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VOL. XII. NO. 119.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1913.
Copyright. 1906,
By The Georgian Co.
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Commerce Chamber Heads Agree
More Inspectors and City Vet
erinarian Are Needed.
The sensational report of Dr. S. A.
Visanska’s committee exposing milk
supply evils in Atlanta was still the
object of careful and even cautious
consideration by the directors of the
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Thursday.
After another meeting Wednesday
afternoon and a prolonged discussion,
In which Dr. J. P. Kennedy, of the
City Health Office, and Dr. Claude
Smith, City Bacteriologist, took part,
the following information was given
out Thursday morning:
It was agreed that additional milk
inspectors and a City Veterinarian are
needed.
In view of the fact that the present
city force of milk inspection consists
of two dairy inspectors, one sampler
and no veterinarian, and that this
force is expected to look after the
6,000 gallons of milk furnished Atlan
ta daily by 700 dairymen and handled
by 235 dealers and 41 dairies in the
city, the foregoing attitude does not
appear startlingly revolutionary.
New Committee Named,
But further than that .the famous
milk report continues to be shrouded
in. mystery.
By way of clearing up the situation,
it was decided to try another commit
tee on it, and these were named: Ivan
E. Allen, chairman; J. R. A. Hobson,
V. H. Kriegshaber, John S. Owens and
B. M. Hood.
This combination is now scheduled
to grapple with the milk report,
which, dealing with so presumably in
nocuous a fluid, appears to the cas
ual outsider to contain considerable
"pep,” Judging by the gingerly way it
is being handled.
Since the submission of the report
last summer, meeting after meeting of
the directors has approached that for
midable document, and, so far as all
publicity is concerned, has rebounded
in disorder from the attack.
From the known circumstances it
might even be fair to Infer that the
“nergetic Dr. Visanska is in danger of
deportation for revolutionary politics,
should the unexpurgated report be
made nublic. Certainly the original
ontinental Congress spent a good
lea! less time considering the Decla-
r atlon of Independence.
The new committee, by the way, is
“xpected to bring in its first batch of
r ecommendations devoted largely to
the additional inspection force, which
s one phase of the subject not calcu-
*ted to cause a rumpus, as everybody
ln Atlanta, including the milkmen, is
pretty well agreed that additional in
spection is needed.
Children Beg Police
To FindTheir Missing
Papa ‘for Christmas'
' K def of Detectives Lanford has
^en appealed to by two little chtl-
dren to find their missing papa be-
* ore Christmas, so he can tell Santa
Gaus to come to their home. They
* re the 3 and 4 year old daughters of
s - C. Harrison, of No. 4 Kirkwood
a venue, a clerk in a Decatur street
* tore - The children came to Chief
Lanford’s office with their mother
T r * rsday morning to report the dis
appearance of the father.
Please.” said the eldest of the chil-
uren, “won’t you find my papa by
Christmas time? Mamma says Santa
Gaus won’t come to our house unless
I is at home. I wrote Santa a
* tT ° r but mamma says he w’on’t get
unless papa malls It.”
Mrs. Harrison told Chief Lanford
er husband has been missing since
Sunday, when he left home say-
he would return in a few minutes.
Chas. B. Gaskill
is shown
with one of his
pets and com
panions, a
chicken.
Cabaret Probe Is Ordered
Retired Lawyer Had Devoted
Years to Care of Fearthered
and Furry Pets.
RACING
RESULTS
A mystery which has puzzled many
Atlantans was somewhat cleared
Thursday by the death of Charles B.
Gaskill, the eccentric and wealthy old
bachelor who lived a hermit in the
heart of busy Atlanta, and wlho was
found dead in tbe bathroom of his
solitary little home at No. 12« South
Forsyth street Wednesday afternoon.
The Coroner’s jury returned a ver
dict of death from heart failure and
complications. His dbath was sim
ple and not unexpected by those who
knew him; but his ways of life had
been one of the city’s strangest mys
teries for many years.
Gaskill Was Wealthy.
It w’as well known that Gaskill was
rich. Besides his home, which is a
valuable location, he had other cen
tral property. He was a la'.vyer. but
had retired a number of years ago.
He did not have to worry about his
needs, but It was unusual that he did
not surround himself with more com
forts and a better home. He even
cooked for himself, which is not so
bad on a trail In the woods, but rather
monotonous in a city like Atlanta,
especially when one has money.
One of his acquaintances revealed
why he lived this life.
As a young man he had gone to old
Oglethorpe College. He was a class
mate of ex-Governor Joseph M.
Brown. His Instincts there were so
cial and toward good fellowship.
He was a charter member of the
chapter of the Phi Delta Theta Fra
ternity there, and founded the chap
ters at the University of Georgia and
at Mercer. No matter what Ms views
of the world became lata*, he held to
that bond of brotherhood. When he
avoided almost all mankind hi* Inter,
est in his fraternity «tia ttwsd, and
Cootlwoed on Pofls +> Oohwn* fl.
AT CHARLESTON.
FIRST—Five furlongs: Dr. Ken
dall, 108 (Buxton), 9-2. 6-5, 1-2, won,
Elmahdi, 110 (MeTaggart), 1, 1-2,
1-4. second; Cliff Maid, 102 (Turner),
8, 5-2, 1, third. Time 1:03. Manson,
Tom Hanson, Old Jordan, Edna Les-
ka, Veilchen, Miss Roseburg, Dick's
Pet also ran.
SECOND—Six furlongs: Right
Easy, 112 (Deronde), 11-10, 7-20, 1-10,
won; Kiva, 104 (MeTaggart). 7-3, 2-5,
I- 10, second; Big Dipper, 109 (Doyle),
17, 4, 4-5, third. Time 1:16 1-5. Ve-
neta Strome. Ethelburg II. Gagnant,
Miss Primity, Protagoris also ran.
THIRD—Six furlongs: Lochiel,
106 (Buxton), 8-5, 1-4, out, won;
Prince Hermis. 108 (Goose3. 30, 10,
II- 5, second; Kalinka, 106 (Turner),
7-10, 1-4, out, third. Time 1:15 1-5.
Brave Cunarder, Yenghee also ran.
FQURTH—Mile: Servicence, 98
«MeTaggart), 10 5-2, 7-10, won; Dick
Dead wood, 98 (Martin), 6, 2, 3-5, sec
ond; Merry Lad, 106 (Turner), 16.5.
9-10, 7-20, third. Time 1:42 1-5. Col.
Cook, Feather Duster, Napier also
ran.
FIFTH—Five and one-half fur
longs: Coy. Ill (Goose), 13-20, 1-3,
1-7, won; Chartier, 116 (Byrne), 10
5-2, 4-5, second; Amoret. 110 (Bux
ton), 7-2, 7-10, 1-4, third. Time
1:08 2-5. Deduction, Frank Hudson,
The Busy Body, Cherry Seed, Harry
McIntyre also ran.
SIXTH—Mile and 70 yards: Mas
ter Jim, 112 (Deronde), 2, 4-5. 1-2,
won; Fairy Godmother, 103 (Ward),
6, 2, 4-5, second; Golden Treasure,
118 (Davenport), 16-5, 11-10, 3-5,
third. Time 1:48 3-5. Behest, Ger-
rard, Troy Weight, Tom Boy also ran.
Race Entries on Page 8.
Acquisition Would Solve Monop
oly, Says Burleson—Would
Cost U. S. Billion.
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 —Govern
ment experts estimated to-day that
the cost of taking over the operation
of telegraph and telephonic lines, as
recommended by Postmaster General
Burleson in his annual report, would
be more than $1,000,000,000.
The Postmaster General’s recom
mendation projected into Congress an
issue over which there is already
marked difference of opinion and
which President Wilson himself may
have f o determine. A party caucus
may be held for the purpose of get
ting tfle exact view of the President
and a majority of the party leaders.
Burleson’s report follows conferences
ont he subject between e Postmaster
General and President Wilson, and
reports that the President was about
to make Federal ownership of the
two utilities an administration pol
icy. Mr. Burleson points to the suc
cessful Inauguration and extension
of the parcel post system as a guar
antee that the Postofflce Department
is capable of handling further coun
try-wide business of great magnitude
and importance.
U. S. Should Control.
The report asserts that there is a
surplus in his department for the
year ended June 30, 1913, estimated
at $3,841,906.78, and that this is the
first real surplus since 1883.
In regard to taking over the tele
graph and telephone systems, Mr.
Burleson says, in part:
“A study of the constitutional pur
poses of the postal establishment
! leads to the conviction that the Post
offlce Department should have con
trol over all means of the communi
cation of intelligence. The first tele
graph line in this country was main
tained and operated as part of the
postal service, and it Is to be regret
ted that Congress saw fit to relin
quish this facility to private enter
prise. The monopolistic nature of the
telegraph business makes it of vital
importance to the people that it be
conducted by unselfish interests, and
this can be accomplished only
Continued on Page 4, Column 1.
AT JUAREZ.
FTRST—Five furlongs: Little Bit,
104 (Benton), 13-5, 1-2, 1-4, won;
Auntie Curl. 107 (Gentry), 3, 1, 1-3,
second; Harwood, 102 (Feeney), 6, 2,
1, third. Time 1:15. Woof, Ada Ken
nedy, Ida Lavinla also ran.
SECOND—Six furlongs: Dutch
Rock, 111 (Hill), 9-5, 7-10, 2-5, won;
Zlnkand, 108 (McMartin), 6, 2. 1, sec
ond; Sinn Feinn, 111 (Cavanagh), 4,
7-6. 7-10, third. Time 1:21. Lady
Adelaide, Army Maid, Mawr Lad, Con
Came, Caiithumplan also ran.
THIRD—Six furlongs: Ben Stone,
108 (Eatep), 5-2, 9-10, 1-2, won; Chil
ton Trance, 100 (Claver), 8, 2, 1,
second; Mise Mason, 112 (Gentry), 10,
6, 2, third. Time 1:21 1-5. Eveline,
Maaello, The Fad, Ormonde, Cun-
aiac na.
Court Gives Small
Alimony to Wife
With Good Income
Declaring that the wife was prob
ably making more money than her
husband. Judge Pendleton granted
Mrs. Sadie Gordon but $10 per month
alimony Thursday pending the hear
ing of her divorce proceedings against
J. B. Gordon, a cotton broker, whom
she charges with cruelty.
Mrs. Gordon Is the daughter of the
late Samuel Goldstein, who was killed
in an automobile accident last sum
mer. Since her separation from her
husband she has been operating a
store on Peters street.
“I think this couple should go back
together,” declared Judge Pendleton
during the alimony hearing.
“That’s what I think,” replied Gor
don, Jumping to his feec. “My moth
er-in-law caused the trouble. Sh«
slandered me to my w''fe.”
“That’s a very bad habit you sons-
in-law have of slandering your moth-
era-in-law,” responded the Judge.
“But from my investigation, I be
lieve your wife makes more money
than you do, so I will reduce the ali
mony to $10 per month.”
Girl Is Fined and Man Bound Over
in $500 Bond on Detectives’
Disorderly Charge.
A sweeping Investigation of all
cafe cabarets in Atlanta was ordered
by Recorder Broyles Thursday aft
ernoon following the trial of Evelyn
Gray a pretty young woman resid
ing at No. 69 Auburn avenue, and B.
E. Shirley, arrested on charges of
disorderly conduct in a place operat
ed by E. T. Howell at No. 51 North
Broad street, Monday night.
“From the evidence introduced in
this case,” said the Recorder, “it is
evident that the city Is infested with
a number of such places. They must
be got rid of immediately.
“An investigation to reach the
foundations of this cabaret evil must
be instituted at once, and every man
ager of such a place severely dealt
with.”
The young woman and Shirley
were fined $25.75 each, and Howell
was bound over under $500 bond on
the charge of keeping a disorderly
place.
The restaurant was raided by De
tectives Green and Womack after re
peated complaints had been made
against the place.
School Board Gives
Two Holidays, Then
Adds to Heated Term
The Board of Education at a special
meeting Thursday went through the
farcical process of granting the school
children of Atlanta two extra holidays
next week—Monday and Tuesday be
fore the regular Christmas vacation—-
and adding those two days to the reg
ular school term in June.
The action means much unnecessary
hardship to the school teachers, many
of whom voiced their protests at the
meeting. It adds school days at the
very time of the year when holidays
are most welcome—in the hot spell.
Colonel Walter R Daley, president
of the Board, protested against the
holiday idea, pointing out that it cost
the city of Atlanta $220 a day to run
the school and that to change the
schedule at this time would badly
disorganize things. Mayor Wood
ward, however, suggested the “com
promise,” and that course was finally
followed.
Fights Ousting From
N, C. Hospital Board
RALEIGH, N. C., Dec. 18—R. H.
Saulsbury, a member of the board of
directors of the Central Hospital here,
will bring an injunction or other suit
to prevent his removal from the
board. The action is political and wa»
really started when Governor Craig
appointed enough new' members to
assure the election of a superintend
ent friendly to the administration
Former Governor Kitchin, whose
appointee, Dr. L. J. Plcot, lost the
superintendency of the hospital, is
one of the attorneys for Saulsbury
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—By a
vote of 41 to 37 the Senate this aft
ernoon tabled a separate amendment
to the currency bill offered by Senator
Hitchcock for public ownership of the
stook of regimental reserve bank*.
LATEST
NEWS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Briga
dier General Funston has been order
ed to Galveston to take command of
the Fifth Army Brigade patroling the
Mexican border. Major General Bell
has been ordered to Texas City to
assume command of the Second Di
vision. Maior General William H+,
Carter has been relieved from com
mand of the Second Division and or
dered t oHonolulu, Hawaii, to assume
command of the Hawaiian Depart
ment, relieving Brigadier General
Funston.
NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—Reports
which were given but little credence
In the financial district were in cir
culation to-day to the effect that
Jamgs J. Hill, of the Great Northern
road, would be chairman of the Fed
eral board to be created under the pro
visions of the currency bill. It was
said that President Wilson had of
fered the place to Mr. Hill and has
received an acceptance. The stock
market was considerably stronger as
a result of the report, but confirma
tion of the rumor from Washington
was lacking.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-The first
big function of tne White House so
cial soason will be held to-night when
the President and Mrs. Wilson will
give a dinner to members of the Cab
inet.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Several
of the vessels of the Atlantic fleet
were severely injured during a storm
encountered in crossing the Atlantic,
according to a report which reached
the N«vy Department to-day. A num
ber of the plates on the battleship
Wyoming were loosened during the
storm, and the battleship will have to
g o to dry dock for repairs. The Ar
anas, Utah and Florida all will be
overhauled before resuming active
duty.
EL PASO. TEXAS, Dec. 18.—Gen
eral Villa, the Constitutionalist com
mander, has notified the Terrazas
family that he must be paid a ran
som of $5v>v,000 by sunset Sunday or
Luis Terrazas, Jr. t will be executed,
according to refugees who arrived in
Juarez from Chihuahua to-day. On
the special train that arrived from
Chihuahua were more than 300 for-
eigners, fleeing from the city seized by
the rebels- They included Americans,
Germans, Italians and Spaniards.
VERA CRUZ, Dec. 18.—England
withdrew one of her cruiser squadron
from the Mexican coast to-day. The
Berwick sailed under orders for Ber
muda at noon, but Rear Admiral Sir
Christopher Craddock, commander of
the squadron, is still at Tampico on
the gunboat Hermione.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Assert
ing that men were starving in Chi
cago while President Wiison investi
gates the fun at a carabao dinner,
Representative Mann, minority lead
er, delivered a bitter speech to the
House late this afternoon attacking
Democratic tariff revision and the
administration in general,
NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—President
Charles H. Ebbets, of the Brooklyn
club, declared this afternoon that un
der no circumstances would he con
sider any compromise offer on the
part of the Cincinnati club with ref
erence to Joe Tinker. “I agreed to
pay $25,000 cash for Tinker, and Herr
mann, acting for the Cincinnati club,
accepted the deal,” said Ebbets. “And
that’s the way the deai will stand
I’m goirm to keep Tinker because he’s
my legal property, and I’ll go to the
civil courts to enforce my claim, if
necessary.”
KANSAS CITY, MO., Dec. 18.—
London has nothing on Kansas City
when it comes to fogs. The seventh
dense mist in two weeks swaddled
Kansas City from 10 o’olock last
night until noon to-day, compelling
trains, street cars and all traffic to
proceed with extreme caution. There
were no serious accidents to-day, al
though during the first days of the
fog one was killed and a number in
jured.
LONDON, Dec. 18.—Harry M. Ver-
non, a Kentucky dramatist, was mar
ried at the Registrar’s office to-day to
Grace Adelaide Rose Engleshere, a
pianist who had frequently played
before Queen Elizabeth of Rouma-
nia.
DENVER, Dec. 18.—Several thou
sand mine workers marched from the
hall where they are holding a con
vention to the State Capitol and call
ed upon Governor Ammons to recall
the militia now on duty as a result
of the strike in the Southern Colprado
coal field*. The Governor promised to
investigate the charges anainst Gen
eral Chase, but refused to make any
promisee.
DYING BY
Aldermanic Board Takes Unfa
vorable Action and Official
Declares War.
Declaring he would invoke the ref
erendum to defeat the action of the
Aldermanic Board which Thursday
afternoon killed the proposed salary
raise for City Electrician R. C. Tur
ner, present incumbent of that of
fice, started plans immediately to put
the matter to a vote of the people of
Atlanta.
The proposed raise was from $1,800
to $2,400 per year and had been pass
ed by Council. When the matter
came before the Aldermanic Board it
was killed by a tie vote. Those in
favor of the raise were Aldermen
Spratling, Nutting and Harwell;
those against it were Aldermen Rags
dale, Kelley and Warren.
The principal contention of the
City Electrician was that Alderman
Kelley w r as no elected by the people
to his office and therefore did not
represent them. Kelley was ap
pointed by Council to the unexpired
term of Alderman John E. McClel
land.
B y ^ rules of the referendum,
Turner will be required to get the
signatures of 15 per cent'of the reg
istered voters of the city before he
torn invoke such action. Thirty days
following the filing of the petition
with the City Clerk the vote will be
taken.
“I have enough influence in this
city,” declared tne City Electrician,
"to get these signatures, and many
more if needed, and I am sure that a
referendum vote will revoke and re
buke the Aldermanic Board for their
action.”
The ordinance declaring for the
raise in salary of the City Electrician
would not have been effective unK
the next election, however it was
generally thought that Turner would
be a candidate for re-election.
Scores in Peril When
Floor Sags at Feast
Less than a doxen of the several
hundred persons attending the din
ner after the installation of officers ot
the W. D. Luckie Lodge of Masons,
in West End Wednesday night, were
aware of the fact that they were in
danger from the near collapsing of
the floor of the lodgeroom.
The supports of the floor gave way
and sagged a slight distance, but few
noticed it. The information was com
municated to officers of the lodge, and
the room was emptied without al
lowing anyone to become aware of the
dagger.
Suffrage League to
Probe Atlanta Vice
Headed by Mrs Amelia Woodall,
the Atlanta Equal Suffrage Associa
tion soon will prosecute a searching
probe into vice conditions in Atlanta.
Prominent vice crusaders and po
lice officials will be called upon to as
sist.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Cloudy and cooler
Thursday night; Friday fair.
Doctor Goes to Aid in Auto and
Speeds With Decatur Farmer
to Hospital.
After a terrific race with death, Dr.
Wiley Ansley, of Decatur, probabiy
saved the life of Hugh Hulsey, a
young farmer, who was found in a
field near hia home at Pantherville
with practically the entire side of his
face shot away, Thursday afternoon.
Hulsey had left his home shortly
after noon with a shotgun, saying he
was going hunting. An hour later
he was found lying near a road. A
ha-sty call was sent to Dr. Ansley in
Decatur.
The physician responded in an au
tomobile and upon arriving at the
scene declared the young man could
hardly hope to live unless immediate
surgical attentlo was given him.
After a brief consultation, it was
decided that an attempt should be
made to get him to the Grady Hos
pital. The loss of blood had already
been tremendous and threatened to
prove fatal.
Hulsey was lifted into the auto
mobile and th? race began. When
the hospital was reached the farmer’s
condition was critical. Later 1* was
declared he would live.
Record Shipment of
Turkeys; 1,200 Birds
Weigh 10,000 Pounds
The biggest single consignment of
turkeys ever received in Atlanta i3
expected about next Sunday morning
by a South Broad street dealer.
A solid carload of turkeys from
Rogersville, Tenn., composes the
shipment—10,000 pounds, which
means between 1,000 and 1,200 live
birds.
"Atlanta w r ill consume that in no
time,” said the dealer. “Why, the big
hotels for which we dress turkeys
take 1,000 pounds a day, and one
grocery company will use more than
a ton a week.”
The annual holiday demand for
turkeys is rather heavier than usual,
it w'as said, and the supply was hard
ly sufficient to meet iL
Kenly New Head of
Atlantic Coast Line
NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—J. R. Kenly,
of Wilmington, N. C., to-day was
elected president of the Atlantic
Coast Line to succeed the late Thom
as M. Emerson, whose unexpected
death last month followed an attack
of illness while near Waycross, Ga.,
on a tour of the system.
Mr. Kenly has heretofore been
third vice president in charge of the
operating department of the Coast
Line,
CINCINNATI, Dec. 18.—Chaa. Her
zog, former fielder of the New York
Giants, will be, without doubt, the
next manager of the Cincinnati Reds.
Late this afternoon, after Herzog held
a conference with the directors of the
Cincinnati club, they declared they
favored Herzog’s appointment as
manager, but that final action was up
to Garry Herrmann, president. Im
mediately afterward Herrmann call
ed Herzog into a private room and
they talked over plans relative to the
management of tne team.