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DID YOU KNOW
your feet weigh more
WHEN YOU ARE ASLEEP?
That's Only One of a Hundred Interesting Things
Revealed in
NEXT SUNDAY’S AMERICAN
The Atlanta Georgian
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VOL. XII. NO. 120.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1913.
By
Copyright. 1906
r The Georgian Co.
2 CENTS, 'iiohr 0
FINAL*
GOSSIPERS ARE PUNISHED BY SCHOOL HEAD
Frolic With Tech
Boys To-night and
Help Xmas Fund
Board Orders Mayson District
Term Reopened—Buggy Rides
Started Gossip.
Residents of the Mayson School
District are enduring a closed school-
use and are up in arms against
Fulton County Superintendent of
.Si ools E. C, Merry on account of
• losing qf their school because o?
alleged gossip.
Several da vs ago parents were sur.
rised to have their children return
from school with the statement that
h 1 teacher was gone. They did not
wait long in ignorance. D. W. Will-
ngham. a leader of the Chattahoochee
River community, came to them with
a letter of explanation from Superin
tendent Merry.
It recited that two teachers had
< ome to him and resigned because the
arents of their pupils talked about
\em, and, what was more surprising
to the members of the community,
added:
"On account of the long and slan
derous tongues of some members of
ihe ' 'immunity the school is ordered
closed.”
Known as Letter Writer.
Superintendent Merry had already
gained fame as a letter writer by a
* • ommunication recently published in
The Messenger, an organ of Park
Street Methodist Church, in which re
riticiaed the heads of the church for
arbitrarily” changing Dr. S. R. Belk
tr im that charge to presiding elder of
the Gainesville District. That caused
him trouble, but it didn't arouse half
(he indignation the school letter did.
The residents of the Mayson Dts-
:rict swooped down on the County
Board of Education Thursday and
demanded an explanation. Superin
tendent Merry’s letter vas read to the
board. It caused mingled laughter
and anger.
The Mayson District people be
ared tha such a letter was a reflec-
ion on them.
How Gossip Began.
When the board heard the case, it
developed that Miss Myrtle Fain and
Miss Fronla Brooks, the two teach
er*, had complained to Superinten
dent Merry that certain persons in
the community were slandering them.
One of the young women had to go
wo miles from her boarding house
to the school. Because a kindly dis
posed neighbor of the opposite
took her to the school in a bugb7
the young ’woman said the people ,
began to talk.
The other young woman said the
slander against her had a similar
foundation.
They both resigned.
The board decided that an Indict
ment could not be brought against a
wii'.ie community, and that the school
- old be reopened January 1. The
gossip W as branded as all slander and
false.
All Settled, Says Merry.
"It was just a lot of women’s gos-
S; P." said Superintendent Merry. “It
*- s all settled now, and I don’t see
G.ny reason for saying anything about
* in the papers.
We couldn’t very well accuse the
* h .le community of circulating the
■•t'brous stories about the two
Joung women. We did the next best ^
^ ng and closed the school so as to |
^ Pline the persons who had been
rpp P'-'nsible for the lies. The young
* men who are teaching have got to
- Protected.
* he school board met and found
*bat there was jnothing to investi-
fatr- ?0 f ar ag the yqung women were
c ineemed. It was the gossiping wom-
fri u 'ho were to blame. Because one
1 '* young women had two miles to
* ‘ school and a man of the com-
m r ky took her in his buggy, the
’ - started wagging. Before it,
" irough there were all sorts of;
gjip* ’ * ' in circulation and there was |
It’s ready!
A whirlwind of laughter *nd fun
' is awaiting you at the Grand The- !
ater Friday night when the Tech
boys give their annual dramatic
performance. The curtain will be
raised promptly at 8:30 o’clock.
Everyone in Atlanta who is in
sympathy with the Empty Stock
ing Fund—and that’s everybody—
should go to this show. One-quar
ter of the proceeds will be donated
to the fund.
After the show there will be a
dance at Segadlo’s Hall. A small
admission will be charged to fill
the empty stockings.
Help the little ones to a merry
Christmas, and have a good time
your3elf by taking in these events.
ACT VETOED
AT CHARLESTON.
Urges Public Hearing of Protests
Before Council Again Acts
on Measure.
The City Smoke
strengthen the
Board's plan to
smoke ordinance In
Atlanta Main Point
In Chicagoans’ Tour
Of Southern States
W. H. Johnson, commercial agent
in Atlanta for the Nashville, Chatta
nooga and St. Louis Railroad, Friday
received notification from the head
offices of the road that the trade ex-
tcT sion committee of the Chicago
Chamber of Commerce is completing
arrangements for a trip through the
States of the Southeast in January
and that Atlanta will be included In
the. itinerary.
A special train will carry the Chi
cagoans on the tour, which isj expect
ed to have far-reaching commercial
results. Several hundred industrial
concerns will be represented.
Mr. Johnson called the attention of
W. H. Leahy, secretary of the indus
trial and statistical bureau, to the
approaching invasion of Chicago
merchants and manufacturers, and
Mr Leahy immediately communicated
with Mell R. Wilkinson, incoming
president of the Chamber of Com
merce, suggesting that a formal invi
tation be extended to the Chicagoans.
Corporation Loses
Fight to Limit Suits
In a number of cases decided by
the Supreme Court Friday, involving
the Central Power Company, of Ma
con, and various litigants, the court
held that where a power company op
erates through its lines, dams and at
tachments in various counties it is not
necessary for parties moving for dam
ages to proceed to the county in which
the company is located at headquar
ters for the purposes of suit. Suit
may be brought in any county in
which the alleged damages arise.
The Central Power Company has
held to the view that it could be sued
only at headquarters.
Bill Calls for New
Georgia Judgeship
WASHINGTON. Dec. 19.—A bill io
create an additional district ji*ig-p for
Georgia was introduced in the House
to-day by Congressman Edwards, of
the First Georgia District, who wants
to relieve the congestion of business
in the Northern and Southern Dis
tricts.
Tlie bill provides that the new
judge shall reside at Savannah and
shall hold the district courts of the
Eastern Division of the Southern Dis
trict of Georgia, and may be assigned
to preside In any other division of
either district In the State.
Owes $778,877; Has
$100: Promoter Fails
BOSTON, Dec. 19.—Colonel Isaac
VanHorn, a Boston promoter, hav
ing a handsome summer home at
Holderness, N. H , has on file a bank
ruptcy petition giving his liabilities
at $778,877 and his assets as $100.
yuan would be dictator.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PEKIN, Dec. 19.—President Yuan
Shih-K'ai to-day issued a mandate
suggesting the definite termination
of the Chinese Parliament. Dissolu
tion of Parliament would place Yuan
Shih-K’ai in the position of dictator, ing to •‘p
the movement to abate the smoke
nuisance in Atlanta was referred
back to Council for more deliberate
consideration by the veto of Mayor
Woodward Friday. His action was
taken at the behest of a large num
ber of citizens who called to register
their protest.
The present law is that no furnace
shall be permitted to emit black
smoke for mere than twelve mtnutee
to the hour. The law proposed by the
Smoke Board and passed by Council
reduces that limit to six minutes to
the hour and Includes all residences
with as much as a thousand feet ra
diation within the jurisdiction of the
law.
After .Mayor Woodward had heard
Smoke Inspector Poole and Chairman
R. M. Harwell, of the Smoke Hoard,
outline the reasons why it was nec
essary to strengthen the law and the
owners of the smoke producers had
insisted that it fvould work a hard
ship on them, he said:
Wants Public Hearing.
"I think the movement to reduce
the smoke evil in Atlanta is a good
thing, but I don't want to work any
hardship on the industrial interests. t
“I want you to understand that you
must not take my veto of this meas
ure as a disapproval. The law is not
intended to go into effect until April,
and I understand that you were not
elven an opportunity of a public hear
ing. Therefore, I will send It back to
Council for a public-hearing before
its repassage."
Of the 30 or 40 men present In
spector Poole said he thought all of
them had complied with the twelve-
minute law-. There were manufac
turers, office building owners, hotel
men, but most conspicuous w-ere the
laundrymen. Someone Jokingly re
marked that the meeting looked like
a laundrymen’s conspiracy to keep
smoke circulating.
Among those present were Attorney
Ed Meyer, W. F. Wineooff, E. G. Grif
fin, of the Bell Laundry; E. H. Wil
son. of the Troy Laundry; W J.
Stoddard. George H. Eauss, of the
Capital City Laundry: Councilman C.
D. Knight, of the Piedmont Laundry;
A. H. Harris, of the Atlanta Paper
Company; Julian Boehn, Charles
Wynn and J. F. Letton.
They declared that they had been
put to great expense to comply with
the twelve-minute law and now a
year later it was demanded that they
must live up to a law just twice as
strict.
No Added Expense.
"I want to say that no one who had
made proper provisions to comply
with the twelve-minute law will be
put to any expense to meet the six-
minute law," said Inspector Poole
‘‘The reason for this law is that in
many cases I find that through care
less firing plants are making smoke
nine and ten minutes to the hour.
There is no reason why this should
not be reduced to six minutes to the
hour.”
Inspector Poole said that he exer
cised discretion in making cases.
Mayor Woodward questioned his right
to exercise any auch discretion.
“When the law Is being violated, it
is up to you to make a case," said
the Mayor.
“Another thing I want to say, gen
tlemen, is that so long as the city
schoolhouses and other municipal
buildings are violating the law I am
reluctant to demand that you obey It."
All present agreed that the smoke
nuisance still was very bad in At
lanta, and they expressed a desire to
co-operate in reducing it.
"I want you to understand this per
fectly," said Chairman Harwell. “You
can’t co-joperate unless you are will-
end a little money.”
FIRST—Five and one-half fur-
longB: Cliff Maid 103 (Turner), 11-5,
7- 10, 1-3, won; Kettle Drum 106 (Con
nolly), 4, 2, even, second; Dick’s Pet
100 (McTaggart), 8, 3, 7-5, third. Time
1:10 1-5. Also ran: Sir Caledore, Belle
of Normandy, Peacock. Steliata
SECOND—Five and one-half fur
longs: Flatbush 99 (McTaggart), 5,
8- 5, 7-10, won; Bulgarian 100 (Mur
phy), 4, 7-5, 7-10, second; No Man
ager 104 (Nathan), 12, 5 5-2, third.
Time 1:09 3-5. Also ran: Roger Gor
don, Rocnlr, Woodrow, Belle Torre.
THIRD—Mile and a quarter: Out-
lan 101 (Ward), 7, 6-2, 4-5, won: Ja
bot 110 (McTaggart), 11-5, 11-10, 3-5,
second: Earl of Savoy 105 (Turner),
16, 6, 2, third. Time 2:11. Also ran:
EJla Crane, Spindle, Dynamite, and
Charles F. Grainger.
FOURTH—Seven furlongs: Celesta
104 (Goose), 12-5, 9-20, 1-6, won;
Shackieton 112 (Glass), 13-20, 1-8,
1-15, second; Armor 107 (Ferguson),
100, 25, 4, third. Time 1:29 3-5. Also
ran: Cracker Box, Star Bottle Ta Nun
Da.
FIFTH—Six furlongs: Sherlock
Holmes 115 (Byrne), 11-5, even, 3-5,
won; Prince Chap 115 (Goose), 5, 5-2,
6-5, second; Early Light 107 (De-
tronde), 9, 7-2, 2, third. Time 1:16 4-5.
Also ran: Dr. Jackson, Stentor, Bat-
(wa. Snowflakes, Captain Jinks, Lady
Orimar. La Sainrella, Mad River,
Union Jack. Margerum.
SIXTH—Mile: Sir Denrah 112
(Doyle), 11-5, even, 1-2, won; Reno
104 (McCahey), 9, 4, 2, second; Schal.
ler 104 (Callahan), 7, 5-2, 6-5, third.
Time 1:44 3-5. Also ran: Moisant,
Ada, Beachsand, Monkey, Pikes Peak,
Deerfoot, Hagman, Port Arlington,
Judge Monck.
WASHINGTON, Dec 19.— The |
Owen substitute for the House cur
rency bill was adopted in committee
of the whole of the Senate to-day.
NEW YORK, Deo. 19.—With a cer
tified oheck for $15,000, President
Charles H. Ebbets, of the Brooklyn
club, to-day left for Cincinnati hoping
to induce the Cincinnati club direc
tors to change their minds and turn
Joe Tinker over to the Brooklyn
I club.
NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—Summoned
by wireless, the revenue cutter Itasca J
and several tugs are rushing to the|
aid of the crew of eight men aboard
the schooner John R. Wooley which
went on the rocks off Gardners island j
at the entrance to Long Island Sound j
soon after noon.
Solicitor’s Statement as to Time
Slip Taken From Factory Is
Vigorously Assailed.
AT JUAREZ.
FIRST—Five and one-half fur
longs: Prospero Boy 98 (Gentry), ,
8-5, 4-5, Won; Hykl 98 (Neylon), 7-5,
2-5, out, second; Tlgelia 96 (Phillips).
20, 8, 4, third. Time 1:18. Also ran:
Ida Cook, Ajax. Christmas Eve, Hat-
1 if Mo., Meshach.
SECOND—Six furlongs: Ave 90
(Haynes), 3, even, 2-6, won; Rioja 115
(Claver), 7, 5-2, even, second; Frank
Wooden 110, (Gross), 9-5, 3-5, 1-3,
third. Also ran: Oscuro, Gold Dust.
THIRD—Six furlongs: No Quarter
110 (Booker), 5. 7-5, 3-5, won; Oordie
F. 100 (Dlshman), 15, 6, 5-2, second;
Eye White 115 (Hill), 8-5, 2-5, 1-5,
third. Time 1:22 3-5. Also ran: Art
Rick, Koroni, Swift Sure.
Race Entries on Page 15.
Chief Construction
Engineer of L. & N. Is
New N.C.&St.L.Head
NASHVILLE. Dec. 19 —John Howe
Peyton, chief engineer of construction
of the Louisville and Nashville Rail
road, was to-day elected president
and a director of the Nashville, Chat
tanooga and St. Louie Railway, ef
fective April 1, 1914, to succeed John
W. Thomas, Jr., who died Wednes
day.
The delay in Mr. Peyton taking of
fice Is due to the road’s charter pro
vision that a president or director
must be a bona fide stockholder for
at least 90 days. For the Interim
Major E. C. Lewis, chairman of the
board, was elected president.
Mr. Peyton was elected general
manager of the road, effective Janu
ary 1 He has been prominent of late
in the construction of the now' Lewis-
burg and Northern Railroad, a Louis
ville and Nashville line, and has been
a distant to President Milton H.
Smith, of the Ix)uisvilel and Nash
ville. He was ulso In charge of much
of the construction work on the Louis
ville and Nashville line between Car-
tersville and Etowah, for the Atlanta-
Cincinnati trunk line*.
Attorneys for Leo M. Frank an
nounced Friday that they were en
gaged in the preparation of a supple
mental brief, in which they proposed
to call to the attention of the Supreme
Court of Georgia portions of Solicitor
General Dorsey’s argument and brief,
which, they assert, are filled with
glaring misstatements and misrepre
sentations.
One of the statements of the Solici
tor which the defense is attacking
most vigorously In its supplemental
brief is in reference to the time slip
taken out of the clock by Frank the
morning after the murder of Mary
Phagan in the National Pencil Fac
tory.
The Solicitor claimed that this time
slip never reached tho hands of the
authorities, and that another had bean
suhstltued for It with three punches
missing in order to throw suspicion
on New t Lee, the night watchman.
Frank’s counsel insist in the brief
they are preparing that this is willful
and Inexcusable perversion of the sv-
idence, for which there is absolutely
no warrant In the record.
Point to Trial Testimony.
They point to the testlmbny In the
trial to bear them out. They contend
that everything in the record brands
the Solicitor's statement* and Insinu
ations on this subject as false and
grossly unfair. The evidence, accord
ing to their assertions, shows that
Frank removed the time slip in the
* presence of the officer*, commented
on it, marked It ’’April 26, 1913,” and
later turned it over to Chief of De
tectives Lanford.
This same slip was produced by tho
prosecution at the trial, they say, with
the notation of the date rubbed oat.
F*rank was given the slip to explain
to the jury in his formal statement.
He looked It over and remarked that
he had made the notation, but that it
had been rubbed out. He did not
know' by whom. The slip contained
three "skips,” indicating that tho
night watchman nad missed punching
the clock that number of times.
Solicitor Dorsey, at the conclusion
of Frank’s stntement.lt Is cited, arose
and explained that he had made the
erasures, believing them to have been
made by the detectives to identify the
slip.
Dorsey Also to File Brief.
There is nothing In any of the tes
timony, therefore, Frank’s lawyers
contend, to warrant the Solicitors
claim that there was a substltutian.
The evidence points exactly to the op
posite conclusion, It is held
Other points in the Solicitor's ar
gument are taken up and compared
with the brief of evidence to show
that there has buen misstatement "r
misrepresentation. The supplemental
brief will be finished next week, and
will be filed w’ith t;»e Clerk of the Su
preme Court. Solicitor Dorsey also
will be served with a copy.
The Solic tor asked the privilege of
, filing a supplemental brief, making
assertions against the defense similar
to those made against him.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—Making
of a false statement either verbally or
in writing “for the purpose of bring
ing on a stringency in the money
markets of this country” is made an
offense against the Government pun
ishable by not less than ten years’
imprisonment and a fine of not less
than $5,000 in a bill offered in the
House to-day by Representative
Church, of California.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 19.—The
damaged battleship Vermont will ar
rive in Hampton Roads early to-mor
row under tow by the naval tug Sono
ma, according to a wireless dispatch
to the Navy Department from the
battleship Delaware this afternoon.
WASHINGTON Dec. 19.—Senator
Newlands this afternoon demanded
that another Democratic conference
be held on the currency bill to con
sider the number of regional reserve
b*nks Only ten names are required
on a petition for a conference and the
opinion wa* expressed that these
names would be obtained, thus de
laying the vote which President Wil
son and the Administration leaders
confidently hoped for to-day.
* WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—A fine of
[ $300 or three months imprisonment,
• or both, is the punishment for dis-
! crimination against the uniform for
I Uncle Sam wnich Secretary of War
Garrison proposed t> Congress to-
f day. He would have thi' inflicted
! upon owners of theaters, hotels or
common carriers discriminati ag
against the army, navy o' marine
corps.
Aged Man Partly Intoxicated
Found in Place—Keeper
Denies Selling Whisky.
BATON ROUGE, LA., Dec 19 —
The whole student body of the Louis
iana State University is searching the
oity and vicinity for Henry Boyd, son
of the preaident of the university,
who disappeared Wednesday night.
His brother left him in bed and tnat
was the last seen of him.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—The
I eighth of the series of tho peace
f treaties between the United States
> and foreign nations was signed by
' Secretary of State Bryan and Senor
» Peynardo, Minister from Santo Do
mingo to-day. The Dominican treaty
: provides that neither of the con-
; tracting parties shall go to war with
leach other until the auestions at is-
i sue have been submitted to a court
i of five members.
PEORIA. ILL., Dec. 19.—H M
Pindell, President Wilson’s nominee
■s Ambassador to Russia, appeared
in the police court this afternoon a*
a witness in cases involving the own
ership of three disorderly resorts.
PindeH's paper has been taking the
lead in a vice war. Attorney for the
defendant subponaed Pindell.
NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—The United
States Circuit Court of Appeals de-
; cided to-day that the Waltham Watcn
i Company, of Waltham, Mass., could
I not force Charles A. Keene, a New
! York jeweler, to stoo selling watches
at a price less than that set by the
' manufacturers for domestic trade.
MEXICO CITY, Doc. 19.—War
Minister Blanquet’s famous regiment,
the Twenty - ninth, which has taken
part in more active fighting in the
past three years than any otner, was
sent to-day to drive b*ck the rebels
from the Federal District. Two troop
trains, carrying 200 soldiers, have left
for Cuernavaca to give battle to the
Zapatistas. Rebels have entered the
city of San Luis Potosi and part of
it has been looted.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—So rap
idly has the parcel post business
grown that practically all of the mil
lion dollars appropriated for it for
the present fiscal year already has
been used. Postmaster General Bur
leson informed the House to-day. He
asked for another million dollars to
run the service until June 30, 1914.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19—J. M.
Davis, general manager of the South
ern Pacific, who has resigned to be
come president of an Eastern rail
road, stated to-day that the road was
not the Monon. Mr. Davis declined to
say with what road he would take
service.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 19.—An
nouncement was made this afternoon
by Attorney General McReynolds
that Special Assistant James W. Orr
had about completed a petition pro-
viding for the separation of the Cen
tral Pacific Railroad from control by
the Union Pacific. Such a suit will
be filed by the Department of Justice
within a short time.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 19. —
Swarthmore this afternoon accepted
the challenge of Haverford for a foot-
! ball contest November 21, 1914, and
for the first time in ten vears these
famous old-time rivals will meet on
What Is considered by the police
the most Important capture in the
blind tiger crusade was effected Fri
day afternoon when detectives m
raiding a house at No. 140 Rawson
ptreet took Into custody Mrs. Ella
Bryant, a pretty young woman, de
clared to be the operator of a whole
sale dispensary of contraband goods.
In the house, which Mrs. Bry.nJ
claimed as her home, a great quan
tity of liquor was found carefully hid
den away.
J. I, Flay, an aged man, also was
arrested In the raid. Clay, who gave
his home at No. 73 DeKalb avenue,
was partly Intoxicated. In his cloth
ing wa* found a bottle of whisky
corresponding to the quality in *„h<3
Bryant ‘house.
Three barrels of pint bottles of
liquor were found concealed in a
closet In the house; also one trunk
full and two cases. Several empty
liquor barrels were discovered in th-
rear of the building.
The raid followed the arrest of W.
P. Clay, son of J. J. Clay, on Decatur
street, Friday shortly after noon. Clay
was charged with violating the liquor
law r and taken to the police station.
From his statements information was
gained which led to the arrest of the
Bryant woman.
Mrs. Bryant declared that the
liquor found in her home was for
her private consumption. She was
locked up on a charge of suspicion
The elder Clay also was held.
the gridiron.
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 19.—Denounc
ing the system of education taught
by Dr. M*ria Montessorj n* being
valueless, Mrs. R. L. Craig, a member
of the City Board of Education, to
day prevented the expenditure of
more fund* to experiment with the
system. Supplies needed for promot
ing the instruction advocated by the
noted Italian woman were denied the
schools of Los Angeles by the board.
Judge Warns Auto
Thieves as He Gives
One 6-Month Term
CHICAGO. Dec. 19.—A iury In Fed
eral Judge Mack's court this afternoon
returned a verdict of guilty in the
case of Robert Linn, a mining pro
moter, charged with using the mails
to defraud. The Government alleged
that Linn attempted to sell $10,000,-
000 worth of stock in a mine that
was valueless.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.— Six-year
terms for members of the House of
Representatives with a popular recall
[ governed by State law in each in
stance were proposed by Representa
tive Kent, of California, to-day in a
joint resolution.
President's Critic
May Lose His Post
Shot in Face on Hunt,
Farmer, 32, Is Dead
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—A letter
calling President Wilson’s "History of
the American People" a "joke," and
declaring It “full of torylsm of the
worst kind.” may cost George Fred
Williams, of Massachusetts, the post
of Minister to Greece.
Thi* letter, which Williams wrote
several years ago to former Senator
Pettigrew, of South Dakota, has
reached the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations, and Williams'
nomination ia being held up.
Hugh V. Hulsey, a farmer, who was
accidentally shot while hunting near
East Lake Thursday afternoon. died
Friday morning at a priv> te sanita
rium. He was 32 years eld.
The hunter was in the act of leap
ing over a rail fence when his shot
gun slipped and exploded, tearing
away the right side of hia face.
CHICAGO, Dec. 19.—Mrs. Alice
Davie Sing walked out of Judge Mc
Donnell’s court room a free woman
this afternoon. Her trial for the
murder of Charley Sing, her husband,
a wealthy Chinese restaureteur, came
to a sudden end when the court di
rected the jury to bring in a verdict
of not guilty. Judge McDonnell held
that the evidence of the State was
insufficient.
LONDON, Dec. 19.—A woman be
lieved to be a suffragette was ar
rested to-day while trying to sho
past the guards at Buckingham Pal
ace. She told the police she wanted
to see Queen Mary. The authorities
believe, however, that she was trying
to got into the reception room where
King George was receiving delegates
to the international conference on
sea safety.
PEKIN, Dec. 19.—8hah Kai Fu,
who was Chinese Consul at New York
from 1904 to 1908 was appointed to
day Chinese Minister at Washington
to succeed Chang Yin Tang.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Cloudy Friday night
and Saturday.
I
FORT SMITH, ARK., Dec. 19.—Just
as Mrs. J. F. Wright was about to
become a mother to-day she was
seired with congestion of the lungs
and apparently died. The physician
f applied a pulmotor and revived her.
I The child was born and following its
I birth Mrs. Wright died. The child
( lived an hour,
Teachers See “Farce"
In Board's Agreement
On Holiday Extension
Announcing thrt ho was deter
mined to break un the stealing of
automobiles in Atlanta. Judge An
drew Calhoun Imposed a six months'
sentence in the county chalngang on
Frank Corry, 17 years old, Friday.
The young man pleaded guilty to
stealing a tire from the automobile of
Howard Pattlllo, which he had used
for a ride December 15. Corry has
been in the courts a number of times
recently, but been released upon his
brother agreeing to pay for the use
of the automobiles he had ridden In.
Corry pleaded guilty when brought
before Judge Calhoun Friday morning
and Pattlllo expressed a desire not to
prosecute him.
Displays Roll in
Cafe; Loses $580
Police Friday were searching for a
pickpocket who got a wallet contain
ing $580 from R. R. Whitehead, a
fruit-tree dealer of Kingston, Ga., on
Thursday afternoon.
Whitehead had come to Atlanta to
purchase Rome mules. He displayed
his money in a downtown restaurant
when he paid for hi* lunch by peeling
a bill from the roll.
Santa Costume Takes
Fire; Woman Burned
What Is regarded by the teachers
of the Atlanta public schools a.s a
"farcical move" was the response of
the Board of Education to the demand
for additional holidays this Christ
mas. Monday and Tuesday were
added as holidays, but two days will
be added to the school term in the
heat of June.
Friday Is the last day of school un
til after the Christmas holidays, Jan
uary 5, and 25,000 will immediately
begin the celebration, of Christmas.
President W. R. Daley said that the
two extra holidays practically meant
a confiscation .of $4,400 of school
money.
After that remark, Mayor Wood
ward made a motion that the tw r o
days be added to the school term
next June, and It was unanimously
adopted.
Jesse Wood Boomed
For Mayor Pro Tern
With the race for Mayor Pro T -;n
between Aldermen I. N. Ragsdale and
J. R. Nutting practically a tie and
embarrassing to a number of mem
bers of Council who are friends of
both, it was discovered Friday that
the custom of electing a Mayor Pro
Tern from the Aldermanic Board was
only a precedent and not a law.
Accordingly a boom was started r or
Councilman Jesse M. Wood, of the
Sixth Ward, for the place. Many be
lieve Councilman Wood will get the
place on a compromise.
KNOXVILLE, TENN, Dec. 19 —
Miss Sophia Preston while assisting
her sister, a school-teacher, in play
ing Santa Claus for the latter’s pu
pils was seriously burned about the
face thi* morning. Her costjame
caught fire. I
Spurious $10 Bills
Flood Ohio Valley
LOUISVILLE, KY. Dec. 19.—Ohio
Valley cities and towns are flooded
with counterfeit $10 bills. Buffalo d-
- rr n I Oh 1 . i • ‘ ■ k - mark C jn 1
plate No. 634, Mar
in Louisville and
check-mark C
lany have been
l '"’ineinnati,