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NOTICE If yon bav* any difficulty in buying Heart’* Sunday American anywhere In the South notify irculatlon Manager. Hearat’s Sunday American. Atlanta, Ga. VOL. 1. NO. 38. Copyright, 1515, by Tha Georgian Company. ★ r ATLANTA^ GA., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS. San Francisco Is Amazed Over Its New Evening Call Success of That Publication Makes It the Premier Evening Paper of the West. OF SIC POWERS House Refuses to Concur !n the Senate Amendments to the Bill, and an Agreement Is Consid ered Remote by Senator Glass. Representative Hardwick of Geor gia Balks and Insists That the Lower Body Appoint as Many Conferees as the Upper Branch. 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 j of 294 to 59 against the motion of Representative Murray, of Oklahoma. This was the final roll call. When the bill, fresh from last night's victory in the Senate, was laid before the House, Chairman Glass, of the House Conference Com mittee, moved at once that the House disagree to all Senate amendments and send the currency bill to confer ence. Glass Pessimistic. Minority Leader Mann asked Glass about the prospects for an immediate agreement in conference. Glass 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 to day?” asked Mann. ‘1 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 Currency Committees acting as con freres the conference will resemble a town meeting. Hardwick Balks. Representative Austin, of Tennes- *ee, moved that the House agree 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 Con ference Committee all were agreed as 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 ‘he Speaker’s table and consider it, ®nd Representative Murray, of Okla homa, made the motion that instead of disagreeing to the Senate amend ments the House should concur in hern, taking the bill as it came over 1 rr >m the upper body. Before Representative Murray’s motion to concur could be put, it was Recessary to read the entire bill as it a me from the Senate, Mr. Mann demanding that all of the amend ments be road. The-clerk accordingly the long task of reading the bill. Taxes Bachelors For Christmas Tree ANNISTON, Dec. 20.—'The Rev. * f| hn D. Wing, who recently came to 8 n from Atlanta to take charge I Grace Episcopal Church, has 15 0u *ht the .Atlanta spirit with him. j. ' ' working up a municipal Christ- as tree and proposes to tax every | a,j| ° bachelor in Anniston $1 fof the | of the charity. Anniston's bachelor Mayor, Dr. J. " l^le, may play Santa Claus. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20.—A new newspaper power has arisen in this city. So phenomenal has been the success of The Evening Call since its inception less than four months ago that its growth is almost as much a topic of interest as the Panama Ex position. By its recent absorption of The Evening Post The Call added a cir culation of 40,000 of the highest class financial and society readers to its own gilt-edged circulation of more than 80,000, and this combined power ful and Influential clientele gives it the premier place among the evening newspapers of the West. The careers of both The Post and The Call are bits of newspaper ro mance. The Post was founded by the late Henry George in 1871, and us«d by him for four years to promulgate his principles and theories. After it left his hands it changed gradually, but entirely, In Its charac ter, and became finally th organ of the financial interests and the society classes of San Francisco. Its 40,000 circulation was made up of this ex clusive class at the time of its ab sorption. The Call was the first morning newspaper in San Franisco. It was recently bought by F. W. Kellogg and John D, Spreckels and transformed into an evening paper. Since it en tered tlu evening field on September 1 of last year it has been so success ful that its competitors have felt the destructive force of its competition. The Evening Post was, because of this competition, offered for sale, and The Call bought and absorbed it. The history of The Call dates back to 1856, when it was founded as a morning paper by a band of seven printers working on a co-operative basis. For years it was extremely successful. F'ormerly Republican in policy, in 1895 it became Independent. Its transformation into an evening paper met with a response unique in newspaper history. Its attainment of 80,000 circulation in a few months has never been duplicated by a newly started paper in a city of this size anywhere in the world. With the notable circulation of The Post added to its own, it reached daily more than 100,000 of the city’s most representative citizens. Anonymous Author’s Battle Be tween England and Germany Ends With Honors Even. ZEPPELINS SHELL LONDON Britons Successful on Sea. but Imperial Forces Are Winners of Victories on Land. Ideal Tango Is Not Vulgar, Says Expert NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—"The city is overrun with fake dancing teach ers,” said Miss Flora Voorhees, who has made a sensational success of her after-opera dances at the Hotel Mc- Alpin. "Everyone in town is either learning or teaching dancing. “What is bringing the tango into disrepute,” continued Miss Voorhees, "is all this acrobatic stage twirling and figuring, unfit for a drawing room. The real tango is as graceful as the minuet and is neither sensuous nor vulgar.” Reid Memorial Was Meant for Another NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—The stained glass memorial window, “The Light of the World,” unveiled in the Ca thedral of St. John the Divine Mon day last in memory of Whitelaw Reid, it was learned to-day, was originally intended in memory of Bishop Henry Hobart, and was to be paid for out of a trust fund provided by Miss Ed son. Certain restrictions of the deed prevented its acceptance and Mrs. Reid had it installed in memory of her husband. Special Cabfe to The American. BERLIN, Dec. 20.—Terrific slaugh ter and destruction by land and sea In a war between England and Ger many are described in a sensational volume just published, written by an anonymous German naval officer. The author thinks neither side would win, while both would meet appalling ruin. War was declared on Christmas Eve, and at once the news was re ceived that a British submarine had attacked and sunk the German pro tected cruiser Gneisenau in Chinese waters, while the German batLe cruiser Goeben, scouting in Danish waters, detected the presence of sev eral British ships. These happenings are only a pre lude, the climax of the war being a great sea bate \ when the German and British fleets meet between Borkum and Heligoland. The battle ends in England’s victory, owing to her fleet being more powerful both in numbers and efficiency. After a day of fierce fighting, the German commander, seeing several of his finest ships silenced forever, places his last hopes in the smaller craft, and displays the following sig nal : Admiral Sends Signal. “The Admiral will not return to harbor before the home seas are cleared of the enemy.” The following reply comes from every one of his ships: “None of the German ships is able to offer the slightest resistance.” Germany having lost the first move in the game, the Zeppelins come on the scene. Four military airships are secretly sent to England, flying at night with lights out. Each succeeds in fulfilling its mission, one pouring explosives over the English reserve fleet, anchored in the Solent, another setting the Portsmouth wharves ablaze and dropping a supplementary bomb on Nelson’^Victory, and a third bombarding the Harwick docks. Destroys London Bridge. The last was intrusted with the task of blowing up London. It ap pears at 6 a. m. over Oxford-circus, 3,000 feet in the air, and drops bombs, destroying London bridge, the Tower and Greenwich Observatory, and on the way home showers melinite over Dover. The four airships return to Germany undamaged. Now, the war is practically over, England having won on the sea and Germany in the air. U. S, Countess To Be Made a Baroness Special Cable to The American. BERLIN, Dec. 20.—It is reported here that the former Mrs. Pratt, of New York, who was later the Count ess of Gasquet-James and last year married Duke Heinrich Borwin of Mecklenberg-Schwerin, is to be made a baroness. The Mecklenberg court has hither to ignored the marriage, and in the official Almanach de Gotha, the Duke, who is 28, is stated to be unmarried. Local Events Wait On Wilson Vacation WASHINGTON. Dec. 20.—The White House has announced a com plete change of dates of the state so cial functions, making each a week later than formerly announced, be cause of the President’s contemplated vacation. The diplomatic reception, which was set for January 6. will now be held on January 13. The other dates are as follows: January 13, diplomatic reception; January 21, diplomatic dinner; Jan uary 27, judicial reception; February 3, Supreme Court dinner; February 10, congressional reception; February 17, Speaker’s dinner; February 24, army and navy reception. His Straights Bent, Jacks Up No Good, ‘Uncle Joe' Unlucky Denies Playing With John Quincy, but Admits Sessions With the Elder Adams. Vanderbilt’s ‘Pals' Held as Gamblers NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—When Jay O’Brien, Princeton graduate, and Al bert Davis, Wall street broker and associate of Reginal Vanderbilt, aro arraigned on gambling charges next Tuesday, Deputy Police Commission er Newburger will charge that they have won fortunes wijh the roulette wheel found in their rooms after their arrest at the tanjo tea in Murrays Wednesday. It is said that a member of the Rus sian Consulate, who was by no means the heaviest of the losers, was lured to Murray’s by a pretty girl he met at the horse show, and that he partsd with $25,000. A score of handsome show girls were paid, it is charged, to dure rich men to Murray’s. Dr. Friedmann Treats 150 With His Serum Special Cable to The American. VIENNA, Dec. 20 —Dr. Friedmann, on the visit Just ended here, inocu lated 150 tuberculosis patients with his serum. He told the Mayor of Vienna that 6,200 patients were now being treated witli the serum and not one was showing any but good results. Comet Is Discovered Near to Zeta Eridani Special Cable to Ths American. KIEL, Dec. 20.—A faint comet was discovered by Senpr Delavan, of I>i Plata, Argentina, December 17, in the constellation eridanua. Its position was two degree® north west of Zeta Eridani and it was mov ing slowly to the northwest. Bachelor Prince, 60, To Wed Foor Actress Special Cable to The American. BERLIN, Dec. 20.—It is reported that Prince Philip of Hohenloho Sehillingefuerst intends soon to marry fn actress of humble birth. The Prince is 60 years old. He never has been married. Beilis Mas Passport: He May Come toU.S. Special Cable to The American. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 20.—After some hesitation, the Prefect of Kieff has issued n passport to Mendel Beilis, accused in the late notorious “ritual murder trial,” enabling him to leave the country. Beilis, with his family, goes first to Paris and then to Lon don. He is undecided as yet whether to make a permanent home in London or in the United States. He has a press ing invitation from a large number of his co-religionists in America to settle among them, and they assure his future welfare. Beilis has been offered $3,000 by two American journalists for his memoirs or for material for th^lr compilation. Paul Armstrong and Miss Calvert Marry NEW HAVEN, CONN., Dec. 20.— Carefully guaiding their movements so that their presence here was un known except to a few persons, Paul Armstrong, playwright, and Miss Catharine Calvert, the young actress who has appeared as leading woman in several of his plays ami sketches, came here from New York on Wed nesday iast, were married by a jus tice of the peace, and returned to New York immediately. Mr. Armstrong’s first wife, Mrs. Bella Abel Armstrong, in obtaining a divorce in New Yc.rk recently, named Miss Calvert as co-respondent. Relics of Irish Rule No Longer Exhibited Special Cable to The American. DUBLIN, Dec. 20—Viscount Mai- serene has withdrawn from the Na tional Museum here the chair and the mace of the Speaker of the Irish Parliament, which had been lent to the museum. This action has aroused much cu riosity and the belief that Viscount Masserene does not want the objects to be in the museum at this time on account of the imminence of home rule. HELEN HELLER WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—They "wouldn’t stand up” for Uncle Joe Cannon last night. Some of his former colleagues In the House had arranged a session at the national game—not baseball—for the old war horse of standpattlam, and he renewed his youth from short ly after 10 o’clock until well along In the morning. Every time Unde Joe tried to get away with a nickel rale# on a good hand everybody dropped. Every time he tried to make "Jacks up" do the work of a real hand he was compelled to take a look at “three small ones.” His "flushes” would not flush and his ’straights” had kinks In them, and after a seven-hour session In the big game, where the blues were worth a dime and the chocolate drops stood for a quarter, the former Speaker coughed up >3.08 In currency and withdrew In disgust. His downfall broke up the game, and as the group was separating one of the other players took occasion to remark: “Well, Uncle Joe, for a man that has played draw poker all his life you’re pretty punk. To think of a man who sat In with John Quincy Adams putting up such an exhibition as you have to-night!” Uncle Joe scratched his head and thought a minute. Then he drawled: “It’s a damn lie. I never played poker with the boy. It was his fa ther.” Suffrage Wins Recruits in Georgia +••!• -!••-!• -!-#•!* +•+ •!•••!• GOTO Macon Women Form Association (fill rnn iirtp +,+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ JAIL HJH Ml IL ‘Anti’ Judge Has ‘Pro’ Daughter Blind Girl Is an Ardent Militant, and Yearns To Be a Mar tyr for Cause. Miss Deborah Adams, of Savannah, and, below, Mrs. Carl II. Fuller, both ardent advocates of equal suffrage. SHE IS HERE FOR LECTURE Noted Daughter of the South Gets Tired on Journey and Has a Cold. Helen Keller, human marvel of the century, in Atlanta to lecture at the Auditorium under U. D. C. auspices, made it plain on her arrival that she holds decided views on suffrage. She says: “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. I. confess I have 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 on this theme. Even Saturday morn ing, worn out by a long railroad jour ney, and resting under the care of her teacher, Mrs. Macy, at the Hotel Ans- ley, she conveyed through her teacher 1 \./ ■ her eager opinions of suffrage 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 very strong at best. But suffrage? Well, Helen has formed her own ideas from broad and com prehensive information. And she says she can not understand why the men whose forefathers tipped overboard the British tea in Boston harbor can cry down militancy-—the only weapon left in the hands of women after dec ades of diplomacy and ages of argu ment had failed. “In Bloomington the other night she was saying something like that, and somebody In the audience said: ‘Miss Keller, If you talked that way in Eng- land, 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, lf Out of the Dark,” had recently been made a part of The Congres sional Record by a unanimous vote ot the Congress of the United States, on motion of Henry George. “I really believe Miss Kellsr would feel It a privilege to be put In Jail for the cause,” Mrs. Macy said. “And il she should be, I know she’d start a hunger strike promptly, not to mis* any of the Joys of Tna/tyrriom. Sh<i feels intensely on many things, but most intensely ot all on suffrage.” Leaders of Staid City's Social Life Take Up “Votes for Women” Movement. MACON, Dec. 20,—Three hundred Macon women, under the leadership of Mrs. Carl H. Fuller, have organ ized a suffrage association. The organization of Uits league, de veloping somewhat suddenly, rather startled staid old Macon. It was thought that the votes for women Idea would take hold here the last place In the South. But those who reckoned thus have been proved grievously wrong. Mrs. Fuller, who came here two years ago from Chicago, and who once lived In Colorado, where she be came acquainted with the practical workings of equal suffrage, Inaugu rated this movement. Then Mrs. E. L. Martin, one of Macon’s most bril liant women, espoused the cause. The organization was held at Mrs. Marlin’s palatial home on Georgia avenue, and was largely attended. The enthusiasm equaled the attend ance. The election of officers re sulted as follows: President. Mrs. Cart H. Fuller: first vice president, Mrs. El L. Martin; sec ond vice president, Mrs. Sara Nlsbet Couper; recording secretary, Mrs. Gertrude A. Stowers; corresponding secretary, Mrs. E. A. Isaacs; treasur er, Mrs. Alief Benton. Miss Deborah Adams Enthusiast for Feminists, Though Father Is Strong Antagonist. SAVANNAH, Dee. 20.—The views of Judge Samuel Adams on woman suffrage are not shared by one mem ber of his family, at least. Miss Deb orah Adams, his charming and ac complished daughter, Is as ardent In support of the cause of votes for women as her father, Jurist and edu cator of State-wide fame, is In op position to It. She Is as sure of the success of the movement, that It will better living conditions, make a bet ter country, and as certain that wom an Is entitled to equal rights In this Government as her father Is positive that a woman’s Inalienable rights and privileges are limited to her home life. Judge Adams' home In Savannah Is famed for Its culture and refinement. His children have been well educated at school*, but the home life was In Itself a liberal education. Around the family tabl* and the fireside Judge Adams each day discussed with his children topics of current Importance and the trend of national affairs. They ire therefore well Informed In matters of government, political econ omy and State and national politics. The movement for woman suffrage came In for a good pert of the dis cussion, and It was In these discus sions that Miss Adams took the side of women. She studied It and talked It until she felt herself capable of taking a prominent part In the move ment in Savannah, which Is yet with out an organization. As a leader of the younger set Miss Adams has won over a great many of the society girls, and it Is reliably reported that she Is to take the lead In an organization that Is eoon to be formed to advance the cause In this city. , Postmaster General Joins William Randolph Hearst in Urging Also That the Government Take Over All of the Telegraph Lines. Progressives in Congress Favor the Plan, Which Would Mean an Expenditure of$1.000,000,000. Wilson’s Approval Understood. Tells Truth; Wilson Commutes Sentence LEWISTON, IDAHO, Dec. 18.—-Ellas Bowman, of Kamllah, Idaho, sen tenced to 60 days In the county Jail and a fine of >100 for introducing liquor on the Indian reservation. Is the happy possessor of a pardon signed personally by President Wil son. ”1 pleaded guilty, while Freeman and Johnson tried to show the liquor all belonged to me," he said. “The officials tell me this i» tha first Presidential pardon eveT received by them for a like offense.” WASHINGTON, Dee. 20 —Postmas ter General Burleson, advocating ac quisition of telephone and telegraph lines by ths Government, has added his voice to the widespread Indorse ment of an Idea advanced several years ago by William Randolph He.arst. The significance of the Postmaster General's recommendation lies In the fact that It Is unreserved and em phatic, and not In Its novelty. Post master General Hitchcock, In an un authorized Interview two years ago, spoke his belief In the efficacy o( Government ownership of communi cation lines, and thereby found con siderable disfavor In the eyes ol President Taft. Authoritative state ments from a number of Represen tatives and Senators concerning Mr. Burleson’s proposition reveal th* fact that public men have been consider ing the Idea seriously already. Rep resentative Lewis, of Maryland. It Is disclosed, has been studying the mat ter of Government ownership of wire lines for several months. Wilson Favors Project. It Is generally considered that the Postmaster General's proposition was submitted after lengthy conferences with President Wilson, and that ths idea of Government ownership has the President's Indorsement. Following Mr. Hearat's promulga tion of the Idea some time ago, an evident Interest and serioua consid eration has grown, until th# frank proposition by the Postmaster Gen eral, bearing the stamp of adminis tration approval has come to preeage adoption of the plan. "The Postofllre Department should have control of all means of Intelli gence,” Mr. Burleson stated In his annual report "A study of the con stitutional purposes of the postal es tablishment leads to the conviction that this should be the case. Th# monopolistic nature of the telegraph business makes It of vital Importance to the people that It be conducted by unselfish Interests, and this can bs accomplished only through Govern ment ownership. U. 8. Owned First Line. “Th# first telegraph line In this country was maintained and operated as part of the postal service, and it Is to be regretted that Congress saw fit to relinquish this facility to pri vate enterprise. “The act of July >4, 1866, providing for the Government acquisition of the telegraph lines upon payment of an appraised valuation, and the act of 1902 directing the Postmaster Gen eral to report to Congress the prob able cost of connecting a telegraph and telephone system with the postal service by some feasible plan, are evidences of the policy of the Gov ernment ultimately to acquire an i operate these electrical means of communications, the United State;, alone excepted.” Postmaster General Burleson points to the efficiency with which the par cel post service Is being administered, as evidence that the Government pn< sesses the capacity to operate public utilities. The Hearst Idea concerning publt’ ownership of means of communica tion were based on these principles. It was pointed out that the business of conducting telephone and telegraph lines bore the nature of a monopoly, and that It was well within the In tent of the constitutional Ideals of public service that the wtr# lines bs taken over by the Government. Phone Lines as Weil. The Postmaster General argues that since It has been long recog nized there could be no objection to the Government's operating the t^e graph lines, similarly there should b« no trouble in taking over the tele-