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The Atlanta Georgian
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VOL. XII. NO. 121.
ATLANTA, OA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1913.
Copyright. 190« * O PFXTTS p AT NO
By The Georgian Co. ^ lo, MOHR.
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Scored 100 in Close Race With
Seventy-five Competitors—To
Get Bronze Medal.
Friends of M, M. Murphey, of Co
lumbus, Gel, who is well known in
Atlanta, are congratulating him upon
the success of his infant son, Emile
Davis Murphey, who won the first
prize in the baby contest offered by a
national magazine in the East.
Baby Emile will be awarded a
bronze medal for the highest average
made among 76 contestants, which
"as 100. None of his competitors
averaged below 90.
The contest was held at the Colum
bus fair some time ago, under the
auspices of the local Federation of
Woman’s Clubs.
Columbus was proud of the scores
made by her babies. Thomas Chari-
on Hudson, Jr., made an average, ac-
|j fording to the magazine’s measure
ments, of 99.6.
•Joseph Nathaniel King, entered
' "° m the country, made the highest
r, *cord in his division, the score run
ning to 99.5.
Tbe eight babies whose scores
,a nked next to the Murphey baby will
awarded certificates by the mag
azine.
However, Emile is now heralded as
olumbus’ perfect baby.
Stolen ‘Mona Lisa’
Formally Restored
By Italy to France
6peclal Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ROME, Dec. 20.—Leonardo DaVin-
ci’s masterpiece, “LaGloconda,” also
known as “Mona Lisa,” which was
stolen from the Louvre in Paris, was
formally restored to France to-day.
The painting was brought here from
Florence, where it was recovered, in
a special rail wav coach, guarded by
Director Poggi, of the Ufflzl Art Gal
lery, in Florence, several carabineers
and detectives.
Upon the arrival of the train Dr.
Poggi, carrying the precious picture
under his arm and flanked on all sides
by detectives, went to the office of
Professor Credaro, Minister of Public-
Instruction. Dr. Credaro hurried to
the French Embassy, where the paint
ing was given to M. Barrere, the
French Ambassador.
PARIS, Dec. 20.—A committee of
persons connected with the Louvre
to-day raised a fund of $5,000 as a
reward for Senor Gerl, the Florentine
art dealer, through whose efforts the
famous painting, “Mona Lisa," was
recovered.
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Radium Cure Limited
To Surface Cancer
Young Mrs. McAdoo
Is Sick in Hospital
Philadelphia, Dec. 20.—Dr.
Abbe, of New York, and Dr.
"ard E. Kelly, of Johns Hopkins,
9t- success in treating certain
forms of c
cancer with radium has been
announced, pointed out the danger of
Prror ln assuming that their methods
3-1 a PPUcable to forms of cancer oth-
r 'ban surface cancer. Thus far no
successful method has been devised
d Pr"V radium to Internal ancer.
NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—Reports of
the serious illness of Mrs. .Francis K
McAdoo, daughter-in-law of the Sec
retary of the Treasury, were denied
to-day by members of her family.
Captain Isaac Emerson, of Baltimore
stepfather of Mrs. McAdoo, said she
was confined in Roosevelt Hospita
from a slight attack of kidney trou
hie, but that she is expected to be ou
of the institution in several days.
Mendel Beilis Gets
assport FromRussia
*? ec - —A telegram was
,j, from the Governor General
I - Dor, h, Y t . er8bur * Mating that a pass-
d.i o been issued permitting Men-
.* an<1 his family t° leave
ussla Immediately.
THE weather.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Cloudy Saturday ;
l)r °bably local rains Sunday.
$10,000 Mansion Is
Fired by Militants
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BATH, ENG., Dec. 20.—More than
{10,000 damage was done at West-
wood-on-Lansdown, two miles north
of here, when suffragettes burned a
large untenanted mansion to-day. A
quantity of suffrage literature was
found about the ruins.
180 ON DISABLED SHIP.
TOULON, FRANCE, Dec. 20.—The
steamship Portugal, wtih 180 passen
gers aboard, has broken down at sea,
according to a wireless message re
ceived here to-day.
INDIGNATION MEETING PLANNED IN ‘GOSSIP SCHOOL’
GRIEF MAD,
‘Not Trying to Beat
Mayor/ Official of
AlarmSy stem Wires
PUCE
Rachel Wurn, Frantic Over Death
of Parents, Tries to Leap From
Speeding Train.
Driven temporarily insane by tho
sudden death of her father and moth
er, Rachel Leah Wurn, a handsome
German woman, about 30 years old,
was held at police headquarters Sat
urday, after she had terrorized pas
sengers on a Seaboard Air Line train
and at the old Union Station late
Friday afternoon.
An investigation by the Jewish Re
lief Association revealed that she was
en rout© to Birmingham to the home
of her brother-in-law, M. Slaughter.
Mr. Slaughter was telegraphed to
by Chief Beavers Friday night, and
came to Atlanta Saturday to take
charge of the woman.
She was violent during the night,
and came to Atlanta Saturday to
take charge of the woman.
She was violent during the night,
but had been quieted by morning.
After a conference with Mr. Slaugh
ter she apparently was rational.
Tried to Leap From Train.
Miss Worm became insane when
the train w*as a few miles out of At
lanta, and created a panic among the
passengers. She leaped into the aisle,
screaming and tearing at her hair and
clothing
Members of the train crew tried to
quiet her and she fought them. With
two of the railroad men clinging to
her and several passengers trying to
help them, the woman made a leap
for a window and tried to plunge
from the train. She broke the glass
of the window with her hands, but
was prevented from jumping.
Railroad men finally calmed her, and
then telegraphed ahead to the At
lanta police to meet the train. Pa
trolmen Milam and Palmer went to
the station and had a hard time quiet
ing the woman.
Panic in Station.
The station was crowded and a
panic ensued when the woman start
ed to scream and battle with the po
licemen. She was finally overpow
ered and taken to headquarters, where
she was unable to give her name.
The investigation by the Jewish
Relief Association showed that she
had left Germany a short time ago
and come to New York.
Just before she started on the trip
her father died, and soon after she
landed at Ellis Island she received
word that her mother was dead.
It is thought her mind became un
balanced from grief.
Reports that the Okonite Company,
of New York, which built the city’s
new fire alarm system, was endeav
oring to defeat Mayor Woodward in
the next election are vigorously de
nied by J. Delmar Underhiil, a repre
sentative of that company.
In a telegram to The Georgian he
states:
“If Mayor Woodw’ard really be
lieves the statement as published by
your paper, that the Okonite Com
pany is playing politics to get money,
his statement is made in error.
“The Okonite Company, as every
body in Atlanta knows, went into
thU contract in good faith and there
fore is entitled to every dollar con
tracted for by the city. I can not be
lieve for one minute that the Mayor
sincerely thinks that we would try to
influence any opposing candidate, be
cause our relations have always been
very cordial.”
Church Will Teach
Youth Decent Dances
NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—Dancing ia to
be taught the young people of Christ
Church. Bedford avenue. Brook .n, but
not the "tango” or the “turkey trot "
The Rev. Canon Chase, rector, said that
the vestrymen have employed Miss
Beatrice Scholes as dancing teacher.
"There is no greater social problem
confronting the youth of the community
than dancing.” said Canon Chase. "The
underworld has sought fo degrade this
form of amusement, we will aim to up
lift it.”
10 BLAME, MUSTN'T BE
THEY SAY PARCELED
Hot Protest of ‘Community’ Again
Attacks Supt. Merry’s Position.
To Reopen School.
September Morn in
Real Predicament
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20—-Just
because he listened to the luring call
of art, Policeman Charles Tartside
faces charges of conduct unbecoming
an officer.
He designed a postcard with a ban
dit facing “September Morn” and
telling her to “throw up her hands.”
Highland Fling’ Is
Used as Anesthetic
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Dec. 20.—
Too weak to stand an anesthetic,
Stephen Kianastsky, 14, was lulled
to sleep to the tune of “Highland
Mary," while Dr. John N. Bassin re
paired an artery in the boy’s hand.
A 10-year-old girl played the mu
sic.
Briefest Criticism
For Jerome's Play
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Dec. 20 —The following Is
perhaps the briefest dramatic criticism
on record. It appears in The London
Daily Express:
"Jerome K. Jerome’s new piece, *Ro-
bina In Search of a Husband.' was pro
duced last night. It Is described on the
program as an absurd play. It is. '
To morrow's
Sunday American
IS BARRED FROM THE
Atlanta Penitentiary
Because it contains an expose of that insti
tution, written by Julian Hawthorne, but
Atlantans can secure this great story by or
dering from a dealer, or by phoning Main
100. There are dozens of interesting features
in it.
Determined not to be put by Coun
ty Superintendent of School* E. C.
Merry in what they declare is a false
light, parents of the Mayson school
district Saturday formulated plans
for a big Indignation meeting to be
held in the schoolhouse which was
ordered closed on aocount of “gos
sip.”
Jhe school has been ordered re
opened by the County School Board,
who decided that there -was no way
of indicting a community—but the
community is far from satisfied.
Superintendent Merry’s assertion
that the parents made the closing of
the school the only logical step be
cause of their “slanderous gossip”
against two of the young women
teachers has aroused a storm of In
dignation.
Sympat.b vis expressed for the
young women in the case. It is de
clared that they could have been
saved much needless annoyance by a
more tactful solution of the problem
than closing the school, and the lead
ers in the move for the mass meet
ing said Saturday that it was not di
rected in any way against the teach
ers.
The meeting will set forth that the
entire district can hardly be held re
sponsible for any alleged slanders
that two or three persons may have
circulated. It will contend that clos
ing a school and depriving the chil
dren of getting their education Is
hardly the way to punish the guilty
adults.
It was also said that Superintend
ent Merry has never been greatly in
sympathy with the school and that
the establishment of the schoolhouse
was due largely to the efforts of the
residents of the district themselves.
400 Are Poisoned
At Church Supper
ST CHARLES, ILL., Dec. 20 —Four
hundred residents of St. Charles suf
fered from ptomaine poisoning fol
lowing a chicken supper in St. Pat
rick’s Catholic Church.
From midnight until morning eight
physicians did a rushing business.
Moans came to the doctors over the
telephone from all parts of the city at
the same time.
Autoist Arrest Ends
Police Benefactions
EVANSTON, ILL., Dec. 20— Be
cause a friend was arrested and
locked up for speeding against his
protest, A. B. Lord, who has given a
large donation to the police pension
fund every year, announced that he
would never contribute another cent
to the fund.
Baboon a Cocaine
Fiend, Takes Cure
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS, Dec. 20.—A Japanese baboon
called Toble. is a cocaine flend and is
a patient at Saint Anne Asylum.
Tobie arrived at the hospital with his
owner, a noted French actress, who Is
also a victim to the drug habit, and Is
receiving the same treatment In the hos
pital as his mistress got.
Beavers’ Dam Floods
Cellars Near Creek
CRANBERRY, N. J, Dec. 20.—-
When a colony of beavers dammed
the outlet of Cranberry T^ak© the cel
lars of householder* were flooded.
The darn was destroyed. The beav
ers are rebuilding further up.
Distribution of Shares in Volun
tary Dissolution To Be Op
posed by U. S.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-4rhe
Government will closely scrutinize
the plans adopted by the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company
for its surrender of $30,000,000 worth
the stock as was done in the disso-
Company. Any attempt to distribute
the stocks as was done In the disso
lution of the Standard Oil Company
and the American Tobacco Company
will be vigorously opposed by the
Department of Justice.
Attorney General McReynolds will
Insist on complete fulfillment of the
pledge of the telephone trust to aban
don Its control over the Western Un
ion. When the other trusts were
“dissolved” their stock was distributed
proportionately among the stockhold
ers, leaving the control in the handp
of the same individuals. Thus the
decision of the Supreme Court was
rendered practically abortive.
Plan To B© Pressed.
The dissolution plan drawn for the
separation of the Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific Railroads will be
pressed by the Attorney General as
the basis for the separation of the
telephone trust from the Weslorn
Union. Under this the holders of tel
ephone stock would be permitted *o
subscribe for Western Union stock
only after surrendering their tele
phone securities.
Advocates of Government owner
ship of telephone and telegraph lines
declared to-day that the surrender of
the telephone trust without forcing
the Government to go Into the courts
was only due to the fact that it “had
seen the handwriting on the wall.”
They asserted that their promise of
dissolution had been forced by the
recommendations of Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson in his report calling for
government control.
They said, however, that the acilon
of the trust would result In there be
ing no legislation at the present ses
sion relating to government owner
ship.
Ownership Fight to Go On.
Representative D. J. Lewis, of
Maryland, said to-day that the volun
tary dissolution would have no effect
on his fight for government owner
ship of interstate telephone facilities.
The pledge of the telephone com
pany to abandon control over the tel
egraph lines was asserted bv attaches
of the Department of Justice to be
the greatest moral victory ever won.
They declared the surrender of the
trust would prove that the Adminis
tration was not opposed to “big busi
ness,” but would aid it in every pos
sible way to the benefit of both the
public and the business Itself.
The President’s Letter.
President Wilson wrote a letter to
the Attorney General approving the
dissolution plan. It was one of
the most interesting documents made
public in connection with the settle
ment. It reads
My Dear Mr. Attorney Genera’.
Thank you for leting me see
the letter from the American Tel
ephone and Telegraph Company.
It is very gratifying that the com
pany should thus volunteer to
adjust its business to the con
ditions of competition.
I gain the impression more and
more from week to week that the
business men of the country are
sincerely desirous of conforming
with the Law, and it is very grat
ifying. indeed, to have occasion,
as in this instance, to deal with
them in complete frankness and
to be able to show them that all
we desire is an opportunity to
co-operate with them. Bo long as
we are dealt with in this spirit we
can help to build up the business
of the country upon sound and
permanent lines
Cordially and sincerely yours,
WOODROW WILSON.
Girl Lost 4 Years
Sought in Atlanta;
Money Awaits Her
A four-year search for a pretty girl
centered .Saturday in Atlanta through
the receipt by Chief Beavers of a let
ter from Mrs. Pattie Moore, of No.
208 Hermitage avenue. Kinston, N. C„
asking him to find her daughter,
Arna.
Mrs. Moore said she had received
information that the girl had been
seen in Atlanta by a former acquaint
ance, but that she didn’t know
whether she was married or not.
Mrs. Moore added that lately she
had come into a sum of money which
she wished to give to the girl, wher
ever she was. Chief Beavers detailed
Pollceifian Chandler to make a thor
ough search for the girl.
Stabbed by Man He
Says Wronged Sister
Suffering from Utah wounds in the
head and body inflicted by a man
whom he charges with having wrong
ed his sister, J. R. Cash, of No. 127
Jefferson street, will be tried in Po
lice Court on charges of disorderly
conduct. The man who did the cut
ting. who Cash says is Norman Jones,
of No. 121 Jefferson street, Is sought
by the police.
The. boy’s sister, Ir.ora Cash, 18,
witnessed the battle in the parlors
and on the front porch of the Cash
home, w’here Jones was calling on the
girl.
Mistrial Is Result
In Stock Fraud Case
GREENSBORO. Dec. 20.—The case
of D. E. Moorefield, charged with
cheating and swindling by selling
worthless stock in the Gray Car Door,
of Atlanta, resulted in a mistrial in
the City Court here.
The prosecutor, J. H. Bowles, a
prominent planter, of Greene Coun
ty, alleges that Moorefield sold him
$1,500 stock and traded the notes to
the Bank of Colbert, Ga. The stock
in the company Is alleged to he
worthless.
Paymaster of Wilson
Yacht Loses His Place
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. Passed
Assistant Paymaster Edward Little,
U. S. N., on duty for the last three
years with the President's yacht May
flower. “Is no longer in the service
of the navy.”
Secretary Daniels said he did not
care to comment on the case.
Here’s One That You
Can’t Even Sneeze
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 The so
cial announcers of Washington have
met their Waterloo In the pronuncia
tion of the name of the Siamese Min
ister. It is Phya Prabhakaravonga.
There is more of It in his native
tongue, but that is all he carries
about for ordinary use.
The
In-a-Hurry
People
You see on the streets to day are
by no means so occupied thst they
fall to take advantage of the “pick
ups" advertised In the “For Sale"
columns of the “Want Ad” Section.
Many letters similar to the fol
lowing are mailed to us dally:
Gumming. Ga.. Dec. 17, 1913
The Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta, Ga
Gentlemen Please discontinue
our ads In your “Want Ad” col
umns and send us the bills eo we
can pay you. We have sold out,
and have nothing to advertise
The Georgian certainly is a good
advertising medium
Yours truly,
A. W. PRUITT, Prop
HEARSTS AMERICAN and
GEORGIAN
‘WANT AD" Columns is
THE MARKET PLACE
FOR ALL THE
PEOPLE
SENATE’S
DRAFT 10
Members, Anxious to Get Home,
May Accept Measure With
out Conference.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—
The prospect of passage of the
currency bill at oince by the
House as it came from the Sen
ate without going to conference
for argument was the situation
shortly after the House eonvenerl
just before noon to-day. The
members were anxious to get the
bill disposed of so they could get
home for Christmas and were in
dine dto hurry the hill, which it
was admitted hv the opposition,
there was no prospect of stop
ping.
W hen the bill, fresh from last
night’s victory In the Senate, was ’aid
before the House, Chairman Glass,
of the House conference committee,
moved at once that the House dis
agree to all Senate amendments and
send the currency bill to conference.
Glass Pessimistic.
Minority Leader Mann asked Glass
about the prospects for an Immediate
agreement In conference. Glass re
plied :
"I say frankly tl do not see any
chance for an immediate agreemenr.”
"You do not think you will be able
to report back to the House late t ►-
day?” asked Mann.
“I certainly do not,” replied Glass,
who resents the action of the Senate
In appointing so many conferees on
the bill. Glass wanted only three
conferees named by each body, and
asserted that with practically the full
membership of the two Banking and
Gurrency Committees acting as con
ferees the conference will resemble a
tpwn meeting.
Hardwick Balks.
Representative Austin, of Tennes
see, moved that the House agTee to
the Senate amendments immediately.
His motion was ruled out of order
Glass sought to argue with Repre
sentative Hardwick, of Georgia, who
insisted that the House appoint as
many conferees as the Senate had
done. Hardwick said he never would
give his consent to the House ap
pointing but three.
Glass replied that Hardwick's con
sent was not absolutely necessary and
that the members of the House Cur
rency Committee all were agreed as
to their policy. He added that they
wanted to go home as soon as pos
sible.
Maojrity leader Underwood tried
to convince HardwMck that he should
agree to the motion, w hich would send
the bill to conference, and later fight
out the question as to how many
conferees should be named.
Prepares for Vote.
L’nderwood finally obtained unani
mous consent to take the bill from
the Speaker’s table and consider U,
and Representative Murray, of Okla
homa, made the motion that instead
of disagreeing to the Senate amend/-
ments the House should concur in
them, taking the bill as it came over
from the upper body.
Before Representative Murray's
motion to concur could be put it
necessary to read the entire bill as it
came from the Senate, Mr. Mann
demanding that all of the amend
ments be read The clerk accordingly
began the long task of reading the
bill.
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