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ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1913.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Y"' 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
' reated by the publication in The
Stax-Herald, 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
ft l the pressure for patronage being
brought to bear on him. President
Wilson will not use the forthcoming
'•anal organization as a means for
reciprocating as far as possible tho
assistance of constituents who helped
to place him where he is.
Will Not Kill the “Goose.”
‘Tt would be nonsensical to assume
that after sixteen years' absence from
power tho 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.
Th9 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:
“It 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 ha3 denied the truth of The
American dispatches, although Secre
tary Garrison has been able at all
times 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
JOHNSTOWN, PA., Dec. 13.—Billy
Sunday, in a sermon here, said:
"We’ll find out when the Lord
comes how many .tombstones lie and
how many tell the truth.
Mayor Rolph Says
Hetch Hetchy Plan
Is City’s Salvation
San Francisco Executive Gives Mr.
Hearst Full Credit for Push
ing Plan Through.
BOSTON, Dec. 13.— Mayor Jam- s
Rolph, Jr., of San Francisco, came to
Boston to-day largely to study the
Boston water supply in preparation
for Sail Francisco’s plan to bring
water from th^ Hetch-Hetchy Valley
if President Wilson signs the bill
passed by Congress.
Mayor Rolph praised William Ran-
I dolph Hears t warmly for his share in
giving the people of the country the
I facta about the Hetch-Hetchy project
and In winning the bill’s pasage
through Congress, He said:
“The people of the East have been
woefully misled in regard to the
Hetch-Hetchy project. William Ran
dolph Hearst has done a remarkable
work for San Francisco in helping to
pass this bill. We do not intend to
take a park belonging to the people.
We simply want to dam up a valley
that really belongs to the people of
ban Francisco.
“We need this water. We axe will
ing to spend $70,000,000 to carry it 134
miles tQ San Francisco. I believe
President Wilson will sign the bill,
and the victory is to be credited to
William Randolph Hearst more than
to any other one man.”
‘American Men Just
Lovable Babies-Gaby
Shooed Away From Prince of Wales,
King-Wrecker Still Has
‘Man-phobia.’
ST. LOUIS, Dec, 1".—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 I
over the American man, analyzing I
him, dissecting him, adoring him. |
“An American for me,” said she to
day. “They are nothing hut lovable
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 th3
j ‘scutcheon of Great Britain.
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 hiniself 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.
Steals Two Eggs and
Gets Year in Prison
HUNTINGTON, W. VA„ Dec, 13 —
For the theft of two eggs Charles II
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 State
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.
Fairfan Harrison, New President
of Southern, Pleased With Con
ditions in His Territory.
WILL REPORTS NOTEWORTHY
Manufacturers in Most Lines Have
Demand for Products—Run
of Full Time.
WASHINGTON. Doc. 13.—Fairfax
Harrison, the new president of the
Southern Railway Company, speaking
to-day of the business outlook in the
South, said:
“Conditions throughout the terri
tory traversed by Southern Railway
lines are generally favorable. The
farmers of the Southeast, except in
restricted localities where they suf
fered from drouth, have had a highly
prosperous year. The ginning reports
of the United States Census Bureau
indicate that the cotton crop of the
States east of the Mississippi River
will exceed that of last year, and cur
rent prices are above those of a year
ago.
"While the estimate of the total corn
crop of the United States, recently
issued by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, shows a fal^g
off, compared with last year, of 661,-
729.00U bushels, the crop In the nine
Southeastern States traversed by the
Southern Railway is, within 21,000,000
bushels as large as last year, the only
Southeastern States showing* de
creased yields on account of the
drouth being Kentucky and Tennes
see.
“Other crops, including forage,
have turned out well, and, taking thp
territory as a whole, I doubt whether
the farmers of the Southeast have
ever had a more favorable year.
"Largely growing out of the pros
perous condition of the farmers,
wholesale and retail trade throughout
the Southeast is generally in good
condition.
"Manufacturers in most lines are
enjoying a good demand for their
products, and their establishments are
running on full time, though some
slackening of production is to be ex
pected during the holiday season. The
reports of cotton mill and knitting I
mill development are particularly I
noteworthy.”
Island Colony Hires
Community Doctor;
Salary Paid by Tax
Physician Keeps 200 Citizens in Good
Health and Each Family Pays
Fixed Amount.
NEWBERN, N. C., Dec. 13.—Knotts
Island, Currltuok County, which is in
habited by about 200 persons, employs
one physician to minister to the Ills and
ailments of every citizen.
This physician is paid a Ralary of
something more than $1,000 and every
family i» assessed according to the
number In the household to pay the
salary. There are seasons during the
year 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?
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‘Better Control Voter Than Vote’
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Pet Phrase, It Seems, Is Woman's
Mrs. W. L. Shepherd, fi - om whom Congressman Heflin bor
rowed his “anti” speech, if the suffragettes’ suspicions are correct.
Goodbye “23”; It’s
Time You’re Going
NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—Exit the
islang 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 th^ use of canned pumpkin is
far greater than from any other
tinned food.
‘One Million Tons 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.
J, Pierpont Morgan
Elected Vestryman
NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—J. Pierpont
Morgan was elected a vestryman ai
St. George’s Church in Stuyvesant
Square at the election of wardens and
vestrymen held In the church. Mr.
Morgan’s father was senior warder
of St. George's up to the time of his
death.
Garrison Won't Have
Big Ditch Decorated
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—Refusal
to decorate the banks of the Panama I
Canal with memorials has been made |
by Secretary of War Garrison, it was j
learned here to-day.
The Secretary lias answered all re
quests by referring applicants to Con
gress.
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.
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
lowei 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.
Girl Toasted as
Fiance Is Killed
ASHEVILLE, Dec. 13.—While ad
dressing invitations to her wedding to
take place on the night of December
30, Miss Elizabeth Williamson received
a telegram telling of the death of her
fiance. Lane Davis, of Oak Park, Ala.
She had just returned from a card
party, the first of a series of prenup-
j tial affairs arranged by her many
i friends.
Mr Davis was killed in an automo-
! bile wreck near Mobile, and comparl-
' sons Indicate that at the time of his
death Miss Williams was being toasted
as one of the city’s most popular
brides-to-be.
One Little Ink Spot
Angers ‘Jim’ Hill
ST. PAUL, MINN., Dec. 13.—One
little Ink spot caused a shake-up In
J. J. Hill’s First National Hank 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
tank, so he called a hurry-up meet
ing of the directors and relieved his
mind, talking extensively, it Is 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 rural 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.
Mayor of St. Louis
Forbids Cigarettes
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 13—Mayor Henry
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.
HID REVOLT
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 HelcL
Suffragettes, in Glee, Point to Mrs. Shepherd’s
Talk as Congressman’s Possible Model.
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. Ls. Shepherd, of this city.
Congressman Heflin's valiant
speech against woman suffragists
bristled with epigram®, the most oft-
repeated of which was :
“It ls better that a woman control
a voter than a vote.”
The doughty gentleman from the
Fifth 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
the East, w'here site 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 spite of the fact that Mrs. Shep
herd ls 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 drawn 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 ls 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.”
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.
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. Howe, secretary of
the State Board of Control, has Just
completed the tabulation of the sta
tistics.
There are but 812 paupers in the
State.
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.
Rural Mail Left in
Boxes at Schools
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—Schools
located on rural routes are to be con
sidered patrons of these routes, ac
cording to an announcement by Post
master General Burleson.
He has granted permission for tee
placing of mall boxes at these institu
tions w'here mail will be delivered for
the pupil® or teacher*.
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 v ls-
sue a license for the marriage of
William Still, $65, 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 unusu-
ually rich discovery of free milling
gold was made recently on the Yakt
River, seven miles east of Troy, by
Frederick Stevens, 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.
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 Masonic Temple
yesterday. “We propose to Invade the
loop district on New Year's Eve,”
said Dr. Bell, “where 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 Eve.
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*
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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 was
not disclosed. It was 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. 18.--Pra<*t«
cally the whole nation is In revolt
The rebels are gaining strength hour
ly in the wide campaign which hag
this city as its objective point Hun.
areas of Mexicans who have hlthert#
kept out of the turmoil are Joining
the ranks of General Carranza’s arm .
les. More significant still, the Yaqut
Indians are flocking to the Insurgent
standard. Two thousand of thesi*
fighters, who are not to be scornedi
by the best trained soldiery In th*
world, have been recruited by the
Constitutionalists at Mflytorena,
which ls their base above Guaymas,
These warriors will be a great help
In the lighting against Guaymas and
1 Mazatlan, which are the only points
on the northwest coast retained by
: the Federals.
Huerta Forces Mutinous.
In striking contrast to the aotivlte
with which men are enlisting in tha
rebel regiment ls the plight of tin
Huerta forces Laborers are being
conscripted whenever they are found.
Soldiers already In the field are mu.
tlnous and many are deserting. AJ)
many points it is reported that the#
are only awaiting attack by the rebe
els to desert or surrender.
Dynamiting by the Carransa imp-
porters continues with fearful lose
of life. Another Huerta troop train
has been blown up south of Monterey),
Many were slain. The train waa on
Its way with troops to reinforce the
Federal garrisons at Nuevo Larediq
With the attack on Tampico th«
United States was forced to assume
an attitude which was nearer Inters
ventlon than has yet been in evidence*
United States warships were held Iq
readiness to land marines In the even|
that street fighting became bo gen
eral as to endanger the lives
foreigners.
Peace Plan Advanoecf.
Because of the fact that even
Huerta ls expected to recognize hoig
desperate his situation really Is. therg
ls some hope for a peace plan whlcH
is outlined by the conservative elee
ment here. Tentative efforts havg
been made to Induce the dictator t<J
ascertain if General Carransa wo u I dl
be willing to cease fighting for tbg
purpose of holding an election
which the Constitutionalist leadeg
would be a candidate for the PresU
dency of the republic or would namg
his choice for that office. It ls im
sumed by the politicians that fh*
Catholic and other parties weul<t
name candidates.
Vegetarian Is Strong
Man of University
COLUMBIA. MO., Dec. 13.—Horace
Weltmer, who eats no meat, ls the
strong man of Missouri State Univer
sity. He ls 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.
Weltrr.er “chinned” himself up twen
ty-three times.
Troop Concentration Shows
Clash Near on Border.
PRESIDIO, TEXAS, Dec. IS.-,
Whether the Mexican Federal armjf
under General Salvador Mercado,
numbering 4,000 soldiers, now on the
United States border, will make *
stand for supremacy at OJinags*
against the rebels advancing to tha8
point, or whether they will continue
their retreat Into the state of Nuevrt
Leon ls at present the most absorb-*
ing question In Northern Mexico.
rPactically the entire strength o i
the Federal army, reduced by Its flights
from Chihuahua and by the apathy ot
many of Its soldiers, is crowded lif/i
the little village opposite Presidio, 1*
was to this point they fled in the hopn
of obtaining money and provision^
Toward them ls marching a rebel
army of about equal strength, witw
the avowed purpose of surrounding
the town and bringing to a test
whether any Federals are to remain
in the north.
Indications in OJlnagna were tho*
the Federals would make a stand.
Trenches were dug, guns were mount,
ed on the nth* and provisions v,ra