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Zome to Big Free Concert and Aid Empty Stocking Fund
The Free Christmas Concert and Entertainment for the Empty
Stocking Fund will be held at the Forsyth Theater TO-MORROW—
SUNDAY—afternoon, beginning at 3 o'clock. It sure will be some
show.
The best professional instrumentalists in Atlanta—nearly all of
them—will appear in an attractive program led by Weidemeyer, Bar
ber and Matthiessen. Besides the band music., there will be solo num
bers of merit, and the best features from the movies.
The Christmas Editor has spread himself to provide entertain
ment that will please everybody, and with the help of the Atlanta Fed
eration of Musicians is able to guarantee that to-morrow will be one
afternoon that won’t be dull.
The time—3 o’clock Sunday afternoon; the place—the popular
Forsyth Theater.
Make your arrangements now to attend.
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VOL. XII. NO. 121.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1913..
Copyright. I90«. 9 fpVTC PAT NO
®y The QOorglan Co. “ 1 O. more.
MILITANTS’ PUN APPROVED BY HELEN KELLER
Touching Scene at Hotel When
Mother of Human Marvel
First Greets Her.
Helen Keller, human marvel of the
century. In Atlanta to lecture at the
Auditorium under U. D. C. auspices
Saturday night, made It plain on her
arrival in the city that she holds de
cided views on suffrage. Further
more, she will answer any questions
on that line to-night, and these are
among the things she will say:
Women will have the vote. Mili
tancy will prevail, for it is the weap
on of patriotism, being the only
means left to the advocates of equal
suffrage. T confess I hav.e militant
longings myself, to strike a blow as
well as to say a word in this great
cause.”
Miss Keller is always ready to talk
ori this theme. Even Saturday morn
ing, worn out by a Jong railroad Jour
ney, and resting under the care of
her teacher, Mrs. Mary, at the Hotel
Ansley, she conveyed through her
teacher her eager opinions of suf
frage and its ultimate achievement.
In fact, Miss Keller was still in bed
at noon.
Tired and Has a Cold.
•She is very tired, and has a col.1,7
M " Macy said, ‘‘and I thought she
should be allowed to rest, for her
voice is not . ery strong at best. But
suffrage? Well, Helen has formed
her own Ideas from broad and com
prehensive information. And she says
«he can not understand why the men
*hose forefathers tipped overboard
th’ British tea in Boston harbor can
°ry down militancy—the only weapon
i left in the hands of women after dec*
! s of diplomacy and acres of argu-
I mp nt had failed.
In Bloomington the other night she
v saying something like that, and
somebody the audience said: ‘Mias
*r, if you talked that way in Eng-
; r "i they'd put you In Jail.’
Her face lighted up in the most
Wonderful manner.
1 hey might put me in. jail,’ she
but they can’t Jail an idea!’”
Would Love Martyrdom,
vnd then it was recalled that Miss
Keller's ideas on suffrage, from her
1 1 ok. “Out of the Dark,” had recently
b*en made n part of the Congressional
Kf'ord by a unanimous vote of the
1 ongress of the United States, on mo-
! on of Henry George.
t really believe Miss Keller would
t a privilege to be put in jail for
! cause,” Mrs. Macy said. “And if
K * should be, I know she'd start a
n ger strike promptly, not to miss
Huv the joys of martyrdom. She
intensely on many things, but
n -"St intensely of all on suffrage.”
Hiss Keller was sleeping at noon
' • h a committee from the Daugh-
:f " s of the Confederacy—Mrs. Wil-
ns McCarthy, president; Mrs. O.
en Plane, honorary president, and
1 Mildred Rutherford, historian
general—called at the rooms in the
* y occupied by Mrs. Macy and her
pupil.
h was something of an odd experi-
e to be there.
*n Mrs. Macy’s room the lights
'-ontinued on Page 2, Column 6.
Briefest Criticism
For Jerome's Play
kuetiai Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Dec. 20.—The following Is
Perhaps the briefest dramatic criticism
^■ n re cord. It appears in The London
1 v Express:
r ?rome K. Jerome’s new piece. *Ro-
, ina in Search of a Husband,’ was pro-
' r d last night. It is described on the
I gram as an absurd play. It is.”
MISS HELEN KELLER. NOTED BLIND
GIRL AND HER TEACHER, MRS, MACY
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MISS HELEN KELLER.
MRS. .JOHN MACY.
‘Oftenest Speaker'
In Council Changes
From 5th to 3d Ward
While the Fifth Ward is bewailing
its serious loss, Third Ward residents
are rejoicing. Councilman J. J.
Greer, who during two term* as the
representative of the Fifth Ward
gained the record for more speeches
than any other man who ever sat In
Council, has moved from his old
stamping ground and gone over into
the Third Ward, where he was re
ceived with open arms.
Those who with Councilman Greer
are serving their last month in Coun
cil have received their last $25 check
from the city. Greer folded his ten
derly and placed.it in his inside pock
et.
“Gentlemen,” he said, ' you honored
sirs vviYh whom I have served so long
and so.pleasantly; I fear I have drawn
my last money for service for the
grand old Fifth Ward. I have moved
to the Third Ward.”
Mother Shoplifter
To Give Child Toys
BALTIMORE. Dvr. 20.—‘Rather
than see my little girl go hungry anJ
poorly clad, I became a shoplifter.
When the child began to talk of Santa
Claus, ! determin’d she should have
some toys even if I had to steal
them."
Mrs. Catherine Baird made this de
fense to-day. She is in jail for steal
ing from several stores.
BERLIN, Dec. 20—Because one of
its employees had been discharged for
attempting to form a union of bank
clerks, the labor unions of Germany
decided to-day to withdraw their de
posits, amounting to $5,000,000, from
a leading Berlin bank.
RACING
RESULTS
AT CHARLESTON.
FIRST—Five and a half furlongs:
Lorette Dwyer, 102 (F. Murphy), 6.
2, even, wort; Ancon, 107 (Martin),
17-10, 7-10, 1-4, second; Coreopsis,
111 (Davenport), 15, 6, 2. third. Time,
1:08 2-5. Tom Holland, Semiquaver.
Pluvius, Yiley. John Marrs and Ve-
neta Strome also ran.
SECOND—sSlx furlongs. Dan-
worth 111 (Buxton), 11-10, 1-4, v>u*,
won; Gold Cap 113 (Turner), 11-10,
1- 4, out, second; Luque.sMe 109 (Me-
Taggart), 40, 8, 5-2. third. Tine?
1:15 2-5. Also ran: Yenghee, Char-
tier. Royal Tea.
THIRD—Ki\ • and one-half fur
longs: Brave Cunarder 118 ; (Deron-
de), L3-*5, evcti. 2-5, won; Old Ben
10G (Byrne). 5, 2. even, second.; De
posit 103 (Bux on), 4, 7-5, o-o, thTrd.
Time 1:09 1-5. Ai.-o ran: Dainty .Mint,
Water Lady, ; riktok. Miss Gayle,
John P. Nixon.
FOURTH—Mile and one-sixteenth:
Donald McDonald 119 (Buxton), even,
2- 5, out, won; Floral Park 109 (Pati-
Jey), 3. 4-5. out, second; G. M. Mil. *r
115 (Byrne), 18-5, even, out, third.
Time 1:49. Loohlel also ran.
FIFTH—Six furlongs: Ford Mil,
106 (McTaggart), 11-10, 2-5, 1-5, won;
Dr. Jackson, 109 (Byrne). 3, even. 1-2,
second; Bernardotte, 114 (Martin). 12,
4. 2, third. Time, 1:17. Sunguid**,
Handstetle, Snowflakes, Juarquin,
Terra Blanco, Captain Jinks and Belle
Chilton also ran.
SIXTH Joe Diebold. won; Pard-
ner, second; Colonel Ashmead, third.
AT JUAREZ.
FIR8T—•‘Five furlongs: Brightstone,
103 (F’ordi, 8-5, 3-5, 1-5, won; Amity,
98 (Metcalf), 2, 7-10, 1-4, second;
Spirella. 98 (Stevens). 4. 8-5, 4-5,
third. Time, 1:06. Mawr Lad, Mo
ment. Frank Wooden and Gold Dust
also ran. .
Race Entries on Page 2.
Convict Sends $1 He
Earned in Prison to
Empty Stocking Fund
There came to the Christmas Ed
itor of The Georgian Saturday morn
ing a letter inclosing one dollar for
the Empty Stocking Fund that forms
one of the most pathetic and at the
same time one of the most appreci
ated gifts the fund nas received.
It was from Dr. J. M. Elliott, who
is serving a life sentence for murder
at Camilla, Ga. He was .sentenced
to be hanged, but the sentence was
commuted by Governor Brown, and
the remainder of his days must be
spent in a convict camp. And yet
he thinks of the little boys and girls
who may not know Santa Claus.
”It iruikes me feel glad, ha writes,
“to knofw that 1 am able to contrib
ute to such a worthy cause, for I my
self hawe a little girl who may be
dependent upon charity for her
Christmas. I do not know* where she
is. I am a prisoner of the State,
serving a life sentence.
”1 never knew the happiness of a
Christmas, and it makes me only too
glad to send one of the dollars I
earned and saved in prison.”
Cupid Asleep; Xmas
Weddings Decrease
Cupid apparently is emulating Lit
tle Boy Blue, according to Ordinary
Wilkinson. A comparison of the num
ber of marrlago licenses issued a!
this time with the same time last
year reveals only one-tenth as many.
“Something Is wrong,” said Mr, Wil
kinson. “Last yesr we issued more
than 209 licenses just before Christ
mas, but the average per day now is
less than half a dozen We expect a
r ish next week, though.”
Committees Freed From Labor*
With Only $27,000 Left To
Be Raised.
It was a jubilation luncheon at the
Piedmont Hotel Saturday noon. Tha
Oglethorpe Fund subcommittee chair
men, with a splendid hurst of speed at
the finish of their canvass, had raised
$11,600, one of the largest reoorde of
the campaign, and were dismissed
from further labors.
Only $27,000 remains to be sub
scribed before the university Is posi
tively assured to Atlanta. Ivan EL
Allen, vice chairman, announced that
the executive committee would take
care of this amount within the next
few days and that the subcommittee
canvass had ended.
Hustlers Are Thanked.
Speeches were made, the most auc-
Md.UcomJUi.Uee chairmen—#e-
celved the congratulations of their co
laborers and the whole body of men
were given the heartiest thanks of
Vice Chairman Allen and Dr. Thorn-
well Jacobs, secretary of the execu
tive committee.
When the jubilee was at Its height,
the photographers appeared and All
of the campaigners had their pictures
taken, Dr. C'hrston King and L. P.
Bottenfield'having the places of honor
at the right and left of Mr. Allen.
These two chairman carr’id off the
banner for the largest totals, averag
ing approximately fl,000 a day eaoh
for the three weeks of the campaign.
Saturday's Contribution.
Dr. King turned in Saturday sub
scriptions totaling $4,150, his record
for the period that the canvass has
been in progress. Dr. William Owens
was a close second, reporting $4,070
In ipibscriptions. This also was his
record day. L. P. Bottenfield report
ed $1,935.
The mark set for Saturday had
been $8,000. The contributions were
therefore more than $8,000 In excess
of the expectations. Four thousand
dollars, was in material, two firm*
contributing $2,000 each.
Vice Chairman Allen announced
himself as highly gratified with the
result of the campaign and predicted
that the remaining amount would he
subscribed within the next few day*.
THE!SAY
Plan Indignation Meeting Over
Closing of School in May-
son District.
Determined not to be put by coun
ty (Superintendent of Bchoole E. C.
Merry In what they declare a false
light, parents of the MAyson school
district (Saturday formulated plans
for a big Indignation meeting to be
held In the eehoolhouse which was
ordered closed on account of “gos-
elp.”
The school has been ordered re
opened by the County School Board,
who decided that there wae no way
of Indicting a community—but the
community le far from satisfied.
Superintendent Merry’s assertion
that the parents mad* 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.
Sympath yis expressed for the
young women In the vase. 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 Jm v c
circulated. It will contend that clos
ing a school and depriving the chil
dren of getting their education Is
hardly tho 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 eehoolhouse
was due largely to the efforts of the
residents of the district themselves
‘Not Trying to Beat
Mayor/ Official of
AlarmSystemWires
Reports that the Okonlte Company,
of New York, which built the city's
new fire alarm system, was endeav
oring to defeat Mayor Woodward In
1 he next election are vigorously de
nied hv J. Dehnar Underhill, a repre-
sent itive of that company.
In a telegram to The Georgian he
states:
“If Mayor Woodward really be
lieves the statement as published by
your paper, that the Okonlte Com
pany is playing politic* to get money,
his statement is made in error.
“The Okonite Company, as every
body Atlanta knows, went into
thin 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.”
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Cloudy Saturday;
probably local rains Sunday.
M. A. Smith, Atlanta
Business Man, Dies
Milton A. Smith, 84 years old,
father of Mrs. St. Elmo Massengnla
and one of Atlanta’s best known busi
ness men, died at his home, No. 25
Dawn street. Saturday. He Is sur
vived by one daughter, Mrs Massen-
gxle, and three sons, Milton, Jr., of
Greenville, S. (’., and Ormond and
Walter Smith, of Atlanta.
I Mr. Smith was born In Smlthvitle,
Ga.. but had resided in Atlanta for
the last thirty years or more. He
was Identified with many business
Interests In Atlanta, being president
of the ' Smith A Simpson Lumber
Company and the East Point Lum
ber Company, and vice president of
the Germania Savings Bank.
Bank Clearings Show
Near $3,000,000 Gain
Bank clearings in Atlanta for the
week ending to-dav showed an excess
over the corresponding week of 1912
of nearly $3,000,000.
The figure* for this week were
$19,979,777.58. For the corresponding
week last year they were $17,124,-
105.13, a gain for 1913 of $2,855,672.46.
State Game Warden
Names Two Deputies
Btate Game Warden Davis .Satur
day announced the appointment of
B. T. Veal, of Stone Mountain, to be
game warden of DeKalb County, vice
E. L. Waggoner, resigned, and Thom
as Underwood, to be warden of White
County, vice A. L Dorsey, resigned.
LONDON, Dec. 20.—A nephew of
Countess Mielznski was shot and
killed by the Count to-day in Dako-
wymukee Castle near Qraetz, Prus
sia, according to a dispatch from Ber
lin this afternoon. The victim was
mistaken for a burglar.
CINCINNATI, Deo. 20.— It wdas an
nounced here this afternoon, after a
conference between President Ebbets,
of Brooklyn, and President Herr
mann, of the Cincinnati Baseball
Club, that the Tinker trade would
stand, but Cincinnati would get play
ers instead of cash.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20—Senator
Weeks, at the request of Massachu
setts constituents, to-day introduced
a constitutional amendment provid
ing for the abolition of polygamy in
the United States and all its posses
sions.
EL PASO, TEXAS, Dec. 20.—Presi
dent Huerta of Mexico has offered to
resign on certain conditions, accord
ing to Information received to-day
from an authentic source. His prop
osition was made known to President
Wilson at Washington, but the
American Government refused to ac
cept the terms.
TERRE HAUTE, IN D.. Dsc. 20.—
Oliver Stiltz was to-day elected man
ager of the Rose Polytechnic football
team and Halfback Joe Carter cap
tain.
VERA CRUZ, Dec. 20.—Another
significant movs of warships toward
Tampico took placs to day. The
Wheeling tailed late in the forenoon
and the German cruiser Bremen
leaves this evening. Tne Spanish
cruiser Carlos V arrives here to-night
and probably will leave at once for
Tampico.
BERLIN, Dec. 20.—Count Brud-
zewo M ielzynsk i, a member of the
German Relchetag, in a fit of jeal
ousy. to-day shot and filled hie wife
and nephew in hit casVle near Poaen.
One of the Countess’ maids, who tried
to protect her mistrese, was shot and
seriously wounded.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Senator
Works this afternoon introduced a
bill to repeal the Hetch-Hetchy bill
and revoke the grants made there
under to 8an Francisco and other cit
ies. He declared that this bill, which
President Wilson signed yesterday,
had been passed under a complete
misunderstanding. “It was support
ed by the most powerful and insidious
lobby ever assembled in support of
any bill in Congress.” said Works.
“That lobby deceived and misled
members of Congress by misrepresen
tation and false statements upon
which they relied and without which
the bill nsver could have pasted.”
DETROIT. MICH., Dec. 20.—That
he attempted to swindle a Detroit cit
izen out of $1,000 by offering to obtain
advance information on racing reaults
is the charge againet Charles Mon
roe, aged 37, who aays his home is in
Cleveland, and who, ths police be
lieve, is connected with an Eastern
gang of wire tappers. Monroe was
arrested to-day. It is alleged that he
advertised in Detroit papers that any
one with $1,000 could make a good in
vestment by communicating with him.
A citizen, whose name is withheld,
said Monro# offersd to get races from
ten to fifteen minutes before anybody
else, and declared that by making bets
on horses after the races were ovsr,
but before the “bookies” received the
results, there was no chance to lose.
CHICAGO, Dec. 20.—Federal Judge
Geiger, of Milwaukee, sitting here, to
day dismissed the suit of Attorney
George F. Harding againet the Corn
Products Refining Company, in which
Harding demanded $100,000 on ac
count of the depreciation of stock he
held in the company. The court held
that there was no basis for the com
plaint that the reorganization of the
company had been manipulated so
that the stock would decrease in
value.
CHICAGO, Dec. 20.—Louis Ranch
er, employed by a Waukegan fruit
merchant who came to Chicago te do
some buying and later roported to
the police that he had been slugged
and robbed of $2,<80 in cash and
checks for $100, wss taken back to
Waukegan to-day. Ha was arrested
here on a charge of misusing the
money whioh he said was stolen from
him.
LYNDONVILLE, VT.. Dec. 20^
“We have no fear of absorption of
telephone and telegraph lines by the
Government now/ This statement
was made here to-day by Theodore
N. Va»l, president of the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company
and the Western Union Telegrapn
Company, which are to be segregated,
aocording to an agreement with the
Government. Mr. Vail promised the
freest competition in tne telephone
field. /,
Conference Must Now Decide on
Currency Measure—Hard
wick Causes Balk.
WASHINGTON". Dsc. 20.—The
House to-day refused to concur in
the Senate amendments to the cur
rency bill and ordered the measure
sent to conference.
The first roll call on a resolution
to concur showed Its rejection by a
vote of 265 to 67. The calling of the
roil for the second time to catch thos*
who failed to answer on the first call
was ordered
The second roll call brought a votf
of 294 to 59 against the motion of
Representative Murrav of Oklahoma
This was the final roll call.
When the bill, fresh from last
night’s victory in the xScnate, was ’aid
before the House, Chairman Glass
of the House conference committee
moved at once that the House dls
agree to all Senate amendments and
send the currency bill to conference.
Glass Pessimistic.
Minority Leader Mann asked Glass
about the prospects for an immedia;a
agreement in conference. Glass re
plied:
“I say frankly 1 do not see any
chance for an immediate agreement.”
“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 ori
the bill. Glass wanted only three
conferees nam<*d by each body, and
asserted that with practically the *u!l
membership of the two Banking and
Currency Committees acting as con
ferees the conference will resemble i
town meeting.
Hardwick Balks.
Representative Austin, of Tennes
see, moved that the House agTee to
the Senate amendments immediately.
Ills 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 Hsrdwick’s con
sent wae not absolutely necessary and
that the membo.n of the House Cur
rency Committee all were agreed ns
to their policy. He added that they
wanted to go home as soon as pos
sible.
Majority Leader Underwood tried
to convince Hardwick that he shoul J
agree to the motion, which would send
the bill to conference, and'later fight
out the question as to how rntny
conferees should he named.
Prepares for Vote.
Underwood finally obtained unani
mous consent to take the hill from
the Speakers table and consider ii,
and Representative Murray, of Okla
homa, made the motion that Instead
c- 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*
motion to concur could be put it whs
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.
Beavers' Dam Floods
Cellars Near Creek
CRANBERRY. N. J.. Dec. WL—
When a colony of beavers dammed
the outlet of Cranberry Lake the cel
lars of householder* were flooded.
The dam was destroyed The beav
ers are rebuilding further up. ^