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DID YOU KNOW
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VOL. Nil. NO. 121.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1913.
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HELEN KELLER HERE, APPROVES MILITANTS’ METHODS
MISS HELEN KELLER, NOTED BLIND
GIRL, AND HER TEACHER, MRS, MACY
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. ausplbes
Saturday night, made it plain on her
arrival in the city that she holds de
fied views on suffrage. Further
more, she will answej* any questions
on that line to-night, and these are
.mong the things she will say:
W omen will have the vote. Mili-
'aiicy will prevail, for it is the weap
on of patriotism, being the only
moans left to the advocates of equal
iffrage. I confess I have militant
“n"ings myself, to strike a blow as
"'*11 as to say a word in this great
cause.”
Miss Keller is always ready to talk
on this theme. Even Saturday morn
ing. worn out by a long railroad jour-
nev, and resting under the care of
h ®r teacher, Mrs. Macy, 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 cold,”
Mrs. 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 o«n ideas from broad and com
prehensive information. And she says
she can not understand why the men
whose forefathers tipped overboard
he British tea in Boston harbor can
• ry down militancy—the only weapon
left In the hands of women after dec*
ades of diplomacy and agros of argu
ment had failed.
In Bloomington the other night she
"as saying something like that, and
•somebody . the audience said: ‘Miss
-teller, if you talked that way in Eng-
and, they’d put you in jail.’
Her face lighted up in the most
wonderful manner.
‘They might put me in jail,’ she
said, ‘but they can’t jail an idea!’”
Would Love Martyrdom.
And then it was recalled that Miss
Keller's ideas on suffrage, from her
book, "Out of the Dark,” had recently
been made a part of the Congressional
Record by a unanimous vote of the
'’ongress of the United States, on mo
tion of Henry George.
I really believe Miss Keller would
feel It a privilege to be put in jail for
the cause,” Mrs. Macy said. “And if
*he should be, I know she’d start a
onger strike promptly, not to miss
any of the joys of martyrdom. She
'eels intensely on many things, but
most intensely of all on suffrage.”
Miss Keller was sleeping at noon
"hen a committee from the Daugh-
er * of the Confederacy—Mrs. Wil-
ir ns McCarthy, president; Mrs. C.
Helen Plane, honorary president, and
Hiss Mildred Rutherford, historian
general—called at the rooms in the
Ansley occupied by Mrs. Macy and her
Pupil.
It was something of an odd experl-
‘ nee to be there.
In Mrs. Macy’s room the lights
Continued on Page 2, Column 6.
MISS HELEN KELLER.
MRS. JOHN MACY.
RACING RESULTS
AT CHARLESTON.
FIRST—Five and a half furlongs:
Lorette Dwyer, 102 (F. Murphy), 6,
€, even, won; 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, Viley, John Marrs and Ve-
neta Strome also ran.
SECOND—Six furlongs: Dart-
worth 111 (Buxton), 11-10, 1-4, out,
won; Gold Cap 113 (Turner), 11-10,
1- 4, out, second; Luquesne 109 (Me-
Taggart), 40, 8, 6-2. third. Time
1:15 2-5. Also ran: Yenghee, Char-
tier, Royal Tea.
THIRD—Five and one-half fur
longs: Brave Cunarder 118 (Deron-
de), 13-5, even, 2-5, won: Old Ben
106 (Byrne), 5, 2, even, second; De
posit 103 (Buxton), 4, 7-5, 3-5, third.
Time 1:09 1-5. Also ran: Dainty Mint,
Water Lady, Tiktok, Miss Gayle,
John P. Nixon.
FOURTH—Mile and one-sixteenth:
Donald McDonald 119 (Buxton), even,
2- 5, out, won; Floral Park 109 (Pau
ley), 3, 4-5, out, second; G. M. Miller
115 (Byrne), 18-5, even, out, third.
Time 1:49. Lochiel also ran.
FIFTH—Six furlongs: Ford Maf,
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. Sunguide,
Handstette, Snowflakes, Juarquin,
Terra Blanco, Captain Jinks and Belle
Chilton also ran.
SIXTH—Mile and 70 yards: Joe
Dtebold. 110 (Goose), even. 2-5, out,
won; Pardner, 110 (DeRonde), 11-5,
1-2, out, second; Colonel Ashmeade,
108 (Turner), 12, 3. 6-5, third. Time,
1:53 1-5. Lindbrook, Ethel Ore, Har
ry Lauder and Over The Sands also
ran.
AT JUAREZ.
FIRST—Five furlongs: Brightstone,
103 (Ford), 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
alBO ran.
SECOND—Five and half furlongs:
Annual Interest, 108 (O’Brien), 5, 8-5,
4-5, won; Ben Stone, 112 (Estep), 2,
4-5. 1-3, second; Cool, 108 (Hill), 2,
7-10, 2-5, third. Time, 1:12 1-5. Nob
by, Mandadero, Belle of Bryn Mawr
and Colinet also ran.
THIRD—Five furlongs: Old Gotch,
105 (Neylon), 4-5, 1-3, out, won;
Claribel, 95 (Haynes), 8, 5-2, 6-6, sec
ond; Laestrella, 110 (Cavanagh), 3,
even, 1-2, third. Time, 1:05. Cash-
girl, Thomas Hare, Alabama Bam.
Mary PIckford, George also ran.
Race Entries on Page 2.
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 dearly $3,000,000.
The figures for this week were
$19,979,777.58. For the corresponding
week last year they were $17,124.-
105.13, a gain for 3913 of $2,856,672.45.
Gossip School Patrons
PlanlndignationMeet
Parents Are Defended
Determined not to be put by Coun-
| ty Superintendent of Schools E. C.
Merry in what they declare is a false
light, parents of the Mayson school
district Saturday formulated plans
for a big indignation meeting to be
held in the school house which was
ordered closed on account of “gos
sip.”
The school has been ordered re
opened by the County School Board,
who decided that there was no way
of indicting a community—but the
community is far from satisfied.
Superintendent Merry's assertion
that the parents made the closing of
the school the only logical step be
cause of their “slanderous gossip”
against two of the young women
teachers has aroused a storm of in
dignation.
State Game Warden
Names Two Deputies
State Gaibe Warden Davis Satur
day announced the appointment of
B. T. Veal, of Stone Mountain, to be
game warden of DeKalb County, vice
E. L. Waggoner, resigned, and Thom
as Underwood, to be warden of White
County, vice A. L. Dorsey, resigned.
SENATE BILL
REJECTED
LATEST NEWS
Conference Must Now Decide on
Currency Measure—Hard
wick Causes Balk.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—The
House to-day refused to concur in
the Senate amendments to the cur
rency bill and ordered the measure
sent to conference.
The first roll call on a resolution
to concur showed Its rejection by a
vote of 265 to 57. The calling of the
roll for the second time to catch those
who failed to answer on the first call
was ordered.
The second roll call brought a vote
of 294 to 69 against the motion of
Representative Murrav of Oklahoma.
This was the final roll call.
When the bill, fresh from last
night’s victory in the Senate, was ’lid
before the House, Chairman Glass,
of the House conference committee,
moved at once that the House dis
agree to all Senate amendments and
send the currency bill to conference.
Glass Pessimistic.
Minority Leader Mann asked Glass
about the prospects for an immedia.e
agreement in conference. Gla$s re
plied :
“I say frankly I do not see any
chance for an Immediate agreement.”
“You do not think you will be able
to report back to the House late 15-
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 *u!l
membership of the ^wo Banking and
Currency Committees acting as con
ferees the conference will resemble a
town meeting.
Hardwick Balks.
Representative Austin, of Tennes
see, moved that the House agree :o
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 appQint 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 »;s
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 should
agree to the motion, which would send
the bill to conference, and later fight
out the question as to how many
conferees should be named.
Prepares for Vote.
Underwood finally obtained unani
mous consent to take the bill from
the Speaker’s table and consider it,
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’s
motion to concur could be put it was
necessary to read the entire bill as it
came from the Senate, Mr. Mann
demanding that all of the amend
ments be rend. The clerk accordingly
began the long task of reading the
bill.
EL PASO, TEXAS, Dec. 20.—Forty
persons are reported injured in a
wreck of Texas and Pacific train No.
3, west-bound, 50 miles west of here
this afternoon. A d«y coach, chair
car, diner and Pullman left the track.
A broken rail is said to have caused
the aooident. Doctors and nurses
have left El P««o for the scene of the
wreck.
PARIS Dec. 20.—It was *unounc©d
I that Jack Johnson had called off his
! 20-round bout with Frank Mora n ,
: schedule fdr January 19, because of
‘ an injury to hit hand.
CINCINNATI. Dec. 20.—It wdas an-
i nounced here this afternoon, after a
conference between President Ebbets,
of Brooklyn, and President Herr-
I mann, of the Cincinnati Baseball
Club, that the Tinker trade .would
stand, but Cincinnati would get play
ers instead of oath.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20—Senator
Weekt, at the requeat of Matsachu-
aetts 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
Wilton at Washington, but the
American Government refuted to ac
cept the terms.
TERRE HAUTE, IND., Dec. 20.—
Oliver St 11 tz was to-day elected man
ager of the Rose Polytechnic football
team and Halfback Joe Carter cap
tain.
VERA CRUZ, Dec. 20.—Another
significant move of warships toward
Tampico took place to-day. The
Wheeling sailed late in the forenoon
and the German cruiser Bremen
leaves thi* evening. The Spanish
cruiser Carlos V arrives here to-night
and probably will leave at once for
Tampico.
BERLIN, Dec. 20.—Count Brud-
rewo Mielzynski, a member of the
German Reichstag, in a fit of jeal
ousy. to-day shot and killed his wife
and nephew in his castle near Posen.
One of the Countess’ maids, who tried
to protect her mistress, was shot and
seriously wounded.
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 results
is the charge against Charles Mon
roe, aged 37, who says his home is in
Cleveland, and who, the 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 Monroe offered to get races from
ten to fifteen minutes before anybody
else, and declared that by making bets
on horses after the races were over,
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 against the Corn
Products Refining Company, in which
Harding demanded $100,000 on ac
count of the depreciation of stook 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 no
that the stock would decrease in
value.
CHICAGO, Dec. 20.—Louis Ranch
er, employed by a Waukegan fruit
merchant who came to Chicago to do
some buying and later rwported to
the police that he had been slugged
and robbed of $2/80 in cash and
checks for $100, was taken back to
Waukegan to-day. He was arrested
here on a charge of misusing the
money which he said was stolen frorq
him.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—The fol
lowing Presidential nominations were
confirmed by the Senate to-day:
Thomas D. Sandford, of Alabama, to
be United States Attorney for the
Middle District of Alabama; Robert
N. Bell, of Alabama, to be United
States Attorney for the Northern
District of Alabama; Alexander D.
Pitts, of Alabama, to be United States
Attorney for the Southern District of
Alabama; Roger H. Burentt, of Penn
sylvania, to be United States Attor
ney for the Middle District of Penn
sylvania; John D. McNeel, of Ala-
bama, to be Collector of Internal Rev
enue for the District of Alabama;
Frank C. Dailey, of Indiana, to be
United States Attorney for the Dis
trict of Indiana.
SIOUX CITY, IA., Deo. io. Con-
firmation was received to-day from
Washington that A. Van Wagenen,
United States District Attorney for
the Northern District of Iowa, has
been ousted. He was first asked to
resign, which he refused to do. The
department then summarily ordered
him to get out of office.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—The con
dition of Senator Stone, of Missouri,
who has been confined to his bed with
bronchitis since last Tuesday, was
reported to be improved to-day. Pres
ident Wilson sent the Senator a bou
quet from the White House gardens,
GRAND JUNCTION, COLO., Deo.
20.— Robert Hughes* 48, entered an
undertakers' establishment to-day
and selected a casket for himself.
When the undertakers back was
turned the customer placed a re
volver in his mouth and fired. He
dropped dead beside his purchase.
Hughes was unmarried. He had been
worried over financial reverses for
some time.
TOMS RIVER, N. J., Dec. 20s-
William Leehan, accused of the mur
der of Mrs. Caroline Turner, was ac
quitted by a jury this afternoon. In
his charge to the jury Justice Min-
turn said that the verdict must be
either acquittal or guilty of flrst-de
gree murder. Mrs. Turner came to
ner death on a lonely road in Lake-
wood, N. J. f on April 28, 1910.
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 has 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 hie 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 makes me feel glad, he writes,
“to know that I am able to contrib
ute to such a worthy cause, for I my
self have 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.
“I 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.”
M. A. Smith, Atlanta
Business Man, Dies
Milton A. Smith, 64 years old,
father of Mrs. St. Elmo Massengale
and one of Atlanta’s best known busi
ness men, died at his home, No. 25
Lawn street, Saturday. He Is sur
vived by one daughter, Mrs. Massen-
g'tle, and three sons, Milton, Jr., of
Greenville, S. C., and Ormond and
Walter Smith, of Atlanta.
Mr. Smith was born in Smlthville,
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 & Simpson Lumber
Company and the East Point Lum
ber Company, and vice president of
the Germania Savings Bank.
PICKPOCKET
SUSPECTS
Trio Believed Leaders of Gang
Caught Making for Train.
Recover Alleged Spoils.
Holiday crowds awaiting trains
witnessed a thrilling chase and cap
ture of three alleged pickpockets Sat
urday afternoon at the Union Sta
tion while the Seaboard train, packed
with passengers, was standing In the
shed.
In the trio the police believe they
have the ringleaders of the gang
working the streets and railroad sta
tions of Atlanta for the last month.
They gave their names as Max
Fine, of New York; Louis Gozzollo,
of Baltimore, and William Hoffman,
of South Bend, Ind. Fine had $113.
Gozzollo, $58, and Hoffman. $8. Hoff
man, in fleeing from the station to
ward Central avenue. Is said to have
thrown away five poercetbooks.
Watch Passenger Station.
Detectives Andrews and Cowan
captured two of the men. They were
detailed to watch the Union Station,
and “spotted” the three men when
the Seaboard train pulled In. They
followed the trio aboard the cars and
saw them jostle the passengers who
were crowding their way down the
aisles.
One of the men saw that: they were
being shadowed and told his com
rades. There was a quick rush
through the car, and the three men
jumped off the train, with Andrews
and Cowan In pursuit.
Fin© made a dash for safety while
hundreds looked from the car win
dows. Detective Andrews proved the
better sprinter, and captured him be
fore he had gone far.
Hue and Cry Raised.
Cowan got Gozzollo, but Hoffman
succeeded In getting away temporari
ly. As he raced toward Central ave
nue a cry was raised, and he found
himself right in the arms of Police
man W. R. Jones.
The pocketbooks he had flung away
In his flight were recovered.
Detective Hollingsworth, who was
relieved of a roll of about $68 some
time ago while on a train, identified
Fine and Gozzollo as the twain re*
sponsible.
Oftenest Speaker’
In Council Changes
From 5th to 3d Ward
While the Fifth Ward is bewailing
its serious loss, Third Ward resident*
are rejoicing. Councilman J. J.
Greer, who during two terms as the
representative of the Fifth Ward
gained the record for more speech' r-
than any other man wbo 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 Gre< i
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 with 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.”
Come 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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