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4 EXTRA NOTICE VOL. L NO. 37.. Copyright, 1913. by The Georgian Company. ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, DECEMHER 14, 1913. If you hav* any rtllTIculty In buying Haart** } Sunday American anywhere in the South notify circulation Manager. Hearst'a Sunday American Atlanta, Oa. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ABY DESLYS, who, after * chumming with Kings and Princes, is “raving” over American men. Governor Metcalfe’s Personal Organ Prints Administration Policy, and Panama Seethes With Sensation Thus Created. Officials Have Trouble in Keeping Up High Standard of Discipline as Work Nears End, Because the Article Breeds Disaffection. By WILLIAM HOSTER. Special Cable to The American. PANAMA, Dec 13.—A sensation created by the publication in The Star-He raid, Governor Metcalfe’s per sonal organ, of what purports to be an outline of the Administration’s policy in regard to the canal, shows no signs of diminution. This verifies recent dispatches to the effect that practical politics are dominating the management of the canal. The article says: “It is ridiculous to suppose that with all the pressure for patronage being brought to bear on him, President Wilson will not use the forthcoming canal organization as a means for reciprocating as far as possible the assistance of constituents who helped to place him where he is. Will Not Kill the “Goose.” “It would be nonsensical to assume that after sixteen years’ absence from power the Democratic party is going to kill the goose—the Isthmus—which has been laying the golden eggs.” What excites the greatest com ment, however, is the following sen tence from the article: “The fact that several officials are not in accord with the policies of the present Administration is well known in Washington. Their recall may be several months distant, or it may be to-morrow, but it is nevertheless com ing.” The article is generally taken to be Metcalfe’s reply to the charges of po litical influence in the Canal Zone. The American’s correspondent has learned definitely that no news dis patch has been received here outlin ing Wilson’s policy. It is known that Metcalfe is in daily telephone commu nication with the editors of the paper Army Officers Roused. Canal officers are deeply stirred by the article, especially by the refer ence to army officers. The fact is that Commissioners Sibert, Gorgas and the late Colonel Gaillard and Judson have ranked as Democrats. The politics of Commissioners Goe- thals, Rosseau and Hodges are not known. No inquiry was made as to the politics of anybody here until the arrival of Mr. Metcalfe. In his own department of civil administration last November a poll showed 4 Taft, 7 Debs, 23 Roosevelt and 27 Wilson men. One of the Commissioners said to The American correspondent to-day: **Tt is unjust to say that we are not in accord with the Administration policy when the Administration has not announced any policy. Congress has passed a law providing for reor ganization. We must presume that law will be the guiding principle of the Administration, and are awaiting orders to put it into operation. We are in accord with it. Call Metcalfe “Meddlesome.” "Mr. Metcalfe is the only man who is not. His meddlesome proposal of a new form of organization after three months is what caused all the muss.” A significant fact of the situation is that not a single official on the Zone has denied the truth of The American dispatches, although Secre tary Garrison has been able at all limes to command statements to in- duce them to deny the truth of these dispatches. This reflects the general trend of the situation. There is more confusion here than ever as a result of this publication. It is difficult to maintain discipline. All thought of organization has been abandoned and all thought of select ing an operating force—and the finish of the canal is in sight. Billy Sunday Says Most Tombstons Lie Grapefruit Knives Among Queer Things Bought for Senate Contingent Fund Also Called on for Bath Salt, Liniment, Taxi cabs and Quinine. J, Pierpont Morgan Elected Vestryman NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—J. Pierpont Morgan was elected a vestryman at St. George’s Church in Stuyvesant Square at the election of wardens and vestrymen held In the church. Mr. Morgan's father was senior warden of St. George's up to the time of his death. , JOHNSTOWN. PA., Dec. 13.—Billy Sunday, in a sermon here, said: ' ■'We’ll And out when the Lord Hornes how many tombstones lie and how .—J. the truth." Garrison Won't Have Big Ditch Decorated WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—Refusal to decorate the banks of the Panama Canal with memorials has been made by Secretary of War Garrison, it was learned here to-day. The Secretary has answered all re quests by referring applicants to Con gress. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—Razors, grapefruit knives, spools of red tape, horseshoes, 5,050 pounds of timothy hay, oats, meal and bran, straw, ar nica, gargling oil and mustang lini ment are among the items for which Expenditure was made out of the contingent fund of the Senate for the period since the Democratic party took control last March up to the end of the last fiscal year. This information is disclosed in the report of James M. Baker, Secretary of the Senate. Among the other expenditures was $15.12 for floss pillows and many items for bags of salt for the Sena tors’ bathroom, mineral waters, taxi cabs to convey Senators from night sessions to their homes, and items for dinners furnished to Senate pages detained at the Capitol by late ses sions. In the bill of a druggist were items for asperin, Jamaica ginger, bromo seltzer, horehound drops, quinine pills, adhesive plasters and Pond Lily. Island Colony Hires Community Doctor; Salary Paid by Tax 1 I Physician Keeps 200 Citizens in Good Health and Each Family Pays Fixed Amount. Boy Goes to Bed in The Wrong House NEWARK, OHIO, Dec. 13.—By mis taking north for south, Forest Farmer, a Newark school boy, found himself in an embarrassing situation at South Bend. Ind. Intending to surprise his sis ter, Mrs. Henry Osborn, with a visit. Forest went to South Bend and inquired his way to Taylor street. He located No. 421 and, finding no body at home, entered, took a cold plunge and refreshed himself at the re* frigerator. After reading an hour he retired. Toward midnight he was awak ened by the question: “What are you doing here?’’ It then developed he had visited No. 421 South Taylor instead of North Tay lor street. ‘American Men Just Lovable Babies’-Gaby Shooed Away From Prince of Wales, King-Wrecker Still jHas ‘Man-phobia.’ ST. LOUIS, Dec, 13.—The “man- phobia” of Gaby Deslys still rages with unbroken violence, in spite of the sedative that was only a little while ago applied to her when Queen Mary of England shooed her away from the Prince of Wales. Here Gaby is in St. Louis, raving over the American man, analyzing 'him, dissecting him, adoring him. “An American for me,’’ said she to day. "They are nothing but lovabl; big babies.” Gaby has hardly recovered from the shock of being declared anathema in England, when the bishops and cler gymen of the Church of England painted her very black In every man ner and with all the zeal known to the cloth. This was done at the be hest of Queen Mary. Gaby had at tracted the gaze of the youthful Crown Prince, and never—no. never— must a Manuel episode blot tha ’scutcheon of Great Britain. Steals Two Eggs and Gets Year in Prison HUNTINGTON, W, VA., Dec. 13.— For the theft of two eggs Charles H Thumel was sentenced, in the Crimi nal Court here, to serve a year in the penitentiary- It was his second con viction of petty larceny, and the Stat* statutes provide the second offense amounts to a felony. The theft occurred several weeks ago, when the defendant was paint ing a sign for a local meat market. Goodbye “23"; It's Time You're Going NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—Exit the slang expression, “twenty-three.” En ter ’thirty-eight" as the “latest." “Thirty-eight” was borrowed from the fortune tellers. In the slang it means “a sucker.” it is a tag for the man who goes to a clairvoyant for tips on a horse race, for the girl who turns to the occult power to have her love affairs straightened out, for those who rely on “hocus-pocus” in mat ters of investment. Chemist Says Canned Pumpkin Is Poisonous CLEVELAND, Dec. 13.-- “Beware of canned pumpkin!” City Chemist White issues this warning, following reports to health officers of scores of cases of tin poi soning. White says the danger of poisoning from the use of canned pumpkin is far greater than from any other- tinned food. ‘Million T o n s of Radium Under Sea’ BALTIMORE, Dec. 13.—“There is in the hands of man all over the world only one-half ounce of radium, but on the floor of the ocean, out of reach of man, there are 1,000,000 tons of that precious chemical element.” This statement was made to-day by Dr. H. C. Jones, professor of chem istry at Johns Hopkins University, Once Defiant Band of Female Vigilantes Now Subdued and Peaceful Matrons. VICTIM HYSTERICAL IN COURT * Unsavory Hints Against Her De nounced by Prosecutor, Who Finds No Excuse for Riot. Radium Deposit Is Found in Minnesota BRAINERD, MINN., Dec. 13.— Charles Coleman and James Miller, the latter an owner of mineral lands on the Cuyuna range, have, with George B. Woodason, E. M., been prospecting on a section of the range and believe they have discovered a source of radium. WAUKEGAN. ILL., Dec. 13.— Women vigilantes In Lake County have put an end to their rail-riding and charivari parties. There is no more talk of lawless festivities. It is a very much-subdued band of worn, en who only last week stood on trial for dragging Mrs. Minnie Richardson from her crippled husband’s porch iiy Volo and riding her on a rail, and who laughed their defiance at the court. All of them found guilty, tney re turned home chastened In spirit. “Captain" Emma Stadfleld, who ad mitted having led the party of rioters to the Richardson house, declared in court: "People do anything they want >n Volo! There Is no law nor order there." “Captain” Emma Stadfleld now is the mildest of the quiet wom^n, There were six of them altogether, and five were found guilty of rioting. Four of the five were gray-hair*d grandmothers and the fifth was a ma tron of mature years. Altogether, the case was most extraordinary. Clatter Tin Pans. ’ It began when the six women, an gered at Mrs. Richardson because of her alleged behavior toward their husbands, dragged her from the porch of her home, where she sat with Mr. Richardson, and rode her on a rail, banging and clattering tin pans in ac companiment. They were arrested on Mrs. Richardson's complaint. In court the women defendants of fered as their justification the state ment that Mrs. Richardson really en joyed the party, and that she suf fered no ill effects from her rail ride. But Mrs. Richardson In court ap peared to be a greatly overwrougnt and mournful person, and became joyfully hysterical wh;>n the verdict of the Jury was announced finding her enemies guilty. The lawyer for the defense of the women rioters, dropping many un savory hints and referring vaguely, to the unwritten law, endeavored to sug gest charges reflecting on the char acter of Mrs. Richardson. But the jury was not impressed. . State’s At torney Dady made a more forceful argument. Gray Hairs No Excuse. “The question is not one of char acter,” he said. "It is whether Lake County shall permit rioting in its bor ders and not punish It. You should have no compassion on these rioters for their gray hairs.” The four grandmothers were bitter ly indignant at their conviction. They began to mutter among themselves and to glare with rage at Mr. and Richardson embracing. “Captain” Emma Stadfleld even broke into speech, denouncing the verdict as an outrage, and starting a tirade against the Richardsons, stamping up and down the small courtroom until stern ly called o order. But now. back at Volo, Mrs. Stad- field is a meeker, milder person. Tiie others convicted were Mrs. Mary Sa- bel, Mrs. Ann Stadfleld, Mrs. Alma Walton and Mrs. Levina Raymond. Masculine Eugenic Volunteer Quits DENVER, Dec. 13.—M. D. Bowen, of Denver, the only prospective eu genic bridegroom, who had volun teered his services to the State Board of Health and who was held up as a possible husband to more than 100 women from all parts of the United States, has backed out. Beneficiary Must Not Join in Dance SALEM, W. VA., Dec. 13.—In pre senting a $1,000 scholarship to Salem College, Mrs. Mary L. Rich, of Flori da, declared that the beneficiary’ shall not smoke, drink, play cards or dance. Surgeon Makes New Joint in Boy's Arm / LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13 —One of the most remarkable operations in the an nals of surgery has just given a new el bow to Franklin Whitty, a 12-year-old inmate of the Children’s Hospital. Six years ago the lad suffered a con tusion at the right elbow, and soon afterward the ulna or outer bone of the lower arm began to grow together with the humerus or bone of the upper arm. Dr. Lewis B. Morton made incisions in the arm close to the elbow and carved a new elbow joint. It was practically the fashioning of a new ball and socket where the boy’s nat ural elbow joint should have been. NEWBERN. N C., Dec. 13. Knotts Island, Currituok County, which Is In habited by about 200 persons, employs one physician t^ minister to the ills and ailments of every citizen. This physician is paid a salary of something more than $1,000 and every famiTy Is assessed according to the number In the household to pay the salary. There are seasons during the yfcar when the lone physician has little to do, but at other times, when some epidemic strikes the town, he Is kept busy from morning until far into the night. Occasionally, when there are several members of a family ill at one time, a trained nurse is employed, but this is a rarity and to the credit of the doctor it can be said that he has remarkable success in keeping the members of that community free from all disease. Did Tom Heflin Steal Thunder? ^••4* •!*••!• 4*f+ +•+ ‘Better Control Voter Than Vote’ 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 4*4 Pet Phrase, It Seems, Is Woman’s Mrs. \V. L. Shepherd, from whom Congressman Heflin bor rowed his “anti” speech, if the suffragettes’ suspicions are correct. One Little Ink Spot CausesBankShake-up ST. PAUL, MINN., Dec. 13.—One little ink spot caused a shake-up in J. J. Hill’s First National Bank that resulted in the resignation of W. A. Miller, vice president, and F. N. Nienhauser, cashier. As the story of the flare-up goes, L. W. Hill recently received a state ment of his account. A clerk in making out the statement let a drop of ink fall upon the figures, J. J. Hill, according to the report, had some things on his mind he had Intended saying to officials of the bank, so he called a hurry-up meet ing of the directors and relieved his mind, talking extensively, it la said, around the little ink spot. Girl of Eight Sent By Mail to Father NEW LEXINGTON, OHIO. Dec. 13. In the mail that arrived here recently was an 8-year-old girl wearing a tag, pinned on by New York Immigration officials. reading: "This child, Julia Kohan, is going to her father, John Kohan, box 117, R. F. D., No. 4, New Lexington, Ohio.” After a breakfast supplied by the postmaster, the child was taken in care of a iural delivery carrier to the home of her father. The trip of 7,000 miles from Bavaria was made by her unaccompanied. 'Finest Dinosaur' Is 3,000,000 Years Old OTTAWA, Dec. 13.—The complete skeleton of a carnivorous dinosaur is being mounted at the Victoria Memorial Museum. The monster lived some 3,000,000 years ago and left his bones near the banks of the Red Deer River, northwest of Med icine Hat. where they were cecently dug up. The skeleton is the finest and most complete ever found in North America. The dinosaur was thirty feet long, fifteen feet high and weighed four or five tons. With Carranza Sweeping North ern Mexico, Huerta’s Army Is Mutinous, and the Dictator May Consider Truce for an Election. United States Warships Ready to Land Marines—Battle of Two Armies Impends Near Border of Texas—Two Americans Held. Suffragettes, in Glee, Point to Mrs. Shepherd’s Talk as Congressman’s Possible Model. Mayor of St. Louis Forbids Cigarettes ST. LOUIS, Dec. 13.—Mayor fienry W. Kiel, who enjoys a good cigar, issued an order to his confidential secretary to request all visitors to the Mayor’s office to refrain from smok ing cigarettes. Mayor Kiel recently revealed his attitude toward ciga rettes when a newspaper reporter smoked a cigarette in the Mayor’s office. “Here, if you want to smoke, smoke like a man,” said the Mayor, as he pushed a box of cigars toward the scribe. Only 812 Paupers Found in Kansas TOPEKA, Dec. 13.—One-fourth of the Kansas counties have no paupers, and one-fifth of the counties have no poorfarms. J. W. Ilowe, secretary of the State Board of Control, has just completed the tabulation of the sta tistics. There are but 812 paupers in the State. ,* Forbids Marriage of Man 65 to Girl of 12 BALTIMORE, Dec. 13.—Judge Frank I. Duncan, at Towson, forbade the clerk of the County Court to is sue a license for the marriage of William Still, 365, to Bertha Groves, his 12-year-old housekeeper. Still, accompanied by the girl, showing the written consent of her parents, asked for a license. He was refused because the consent was not signed by two other witnesses. Timberman Digs for Bait and Gets Gold TROY. MONT., Dec. 13.—A unu.su- ually rich discovery of free milling gold w’as made recently on the Yakt River, seven miles east of Troy, by Frederick Stevefis, a timberman. The discovery was the result of ac cident, the gold-bearing quartz hav ing been unearthed while Stevens was digging in the rocks along the river for fish bait. MONTGOMERY, Dec. 13—Alaba ma suffragists want to ask a ques tion of Congressman J. Thomas Hef lin, fearless firebrand of anti-suf frage. They are wondering whether his latest attack on the women whe want to vote, delivered last week in Washington, was not adapted, con sciously or unconsciously, from an in terview given out by a mere woman, Mrs. W. L. Shepherd, of this city. Congressman Heflin’s valiant speech against woman suffragists bristled with epigrams, the most oft- repeated of w'hieh was: "It 1r better that a woman control a voter than a vote.” The doughty gentleman from the T’lfth Alabama District so proclaim ed, over and over again. Right proud he was, it seemed, of his bon mot. Now', it happened that, a day or two before the Alabama Congress man added to his fame by declaration that the ballot belonged to men and the home and kitchen and cradle to women. Mrs. Shepherd, a young woman popular in Montgomery so ciety, returned home after a trip to 300 Pastors to Pray in Streets on New Year's CHICAGO, Dec. 13.—Three hundred ministers of Chicago churches will hold a prayer meeting and other ser vices of a religious character on New Year’s Eve. These plans were an nounced by the Rev. Ernest Bell, su perintendent of the Midnight Mission, at a meeting of ministers of the Bap tist churches at the Masorlio Temple yesterday. “We propose to invade the loop district on New Year’s Eve.” said Dr. Bell, “w’here the usual orgies have been prominent.” Mayor Harrison announced yester day that tin horns, confetti and “ticklers" will be prohibited on the streets New Year’s E2ve. Aeroplane Secretly Built for 'Record' PITTSBURG. Dec. 13. -In a secluded spot in the suburbs of Wilkinsburg fin ishing touches are being put to a flying machine which, its inventor and builder asserts, will revolutionize aerial trans portation. The inventor appeared there, put up a shed and began work, without revealing his identity, declaring that he would not make It public until the machine Is ready. the East, where she was the guest of friends In Boston, New Haven and New York. Mrs. Shepherd is some what of a thinker herself, and talked to newspaper men both in the course of her trip and at home. And this is what she said: “It Is better that a woman control a voter than a vote.” In spi*e of the fact that Mrs. Shep herd is opposed to the cause, suffra gists of these parts rather welcome her declaration, because it gives them an opportunity to entertain the sus picion that the oratorical gentleman from the Fifth District, with all his vigorous talking against their work, has draw’n something of his fire from the despised weaker sex. Mrs. Shepherd, the young Mont gomery woman of the incident, spoke of her belief In the orthodox system of government, much along the lines of the Congressman's speech. “It is the concern of every woman, particularly every married woman, that she be able to influence and con trol her voter, rather than her vote,” she said. “There is a very marked sphere of usefulness in the home.” Ocean Gamblers Win $7,000 on ‘Kaiserin' NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—When the Hamburg-American liner Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, from Hamburg, ar rived at her pier several of the pas sengers said that among the cabin passengers were two professional gamblers who had succeeded in get ting about $7,000 from one of the saloon passengers. The name of the man robbed w’as not disclosed. It w’as said that the gamblers won about $600 on the ship’s, pool and that there was a strong suspicion that a woman passenger was their confederate. MEXICO CITY. Dec. 13.—Practi cally the whole nation is In revolt, j The rebels are gaining strength hour ly in the wide campaign which has this city as Its objective point. Hun dreds of Mexicans who have hithe :c kept out of the turmoil are joining the ranks of General Carranza’s arm ies. More significant still, the Yaqul Indians are flocking to the insurg ni standard. Two thousand of th ns fighters, who are not to be scorned by the best trained soldiery in lb. world, have been recruited by th< Constitutionalists at Maytorrua which is their base above Guayn is These warriors will be a great hell iu the fighting against Guaymas am Mazatlan, which are the only point: on the northwest coast retained In the Federals. Huerta Forces Mutinous. In striking contrast to the acti ij with which men are enlisting in ihf rebel regiment is the plight of the Huerta forces. Laborers are being conscripted whenever they are found Soldiers already in the field are mu tinous and many are deserting. \i many points it is reported that they are only awaiting attack by the reb els to desert or surrender. Dynamiting by the Carranza up- porters continues with fearful u.ss of life. Another Huerta troop t. tin has been blown up south of Mont' . " Many were slain. The train wa or its way with troops to reinform Federal garrisons at Nuevo La Jo With the attack on Tampico the United States was forced to as: ime an attitude which was nearer ii r- ventlon than has yet been in evid< e United States warships were hel r readiness to land marines in the e .111 that street fighting became so oi- eral as to endanger the lives of foreigners. Peace Plan Advanced. Because of the fact that ( -n Huerta is expected to recognize u.w desperate his situation really is, t :e Is some hope for a peace plan w h is outlined by the conservative .Ce ment here. Tentative efforts hive been made to Induce the dlctato: to ascertain If General Carranza w< old be willing to cease fighting for t i-, f purpose of holding an election at which the Constitutionalist lea fer would be a candidate for the Pr dency of the republic or would m tne his choice for that office. It is as sumed by the politicians that the Catholic and other parties would name candidates. Vegetarian Is Strong Man of University COLUMBIA, MO., Dec 13—Horace Weltmer, who eats no meat, is the strong man of Missouri State Univer sity. He is studying to become a phy sical instructor. Weltmer scored 2,580 points in the eight tests. The average for 300 men was 1,045 points. Weltmer "chinned’’ himself up twen ty-three times. Troop Concentration Shoi s Clash Near on Border. PRESIDIO, TEXAS, Dec. 13 - Whether the Mexican Federal army under General Salvador Mercado, numbering 4.000 soldiers, now on the United States border, will make a stand for supremacy at OJlnapa against the rebels advancing to that point, or whether they will continue their retreat into the state of Nuevo Leon is at present the most absorb ing question in Northern Mexico. rPactlcally the entire strength of the Federal army, reduoed by Its flight from Chihuahua and by the apathy of many of Its soldiers, is crowded ino the little village opposite Presidio, it w’as to this point they fled In the hoj e of obtaining money and provisions Toward them is marching a reb 1 army of about equal strength, with the avowed purpose of surrounding the town and bringing to a test w’hether any Federals are to rema n in the north, Indications In Ojinagna were th it the Federals would make a stan 1. Trenches were dug. guns were maun - eel on the mils and provijionji wcie