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OVER 100,000 THE SUNDAY AMERICAN'S net paid circulation Th c National Southern Sunday Newspaper The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results VOL. XII. NO. 118. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1913. Copyright. 1906. Q pT?\T'T , Q PAT NO By The Georgian Co. V-'-LGN 1 O. MORE. ROBBERS GET $40,000 OM SOUTHERN C*3 K<3 C*3 CXK3 Kb Huertas Financial Scheme Fails A A S3 'IT IWar on Locker Clubs Goes to Council Crusaders Would Give Recorder Power to Revoke Licenses in Cases of Conviction. I The locker club war took an important turn Wednesday when Police ChieT Beavers announced that when the Council Police Committee started its investiga tion the first of the year into the merits of applicants for locker club licenses he would furnish all the facta revealed by the recent raids. If the seven club* against which ewes have been made are convicted of violating the prohibition law when they are tried before Recorder Broyles - Christmas Eve, the chances are a re- IMwal of their license will be denied. There was a disposition among a larje number of Councilmen to weed lout the clubs before the police took ltny action. The determination of the I Councilmen was based on belief, rath- I *r than actual proof, that some of the I club* were violating the law. Oonvlc- Ihon of these clubs will make it very ] for an V of them to get a new | license Likely to Strengthen L aw. The attitude of Council Is empha- [ ’V the promise of the present i Commission to strengthen the I against locker clubs. At the be- I of leaders of the Georgia Anti- 1 l eague, the Police Committee I Promised to offer an ordinance giving I , ne -cocder the right to revoke any I. I? ' ' ,u * ) license upon conviction of I" '2 0at,on of the Prohibition law. I refinance "as to have been I roduced in Council Monday, but. l«„L S ° me unkno "n reason, luckily for | Th / V the l°ckcr clubs, it was not. 1 r eady applies to ■’near”- I dmih. Sa ° 0n ' ,! ' and ,her * is no fe«on to 15 rr counc " H a P - I . ocker clubs as soon as the Po- Committee proposes It. Rnocti 1 t - had been oftered #t thfi ,ast Ibeen , k .“ ( ouncll it would have ■n all likelihood, by the I me Recorder Broyles tries the cases, | robably more than one Itht p e * iave been revoked in Recorder** Court. I . J already are present- I Hcens, aphUcattons for renewal of 1 hese applications will be I tee • e new P° lice commit- 1, ’olnted by Mayor Wood- | ir ‘ ‘he flr st of th# year M U e h C ° mmittee of Lib.rals. et *mltteA nda ° n th * Umper of the Point l- Iayor Woodward will ap- eilmanir. r '" lns ‘he recent Coun- polr■ a * fcC!lon h « threatened to ap- Idlcat ™ ‘ rv slrlct committee, but in- tee v. 9 now are that his commlt- I eril ,m r>osed of the most lib- of Council. to 41A "oodward himself refuses lhe thattcr. »rn Hct etheT ,h ® comm ‘ttee is lib el Count" a nur nber of members rigid ]nvA ' Do are goin S to insist on the ?ations and demand that Pvoke d ° f som ® of the clubs De which cates have w,th which chief the \t.. rt wtI1 principally deal I In >Htan, the Theatrical, I th» g,,”. ths Central, the Owls. * 40,1 Eagles Clubs. Haze Enshrouding City Mostly Smoke, Says Weather Man The dense fog that enshrouded At lanta Wednesday morning wasn’t fog at all, C. P. VonHerrmann. weather director, asserted. '•That Is, very little of It was fog. We don’t have any such fogs in this part of the country. This isn’t Lon don, you know'. “Most of the haze was smoke, pure and s*imple, and more simple than pure. There doesn't happen to be much wind this morning; a velocity of one mile an hour is next to noth ing at all, and the smoke just rose out of the chimneys and floated around a while and then came down.’’ Mr. VonHarrmann added that the smoke would stick around until a breeze came up, which he fancied would be about, noon or a bit later. “The barometer stands at 30.14 inches,” he said, “which is .14 of an inch above normal. So that hasn’t anything to do with it.’’ LK N„ C. a ST. L AT LOAN TO PRESIDENT TH Cancer Is Cured by Radium in 48 Hours PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 17.—The word “cure” can now be properly ap plied to th© radium form of treatment of cancer, according to an announce ment made by Dr. Howard A. Kelly, of Johns Hopkins University, and Dr. Robert Abbe, of New York. Dr. Kelly exhibited photos of pa tients before and after being cured and told of the cure in 48 hours of a man suffering from malignant can cerous growth on the face and head. Italy Expected to Release U. S. Singer Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. ROME, Dec. 17.—As a result of representations made to the Foreign Office by the Ambassador, Thomas Nelson Page, the Italian Government Is expected to order the release from military surveillance of Dorthy Mac- Vane, the Boston singer, suspected of being a French spy. Miss McVane is in a state of col lapse. Footpad Beats and Robs Atlanta Man BIRMINGHAM, Dec. 17.—R. C. Bradbury, of Atlanta, a traveling man, has a bruised head this morn ing as a result of being held up, beat en and robbed by a negro last night on Second avenue and Twenty-sixth street near the Terminal Station. Bradbury was robbed of a watch and *10. Pledges of His Own Fortune and Those of Cabinet Refused Because of Wilson. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PARIS, Dec. 17.—The offer of Gen eral Huerta to pledge his private for tune and the fortunes of members of his Cabinet as security for a loan to the Mexican Government has been rejected by a French group of finan ciers, w'ho were approached by Senor Aldape, former Mexican Minister of the Interior, according to a letter to The Paris Herald to-day. It Is understood that the French Government advised the group to turn down the proposition because of the attitude of President Wilson toward the Mexican dictator. Confiscation of Estates Cheered. ED PASO, TEXAS, Dec. 17.—’’Viva Villa.'” was heard on every side in Juarez to-day when the confiscation of the vast estates of the Creel and Terrazas families was officially pro claimed. The rebels cheered for their leader at every opportunity and at times the enthusiasm became so bois terous that the street patrols had to make arrests. If Villa succeeds in holding the greater wealth that he has declared confiscated, the treasury of the Con stitutionalists will be swelled by a vast sum. variously estimated at from $500,000,000 to $700,000,000. This 1 not in ready cash, of course, hut the value of the big mines and ranches owned by the millionaires who have supported the Huerta administration. Brother of Milton H, Smith Likely to Succeed John W, Thomas, Jr., as Chief. Battleship Vermont Is Entirely Disabled NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—The battle- ahtp Vermont, which was crippled last week by the breaking of a shaft while the vessel was returning from the Medi terranean cruise, has been disabled and is being towed to Norfolk, Va., by the Delaware. It was found that the repairs could not be completely made except at the Navy Yard and the dreadnought was taken in tow. Dr, Mary Walker to Appear in Vaudeville NEW YORK. Dec. 17.—Dr Mary E. Walker, the noted suffragette, has ac cepted a vaudeville engagement nt Hammerst^in’s Theater beginning Jan uary 5. She is the only woman privi leged to wear male attire here, by spe cial act of Congress. She will deliver a series of lectures interspersed with stories of personal experience. Wilson Sees Callers; Grippe Attack Past WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—President Wilson has practically recovered from his recent attack of the grippe and to day was able to take up his work again James Speyer, a New York banker was the first caller of the day. Dater Interstate Commerce Commissioner Prouty talked over pending railroad rat* raMAfl with him. Rebels Chased From Mexican Capital. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. MFaXIOO CITY, Dec. 17.—Saved from immediate danger of attack as a result of a double defeat inflicted on Zapatista rebels at Alta Mira and' 1-ake Roch- imilio, the Government to-day turned its attention to financial conditions. These are becoming worse daily, one bank Is already tottering and its fall la likely to drag others down to ruin. Bank officials and representatives of the Government held a long conference last night In the office of the Minister of Finance. Support of the allied bank ing interests was pledged for the Cen tral Bank, which was closed for two hours Tuesday afternoon as the result of a run started by depositors. Tension Still Acute. The Central Bank was besieged all night by anxious depositors, hut many of them departed early to-day when they learned that other national banks would help the Central. There was a tension in financial circles, however, that the sanguine pledges of Govern ment leaders were unable to remove. Excitement was caused in business circles by rumors that Ivjrd Cowdray was negotiating with the Standard Oil Company for the sale of Ills Mexican oil properties or had actually consum mated the deal Officers of the I’earson syndicate refused to confirm or deny the reports. J. T>eO. Rallardie and Alex Anderson, respectively, comptroller and assistant comptroller of the Cowdray Interests, have left for Europe. Diaz Home Headquarter*. Zapata rebels, defeated in a battle of two daya near the capital, have re treated to the foothills and there are safe from pursuit, as the Federal forces sent from the Mexico City garrison are too small to risk an ambuscade. EmlLano Zapaia. commander of the bandit troop, has established his head quarters at Nepanapa. a former country home of Porfirlo Diaz, while Felipe Neri has taken his soldiers to the foot of Ajufco Mountain. The Federal victories were won with artillery, in which the rebels were lack ing. THE WEATHER Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia—Cloudy Wednesday; probably rain Thursday. NASHVILLE, Dec. 17.—John W. Thomas, Jr., president of the Nash ville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Rail way, the fourth head of a big railway system In the South to die within two months, passed away here this morning at 2 o’clock following a three-weeks’ Illness of pleural pneu monia. His death, following so close ly upon that of J. R. Parrott, the late Henry B. Flagler's successor as head of the Florida East Coast sys tem; William W. Finley, president of the Southern Railway, and Thom as M. Emerson, president of th© At lantic Coast Line, makes it all th© more notable. And the fact that it is the second death of a president of a system closely allied by ownership ties with the Ivouisville and Nashville Railroad also makes it a conspicuous coincidence, the Louisville and Nash ville being dominated by the Coast Line and the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis by the Louisville and Nashville. H. F. Smith in Line. Who will be President Thomas’ successor is a question that local railroad men have not seen fit thus far to answer. However, it would not be surprising to see H. F. Smith, vice president and traffic manager of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis and a brother of President Milton H. Smith, of the Louisville and Nash ville, step up to the office. A father- to-son ©uccession led to the promo tion of Mr. Thomas to the presidency when the late John W. Thomas, Sr., long head of the Nashville, Chatta nooga and St. Louis road died seven years ago-—the same year, by the wav, that Mr. Finley succeeded to th© Southern Railway presidency upon the death of Samuel Spencer. Mr Smith has grown up in the Nash ville. Chattanooga and St. Louis serv ice and of recent years has stood next to Mr, Thomas in shaping th© policies of that system. In Service 36 Years. President Thomas was born at Murfreesboro, Tenn.. August 24, 1856 At an early age he moved to Nashville and was educated here, attending Montgomery-Bell Academy and later Vanderbilt University. In 1878, at the age of 22 years, he secured his first important railroad position, al though previous to that time he had been in tfle railroad service. He labored in the ranks for several years, steadily advancing. After an experience on the road Mr. Thomas served in the machine shop, then ad vancing to agent and dispatcher, pur chasing agent, assistant general man ager, finally succeeding his father as general manager in 1899. On March 1. 1906, shortly after the death of his father, he was elected president of the road. Mr. Thomas is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Dilli© Duncan, of Nashville; three daughters, Mrs Elizabeth Thomas Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Martha Thomas Riddle and Miss Ellen Thomas, all of this city, and one son, John W. Thomas, of Phila delphia. Louisville Plans Race Segregation LOUISVILLE, KY., Dec. 17.—An ordinance looking to the segregation of whit© and colored persons in the matter of residence here has been in troduced in the Council. FIRE DESTROYS TOWN. BERLIN. MICH., .Dec. 17.—Only two business houses are left standing here to-day, following a fire that did $40,000 damage last night. EMPTY STOCKING FUND TO GET BIG BOOST FROM TECH PLAYERS One-fourth of Receipts Prom ‘The Magistrate’ Is Promised—Play Friday Night. Another delegation of friends of Atlanta's poor boys and girls turn ed up Wednesday. They are the memV>er© of the Georgia Tech So ciety, who made announcement that 25 per cent of the gross receipts at their annual play Friday night w r ould be devoted to Th© Georgian-Ameri can Empty Stocking Fund for the youngsters of th© city who otherwise would not have a visit from Santa Claus this year. As the Tech play is one of the events of the winter season and in variably attracts a big house, the fund will be swelled materially by the generosity of the students. On Sunday another substantial addition to the Empty Stocking Fund will comf from The Georgian’s great free concert in the Forsyth Theater. The play at the Grand Friday night by the Tech student-actors promises to be even more of a grand and delightful affair than it was last year, when the house was packed from pit to gallery. College Girls to Attend. The annual dramatic effort by the collegians is to b© graced this year by the presence of several hundred young women from Atlanta’s famed educational institutions. Not that they have not attended before, but Friday night they will be here in { larger numbers than ever before; they will b© in their prettiest of gowns, they wi 11 come in solid delegations from the various schools they repre sent, and they will be decked out witti the colors of their schools. Washington Seminary, Agnes Scott College, the Girls’ High School, Miss Woodberry’s and Miss Hannah’s schools all will be at the Grand with large representations. The Tech actors, as soon as The Georgian made public its plans for raising an Empty Stocking Fund for the poor children of the city, immediately fell in jyilb the idea and decided to make a contribution on their own account. It wa.s agreed that one-fourth of the gross receipts would be turned over to The Geor gian to he used i,n riding tbo empty stockings in the poor homou of the city. Some of Players. A! Roberts, who starred last year In “Brown of Harvard,” will have a leading part in this year’s produc tion, which is Pinero's fan:cus com edy, “Th© Magistrate.” It will he the professional ranks of Thespians for Roberts after his school days are over, according to the report of his friends. He is regarded as one of the best actors that th© Tech Dramatic Bo- ciety has ever had. Besides possess ing an impressive personality on the stage, he has unusual ability for an amateur and has decided to use his talents professionally. Roberts is prominently connected with the Play ers’ Club of Nashville, his home. Walter Troy, who has one of th© important parts In the play this year, will be remembered as “Gwendolyn' In “Brown of Harvard.’’ Sidney Gayles, another member of the cast, is displaying his dramatic ability In other lines as well, being at present engaged in writing a play for the Georgia Drama League, of which Miss Carolyn Cobb is presi dent. Free Concert Sunday. And remember: The Georgian-American s free con cert at the Forsyth Theater next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Every seat In the house will be fre©. The concert la*t year was at tended by as many as the house would hold. Some of the best musical talent in the city will have places on the pro gram. Musicians from other cities also will perform Altogether it will be on© of the most enjoyable affairs that Atlantans have been privileged to attend in month*. Judge Sentences Preacher to Six Months on Roads ROME. Dec. 17.—“T wish T could say to you like the Bible of old, ‘Go and sin no more,’ but It is my duty to give you a aevsre sentence, and you must serve six months on the chain gang without th© alternative of a fine,” said Judge John H. Reece, in Floyd City Court to-day, in passing sentence upon the Rev James A. Thacker, congrega tional Methodist minister found guilty yeslerday of Improper conduct with Miss Emma Hughee, a protty young women, 25 years old, who came here recently from Cincinnati, Thacker received the verdict, without emotion, and was taken to jail, where he will remain until he can give $304 borj, penainy the hearing of a motion tor a new' trial, which his attorneys filed to-day. Mrs, Sayre Will Push Uplift Work in U. S. Special Cable to Th© Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, Dec. 17.—Mrs. Francis B. Sayre, daughter of President Wil son, will devote herself seriously to social betterment work upon her re turn to th© United States. She is studying methods now in force in London. Man Drops Dead as Wife Bears Twins SPEERMORE. OKDA. Dec. 17 — When Samuel Bealmer, a young far mer, learned that hl« wife had given birth to twins he stepped to the tele phone to call another doctor and dropped dead of heart failure. Fire in Next Room as Surgeons Operate NEWARK, N. J.. Deo. 17.—Although firemen were fighting a blaae In an adjoining room, surgeons at the Ho meopathic Hospital continued to suc cessfully operate upon a patient. A1 Roberts (left) and Walter Troy, two of Tech’s star dramatic cast, who will help Empty Stocking Fund Friday. Shreveport Institution Latest Vic tim of Long List of Dixie Outrages. SHREVEPORT, Dec. 17.—Ad ding to the long chain of train, bank and post office robberies in Louisiana and Mississippi in re cent months, $40,000 has been j stolen from the First National Bank of Shreveport, it becomes known to-day. Two employees of th© bank ar© suspected, but no arrests have thus far been made. Details of the robbery have not . been disclosed, and it is not known 1 whether It Is a case of embezzlement or whether the amount of missing currency lias suddenly disappeared from th© vaults of th© bank. Georgia to War on Weevil Next Month Scientific war on the boll weevil was planned at a conference in State Agri cultural Commissioner Price’s office Tuesday It was decided that January should be “boll weevil month” and that the tight should be concentrated along the southwestern border of Georgia. Those present were Commissioner Price, C. D. McKinney, secretary of th© Georgia Chamber of Commerce; Dr. A. M. Soule, president of the State Cham ber of Commerce; Professor E. C. Bran son, of the State Normal; J. Phil Camp bell, leader of the Georgia Com Club movement; E. Lee Worsham. State En tomologlst, and Marvin V. Calvin, sec retary of the State Agricultural So ciety. Atlanta Man Killed As Negroes Battle The body of Jack Cheek, of At lanta. who was killed by a stray bul let while two negroes w’ere fighting a duel near Augusta last Monday night, will arrive in Atlanta Thursday morning at. 7 o'clock. The funeral probably will he held Thursday aft ernoon from Bloomfield’s chap©! Cheek wa« employed as foreman of the work at Stephens <~>eek by th© White Engineering Company. He was sitting in front of his tent when the negroes began shooting at each other. Hamburg Is After Extra Fair Exhibit Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. BERLIN, Dec. 17.— Besides instruct ing their representatives to demand an adequate governmental appropriation for the Kan. Francisco Exposition, the authorities of Hamburg have drafted a bill providing for a special exhibit of Hajnburg's state and municipal insti tutions. Negroes Get Chance To See Miss Keller The negroes of Atlanta are to have the opportunity to see and hear Miss Helen Keller and her teacher, Mrs Macy. at the Auditorium-Armory next Saturday night. So many of them have ex preseed a wish for this privi lege that it has been decided to set aside a section of the gallery for them Weds Sister-in-Law As Children Protest NEW YORK, Dec. 17 -Despite the pr tests of his, nine children, CharVe# N. Bell, 69, was married to hi6 sister- in-law, Miss Mary E. Scott, 61. Boston Policemen Mustn't Chew Gum BOSTON, Dee. 17.—Boston poll©© of ficers must not chew gum or tohaoo* while on duty and must always be po lite, according to new rule* Commis sioner O’Meara issued to-day.