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DID YOU KNOW VOIR FEET WEIGH MORE WHEN VOE ARE ASLEEP? Thai s Only One of a Hundred Interesting Things Revealed in THE SUNDAY AMERICAN The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results VOL. Nil. NO. 121. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1913. By T Copyright. 1900. -'he Go. Toorglan Ca o PAT no " L O. MORE. final! 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. * tt *4