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<1 JLJ1 n A ULUllUlAiV -A.MJ IN 1\ \V J5. STOCK OF PHONE TRUST U. S. OWNERSHIP BILL II WASHINGTON, Der. 20—The Government will closely scrutinize the plans adopted by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company for its eurrender of $30,000,000 worth the stock as wai done In the dleso- t’ompany. 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 McKeynoIds will Insist on complete fulfillment of the pledge of tlie telephone trust t<> 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 hands of the same individuals. Thus the decision of the Supreme Court was rendered practically abortive. Plan To Be 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 to Mibscribe for Western Union stoca only after surrendering their tele phone securities. Advocates of Government owner ship of telephone and telegraph lines declared to-day that the surrender of t lie telephone trust w ithout forcing the Government to go into the courts was only due to the fact that ii “hod seen tlie handwriting on the well." They asserted that their promise dissolution had been forced by the recommendations of Postmaster Gen eral Burleson in his report calling for government control. They said, however, that the action of the trust would result in there be ing no legislation at the present ses sion relating to government owner ship Ownership Fiflht to Go On. Representative 1>. 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 lelephon** facilities. The pledge of the telephone com pany to abandon control over the lel- « graph lines was asserted by 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 •he Attorney General approving ‘.he dissolution plan. It was one of • he most Interesting documents made public in connection with the settle ment. It reuds: My Dear Mr Attorney General: Thank you for leting me see the letter from the American Tel ephone a.id Telegraph Company, it Is very gratifying that .he com pany should thus volunteer to adjust its business to the con- umuiih 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 tip the business of the country upon sound and permanent lines Cordially and sincerely yours, WOODROW WILSON. To Inquire Into Rate. The Investigation begun by the In terstate Commerce Commission into j the rules and practi'-eg of the Amer- ( lean Telephone und Telegraph Cor- j poration and other telephone compa nies doing an Interstate business will not be dropped by the commission In view of the agreement, Special Ex aminer Mans, of the commission, stated to-day. Up to date, however, the commis sion lias been able only to inquire into the telephone situation through out the country, the telegraph side of the matter not having been investi gated. “Before the Attorney General agrees t orates t-> be charged by both tele phone and telegraph companies for interstate traffic,” said (Jans, "the commission no doubt will be asked what it considers a reasonable rate j charge.” With this end in view, Mr. Gans j will begin an investigation of rate charges between certain interstate j points, which will be used a* a basis for rate8 fixed upon mileage of wire. It is certain that the commission will adopt a schedule fixed on “zone” charges, as was done with the express companies and in the parcel post system. U. S. Ownership Bill in House. WASHINGTON, Deo. 20. —Right on the heels of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company's voluntary offer to divorce itself from control of the Western Union a direct move in the proposed plan for the Government to own and operate the wire lines was made in the House to-day A resolution directing the Postof- ftce Committee of the House to con sider and report a bill “for the pur pose of vesting in the United States a monopoly of the function of com munication for hire by electricity, with certain exceptions,” was intro duced by Heprescntatvie Lewis, c f Maryland. This Is the forerunner of the bill to be offered by Chairman Moon, of the Postofflce Committee, providing for Government ownership and operation of telephones and tele graphs The resolution sets forth that the conveyance of communications is a postal function and has been vested by the Constitution in the Govern ment of the United States with the object of providing the people with the cheapest and most extensive serv ice feasible. It declares that postal rates on letters in the United Stages are among the lowest in the world, while the rates for messages by wire through private agencies are among the highest. It asserts that the duty of the Gov ernment and the common practice of nations to be “the postnlizatlon of telegraph and telephone services." The resolution prescribe* that the bill to be reported from the House committee shall provide for the ap propriation directly by statute of the telephones, except farmers’ lines, on January 1, 191'*. They are to be taken in charge by the Postmaster General, the properties to be appraised by the interstate Commerce Commission. Four per cent per annum upon the'r value from January 1, 1916, is to be paid quarterly to the owners until payment of the award of valuation. Payment ot fhe final award is to oe made from the Federal Treasury, which shall Issue 3 per cent bonds to the necessary amount. The licensing of existing telegraph and radio companies to continue their business and of railway telegraph for railway purposes Is provided for. The Postmaster General Is to license Rtutes, counties, cities, corporations and individuals to make extensions of telephone lines subject to the right of acquisition by the Posit office De partment. The merit system is to lie applied to all employees. Indian Tales Told in ‘Sweet Charity' Book Shuler Urges War On ‘’Child Slavery” The “Revolutionary Reader." a book of reminiscences, legends and stories of frontier and Revolutionary days, has been published by Mrs. S \V. Foster, regent of ihe Georgia Division. Daugh ters of the American Revolution. The book was dedicated to that order, and the proceeds from the sale will g<* to the fund which tne Georgia Daughters devote 10 the education of Georgia boys and girls. Many of the Indian legends and stories • •f ihe hook are pub’Isned in it for the first time, having been gathered from traditional sources. The price is $2. and Mrs. Foster's address is No. 711 Peach tree street. Game Wardens Astir: Zimmer Convicts Two » ount> game wardens are enforcing the game laws rigorously. Three ne groes, prosecuted by Warden Zimmer, were fined $10 each in the City Criminal Court Friday, and Saturday Mr. Zimmer reported two alleged, violators of the Jaw bound over to the Superior Court of DeKaib County. Convictions and fines are reported from many other counties Dr. Davis to Preach To Railroad Men The Rev T. T Davis, pastor of the Woodward Avenue Baptist Church, will speak at the rooms or the Railroad Y M C. A., 31V» West Alabama street, at 3.30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. All rail road men and their friends are invited to the meeting. The Temple male quartet of College Park will sing. FATHER GETS $1,600 WAYCROSS. Dec. 20 -A City Court jury in the suit of John McKennon against the Hebard Cypress Company for $6,000 for the death of his son in the Okefenokee Swamp, returned a ver dict for $1,600 damages. XMAS RATES Reduced over N., C. & St. L. Ry. and W. & A. R. R. Apply any Agent. Declaring there are hundreds of child slaves in Atlanta without a chance,. and urging the church t > come to their rescue, the Rev. Allan C. Shuler, pastor of the East Side Tabernacle. Saturday announced that he will preach Sunday night to "Tne Workingman and His Children." Mr. Shuler said the Christian peo ple are neglecting their opportunities to uplift the masses of children forced to labor In mills. U. S. Inspectors Hunt Robber of Postoffices SAVANNAH. Dec 20.—A robbery of the postoffice at Rloomingdale, near Savannah, sent special postoffice in spectors to the scene in the hope of catching the man who is responsible for a number of smaller robberies of post offices in the State. About $70 in stamps was stolen ENGINEER GIVEN WATCH. WAYCROSS. Dec. 20. In token of the esteem ill which he is held by the roadway men of the Second Division a gold watch has been presented here to O T. Waring, of Savannah, roadway engineer for the Atlantic Coast Line. Kodaks. Kodaks and Brownie Cameras from $1 up A. K Hawkes Co.. 14 White hall street.—Advt. ROUND TRIP HOLIDAY FARES BETWEEN POINTS IN SOUTHEAST VIA THE WEST POINT ROUTE. Tickets on sale December 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25 and 31. 1813: also January 1, 1914; return limit January 6. 1914. For all Information, write to or call on J. P BILLUPS. General Passenger Agent: F. M. THOMPSON. District Pa»»ena«r Agent. Atlanta, Ga. Advt. 100 GIRLS WORKING TO SETSEAL RECORD Miss Laurian Johnson, active Red Cross Seal worker, who is one of 100 pret ty girls on Miss Griffith’s com mittee. Woman Sends Negro With P i s t o 1 After Thief She Trapped Whan Mrs. H. W. Herring, of No. 573 Greensferry ayenue, realized that it would be impossible for her to cap ture a negro burglar she had hemmed in her servants' house in the rear of her home Saturday, she did the next best thing. Rushing to the front of the hous \ Mrs. Herring handed her revolver to a negro driver, who was delivering coal, and started him on a chase aft r the fleeing marauder, who had darted behind a house and thus prevent 'd Mrs. Herring from shooting him. He had escaped from the servants’ house by leaping from a window while Mrs. Herring was hastening for her pistu’. The negro driver ran the burglar such a ck>8© race that the latt r dropped a bundle of clothing he had stolen. He made his escape before Police Call Officer Watson, sum moned from the police station, could reach the scene. HELEN KELLER IF Determined efforts to break ail rec ords In the sales of Hed Cross Christ mas Seals are being made Saturday by the workers of the Atlanta Antl- Tuherculoels Association, which is In charge of the local campaign. The Children of the Confederacy, under the supervision of Miss Mary Griffith, president, Is In charge of the selling campaign Saturday, and more than 100 young girls ure enlisted for the day's work. Miss Griffith, besides having her aides stationed at the regular selling stations, has also placed a number of solicitors on the busiest downtown corners and along Peachtree and Whitehall streets. It is hoped that the Indicator which Is registering the sales will have reached the 800,000 mark by Saturday night. According to a statement made by one of the workers of the anti-tuber culosis association. Atlanta is not making the showing she should In the sale of the seals. "Many towns throughout the State are leading us in per capita sales,'' she said, "and unless belter records are made from now on Atlanta will be heaten. Many people have not yet purchased seals, and It Is those that we expect to go after from now to the close of the campaign." The Woman’s Club, under the di rection of Mrs. A P. Coles, was In charge of the work Friday. Kxact figures are not yet available, but a good record was made. Companion of Bryan’s Father Meets Wilson WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Secretary of State Bryan to-day introduced a venerable friend ot his father, J. H. Roberta, of Chicago, to President Wil son. Mr. Roberts ijras a college class mate of Mr. Bryan’s father, and had not visited the White House since the days of President Pierce. Vice President to Speak Here in ’14 Vice President Marshall has signed a contract for a Southern lecture tour next fall under the direction of the Alkahest Lyceum System of this city, and one of his engagements will be in Atlanta. The matter was taken up at a conference some weeks agd with Russell Bridges while in the East, but has Just been definitely set tled by correspondence. President Bridges has received a letter from Colonel George W. Goe- thals, inviting him to spend the holi days in Panama to discuss plans for a lecture tour of the States. He will leave early next week for the Isth-* mus. Boycott on Theaters That Caricature Jews LOUISVILLE. KY., Dec. 20.—A boycott of theaters which permit acts caricaturing Jews was advocated by the Council of Jewish Women of Louisville. FIREWORKS RESTRICTED. JACKSON. Dec. 19.—City Council has fixed the same rules governing the shooting of fireworks wTtliin the cor porate limits as wore in effect last Christmas. Fireworks will be allowed only on the public square. G. M, A. Invites Cadet To Review Students For the first time in Its history the 1 Georgia Military Academy has invited ' one of its cadets to review the cadet j body. That honor was conferred this ■ week on Leonard C. Parker, of Ameri- cus. Parker was graduated last spring and returned this fall for some special pre paratory work before standing an ex amination for the United States Naval Academy. He was captain of Company C and was popular. 11 Typewriters rented 4 mos. $5 up. Am. VVtg. Mach. Co. Noted Southern Woman Says Their Cause Justifies Their Methods. Continued From Page 1. burned brightly. The door of Miss Keller's room was open wide, and the lights burned in there, too. At first the women spoke with low, concerned voices. Suddenly Mrs. McCarthy spoke aloud. ”1 was afraid of disturbing her," she explained, and then there was a little embarrassed pause. Nobody felt exactly like laughing, and yet— “And I just caught myself won dering ff tne lights woldn’t bother her.” said Misa Rutherford. Then they all remembered. But they didn’t talk so very loud, even then, though knowing that Miss Kel ler's slumber was well protected by the “ivory walls” of a vast silence and a solitude not one of them could know. And then something happened— something that no one in that room will forget. Her Mother Arrive*. There was a rap at the door, and Mrs. Maty rose and greeted Helen’s mother. It was a demonstrative greeting on both sides; the women were like mother and daughter, them selves; Mrs. Macy called her “moth er.” But the introductions were brief, so far as the rest of the party was concerned. For Mrs. Keller, at a motion of Mrs. Macy’s hand, was or. her way into the next room. Maybe it was not just conven tion, and maybe it was not a situ ation for strict conventionality; any way— “Won’t you all come in," Mrs. Macy suggested. What supremely sensitive instinct, what intuition stirred Helen Keller as her mother entered the room, no one outside the “ivory walls" can ever know. This much is certain. As the moth er approached the bed of her sleep ing daughter, Helen Keller sat up and held out her arms. And then—but that doesn't belong in print, you know. “Oh, it hasn’t been so very long since I saw her," Mrs. Keller said a little later. “I spent the summer with her at her home. We don’t believe in long separations, and I." T he Feminine Instinct. And Miss Keller, patting and touch ing with swift, deft fingers her moth er’s coat and waist and skirt—satis fying the feminine instinct to learn how she was dressed, it seemed— smiled a wonderful little snjile, and then, as her mother wished, lay down again and closed her eyes. The party returned to the other room. “My little girl needs all the rest she can get," Mrs. Macy said. “She’ll go to sleep again, right away, and be ready for to-night." Goes Back to Sleep. And Mrs. Keller—Mrs. Kate Adams Keller, who had come all the way from Montgomery. Ala.—agreed with her, and said she’d make it up later in the afternoon, when she could do some visiting with her daughter. So the party conversed and laughed and planned for the lecture, and the lights burned brightly, and the door was open into Helen Keller's room- and Heleo Keller went back to sleep again. Mrs. Macy said their trunks had not been delivered and she did not ex pect them until Sunday, which day she and Miss Keller expected to spend in Atlanta. Cane Given J.D. Price By Fellow-Workers The employees of the State De partment of Agriculture Saturday made Commissioner Price a Christ mas present of a handsome gold- headed cane. The presentation was made by Dr. Cheatham, of the Bureau of Chemis try’- Every employee participated in the giving. XMAS RATES Reduced over N., C. & St. L. Ry. and W. & A. R. R. Apply any Agent, No Danger in Floor Of W.D.Luckie Lodge Tlie report that scores of persons had been endangered Wednesday night by the loosening of supports at the W. D. Luckie Masonic Lodge in West End was erroneous, there hav ing been no public gathering at this lodge in several weeks and no meet ing being held there at. the time men tioned. The incident of the sagging floor was at a lodge gathering in another portion of the city. It has been learned that the danger at this place was not great, as the storeroom in which the gathering was held rested upon the ground and not over a cel lar, as at first reported. Could Not Wait Till Christmas for Bride DALTON, Dec. 20.—After having planned their wedding for Christmas, Miss Margaret Showalter, of this city’, and Sherry McAuley, of Atlanta, de cided that they could not wait until next Thursday, and were married last night at the Presbyterian manse by the Rev. F. K. Sims. Both of the young people are mem bers of prominent Dalton families. Vedrines Will Fly Over Garden of Eden Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. KONIEH, ASIA MINOR, Dec. 20.— Pierre Jules Vedrines, the famous French aviator, who is trying to circle the globe, said to-day that he would fly over the original Garden of Eden on his flight through Asia Minor. Ved rines will leave for* Aleppo to-morrow’, flying over the Taurain Mountains. Noted Money Lender Of Harvard Is Dead CAMBRIDGE, MASS., Dec. 20.—Bar nard "Poco" Bennett, known through out America and Europe as Harvard’s famous money lender, died at his home early to-day from acute indigestion. “Poco" Bennett amassed a fortune by lending. Marshall Santa to Capital Squirrels WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Vice Presi dent Marshall has become a great friend of the gray squirrels in the park in the capital. When free from worries of legislation he may often be seen offer ing peanuts to these Nation's pets. The little animals hurry to nose through his pockets when lie arrives, and they always find something to their liking. HOTEL MEN NAME OFFICERS. JACKSONVILLE, Dec. 20.—At the annual meeting of the Jacksonville Hotel Men’s Association in the Sem inole Hotel. W. J. Cavanaugh was elected president; A. F. Wilson, vice president; W. L. Mizell, secretary, and William Burbridge, treasurer. Eat AH You Want When You Take Tyner’s Dyspep sia Remedy—Drives Out the Gases from an Over loaded Stomach. Cures Indigestion—Cleans Out the Bowels. If your stomach is sour, gassy, up set and chuckfull-of-food-feeling and you feel like your food is all lumps and refuses to digest, take a dose or two of Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy. The diz ziness stops at once, the gases are belched out, you feel comfortable, your clogged bowels get to working right. Eat all you want. Enjoy your meals by taking now and then a liberal dose of Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy. There is nothing like it on the market to day. Made in Atlanta for years by John B. Daniel. If you lack an appetite, your tongue is coated, nerves on edge, have risings | of sour and undigested food and ex j perience distress after eating you are I suffering from indigestion ' or sick ! stomach. To cure, take Tyner’s Dys- j pepsia Remedy. It is a truly wonderful medicine, as it acts quickly and helps you out of all disagreeable feelings due to overeating. Sold by druggists for I only 50 cents a large bottle—Advt. — — Police Exonerated Of Neglect Charge ASHEVILLE, N. C., Dec. 20.—A complete exoneration of the Police Department of Asheville of charges preferred by Judge Carter that there was a ' leak" In the department and that the officers could not be relied upon to make arrests for violations of the State prohibition laws, is con talnod In the report made to the Board of Aldermen. The committeemen report that au examination of witnesses falls to show that the policemen have been negligent of their duties. Liquor Men Prepare For War in Savannah SAVANNAH. Dec. 20.—With evi dence against 40 alleged violators of the prohibition law and as many lnjunc tions filled out and in the safe of \v B. Stubbs, the leader of the law en forcement movement, the liquor men who have formed an organization and employed counsel, are waiting for the first move None of the liquor men deny thev are selling liquor in violation of th. prohibition a^t. but they take the pn sition that it has always been unpop ular in this county. Says New Aircraft Will Not Turn Over WILMINGTON, N. C., Dec. 20.— An aeroplane that the Inventor claims will not turn over while flying has been devised by David Paimgreen, of this city, who has spent three years working on the project. The machine, PaJmgreen says, will revolutionize air navigation and make journeys through space as safe as taking a buggy ride on ground. ROAD BOND ISSUE SOLD. JACKSONVILLE, Dec. 20.—The American Trust Company,of this city, has been awarded the $180,000 Issue of Nassau County good reads bonds. This money will be used to complete, the Jacksonvtlle-Fernandlna road. B. F. STOCKTON PL U M B I N G 24 S. PRYOR STREET BOTH PHONES 161 DON’T WAIT For the freeze. Order your COAL TO-DAY and BE READY. No Long Waits When You Order; No Short Weight When You Get It. There’s a Yard Near You Randall Bros. MAIN OFFICE: PETERS BLDG. YARDS: Marietta street and North avenue both jphones 376; South Boulevard and Georgia Railroad, Bell phone 538, Atlanta 303; McDaniel street and Southern Railway, Beil Main 354, Atlanta 321; 64 Kroag street. Bell Ivy 4185, Atlanta /06; 152 South Pryor street, both phones When Ihe u. s. BANKRUPT COURT says sell, there Is no appeal trom that order SALVAGE SALE—-FOUR BIG BANKRUPT STOCKS! The Greatest Selling Out Event in the Mercantile History of Atlanta Begins SATURDAY MORNING, Dec. 20, at 8 o’Clock, at 20 WEST MITCHELL Every Item and every article absolutely forced on the market, abso lutely and unconditionally without limit or reserve. No trash. Good staple merchandise, serviceable wearing apparel for all the family, fur nishings. shoes, furniture—BARGAINS- BARGAINS!! Thousands of them, literally thrown at the feet of the masses, regardless of cost, at whatever they will bring. WATSON DON’T CARE! IRA A. WATSON & CO. FIRE, SMOKE, WATER BANKRUPT SELLERS Men’s Whole Suits $2.99 Men’s Elegant Suits sold up to $2 50, all go for $9.99 The biggest, host bargain ever sold in Atlanta. . That sold for $25. $27.50 and $35 at Men’s Finest Suits $27.50 Suits from the Bullock stock. $12.48 Unde rwear Union Suits— men s fine $1.50 Unions, 98c Over- Over- coats coats $4.99 $9.99 MEN’S SUITS that sell for un to all go for ,9S That's going some. “Wat son don't care" Overcoats se iifor $25, $27.50 and $35 at $8.39 and $12.48. AGREATBIGLOTOF 25c ARTICLES bunched to go for a 10c piece. A great big galvanized buck et 10c. Graniteware—10c. and 40c to 50c size graniteware, all goes for Snatch-and- One lot Ladies’ Bigr lot Men's grab lot Ladies’, Shoes; good. very fine brand- Misses’, Chil- new. fine Shoes, dren’s Shoes. s n b s t antial, that sold up to 49c well made shoes $5. All go for That’s a grift price sure. 99c $2.99 Bargains for every Man, Woman and Child Millinery Lad I es’ $2.50 and $3.00 Hats Bargains Ladies' 4 and $5 Hats 98c SI.98 20 W. Mitchell DON'T MISS THE PLACE $6 Oil Heating Stoves, $1.99 Other lots of Shoes, $1.89 & $1.66 You save half. One big lot of very fine ladies’ Shoes; sold up to $4. All go for $1.99 Men ’ s fine Tans. Patents. Vicis. etc., that sold up to $3.50, go for $1. 99 MEN'S HATS Fine “BONAR" and "STETSONS” All $2.50 and $3 Hats for 99c All $4 Hats and $5 $1,99 Fleisher’s Yarns for knitting and crocheting 10c skein 5c 25c skein 9c Hosiery Handk’fs Heady- to -wear of all kinds. J u st simply can’t tell you all. Come and see WATSON DON'T CARE. FREE! A fine souvenir to the first 100 lady customers Saturday morn- ing.