reward has spurred scores of amateur detectives in the search, and South Brooklyn, where the girl was reported to have been seen ■warmed with investigators. Dealer Is Enjoined From Selling Waste Paper; Hearing Set A temporary restraining order en joining R. E. Weatherby from dealing in the purchase, selling and handling of rags, waste paper and w’ood was granted by Judge Pendleton Saturday morning upon the petition of the At lantic Supply Company, and Decem ber 20 was set as the day for the hearing. The petition charges that Weather - by was an officer and stockholder in the Atlantic Supply Company, when he sold out his interest to the other stockholders upon the stipulation that lie would not again enter the same business in Atlanta. He also resigned his position. Despite this agreement, it is alleg ed that on December 12 he went to E. D. Cole, assistant postmaster, and offered him a much higher price for the postofflee w’aste than had pre viously been paid. The high prices, the petitioners say, will make the w’aste paper business unprofitable. Continued on Page 5, Column 4. THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia— Fair to-night; warm er in south and west portions; Sunday increasing cloudiness. Wag Ears to Prevent Deafness, Says Sage LHICAGO, Dec. 13.—Wagging ears and making faces is recommended as a certain preventive of deafness in an article in the current number of The i Journal of the American Medical Asso ciation by Fernet, a French doctor That Leo Frank’s lawyers are engaged in a ‘ ‘ post-mortem ” at tempt to obtain a new trial for their client is the charge repeat edly made in the brief and ar gument completed Saturday by Solicitor General Hugh M. Dor sey and served upon the attor neys for the defense. Some of the grounds for a new’ trial advanced by the defense Dorsey characterizes as "hodgepodge and catch all,” and ridicules the aaser tions that Frank was tried by a mob rather than by a judge and Jury. The opposing attorneys wrill begin their verbal argument before the Su preme Court on Monday at 9 o’clock. The first request to be made of th« court will be for an extension of time. Two hours customarily is given to each side, but owing to the import ance of the case, it Is likely that two days or more will be asked for the arguments. "Catching at Technicality.” The Solicitor, in referring to the defense’s claims that demonstrations on the part of the crowd were suffi cient to influence and intimidate the Jury, Implied that Frank’s lawyers throughout the trial were laying the groundw’ork for a plea on which to ask for a new trial, catching at every technicality that presented itself. The Solicitor said: “The request of counsel to clear the courtroom of spectators before anything was done in the trial, show ed. in the connections now being con sidered, that they were anticipating laying hold of all such little inconse quential occurrences and technicali ties that could be discovered. “They can not complain, because they failed to ask any affirmative re lief, so far as this record shows. They say in this ground that they oalVed attention of the court for the pur pose of ‘obtaining some action.' In the next paragraph they show that they got from the court some ac tion. and the court never had any In timation that the action he gave was not comn$ensurate with the require ments of the situation. Too Late With Complaint. “This Is simply another ‘post-mor tem attempt to get another trial,’ te use an expression of Judge RuaaelL" Continuing, Solicitor Dorsey ar gued : “We submit that there was nothing of sufficient importance or conse quence requiring the court to take any radical steps, and that the fail ure of the defendant’s attorneys at the time to request, or suggest, or intimate to the court that something or other should be done estops them now from complaining.” The’ Solicitor charged that Frank’s lawyers had magnified these occur rences far beyond their real Impor tance and argued that the fact that Judge Roan overruled the motion for a new trial showed conclusively from a legal standpoint that he did not at tach any importance to the demon strations. Stress was laid on the af fidavits of the Jurors that they did not hear the demonstrations referred to by the defense. Upholds Conley Evidence. Several pages of the brief are given over to a contention on the admissi bility of Jim Conley's testimony on the alleged perversion of Frank. The Solicitor remained firm In his stand that no error was committed in al lowing this testimony in the record. He insisted that the courts of Amer ica are permitting much greater !at» itude in evidence of this sort thag ever before, widening and extending the rule In this respect, appreciating that it is necessary in order to get at the truth. Bernard Shaw Rushes to the rescue of risque dances and plays of the London music halls, against which a crusade is now on. You can read all about it in The Sunday American