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I M I t The Weather. , 5 Atlanta and vicinity: < Cloudy, with local rains Sunday. Monday . J^-iasr J fair and colder. fpi ICAN EDITION FOR NORTH GEORGIA VOL. 1. NO. 38. The Copyright, Georgia: . _ 1811. by eorglan Company. ★★★★ ATLANTA, UA„ SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1!>13. PRICE FIVE CENTS. If SOI TO San Francisco Is Amazed Over Its New Evening Call Success of That Publication Makes It the Premier Evening Paper of the West. Hanna, Spooner and T. R. Get Canal Credit Taft Declares Their Efforts Were Nucleus That Made Waterway Possible. 1ST'BIG So Says Vice President Kingsbury of American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Who Made Agreement on Trust Issue. Declares Fair Play of Administra tion Has Saved Wire Concern Costly Lawsuit—Denies There Ever Was a Merger, However. NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—Vice Presi dent N. C. Kingsbury, of the Ameri can Telephone and Telegraph Com pany, who conducted negotiations with the Government for the settle ment of the telephone-telegraph com bination, believes President Wilson has now revealed his policy of deal ing with the large corporations. The policy is to be one of negotiation. "Of course, it is all right,” Mr. Kingsbury said, referring to the Pres ident’s action in settling the question without recourse to litigation, “but,ex - cept in so far as it works out prac tically any one conversant with the laws of the land knows that in no in dividual is vested the right to bind ihe Government to any specific action. "But this is of less significance in itself than is the fact now established that the Administration has declared itself regarding its attitude toward big business generally. Pleased With “Fair Play.” "When the Department of Justice wants to find out whether any corpo ration is doing something it has no business to do, all that is going to happen is that the corporation will be invited down to Washington to talk the matter over. "If the corporation plays fair and shows a willingness to be decent— there you are. In a word. Attorney General McReynolds is imbued with the same spirit that animates the President. ‘You behave decently and I shall behave decently.’ That’s their attitude in a nutshell. "1 told the Attorney General long ago that the American Telephone and Telegraph Company would never do a bit more—by way of traveling in the straight and narrow path of busi ness—after litigation than it was will ing to do before litigation. Suit Is Forestalled. "Fortunately for us the matter did not end with the Attorney General. The President became interested. He expressed approval of our attitude in the premises. And the result was p ven more fortunate than we could have hoped. "Instead of being obliged to defend a lawsuit that would have cost us hundreds of thousands of dollars and endless months of time, we had mere ly to listen to the opinions of the De partment of Justice and having list ened, to coincide with those opinions. "Naturally there is nothing in the world to prevent the Administration from prosecuting us next week. There is nothing to guarantee a continu *nce of this method of procedure by the authorities in Washington.” Never a Merger. He Says. Commenting on the published re ports of the action of the Department of Justice in its severance of the tel ephone and telegraph interests, Mr. Kingsbury expressed indignation that reference should have been made to a dissolution of the telephone trust. “There never has been a merger," he said. ‘‘Therefore, there can not be a dissolution. And there has been no coercion. The Department of Justice has not ordered the American Tele phone and Telegraph Company to do anything. ”1 should put it that the Attorney General and the President suggested the best course for us to follow. Of course,” he added smiling, “it is only fair to add that within the velvet scabbard was the steel-edged sword.” Use of Bell Lines by Local Concern Not Settled. Officials of the Southern Bell Tele phone Company declared Saturday night that any prediction as to the probable effect locally of the agree ment reached between the Department of Justice and the American Tele £ r aph and Telephone Company, which, It was rumored, would result in the use of the toll lines of the Southern Bell and Cumberland Companies by tho Atlanta Telephone Company, is premature, and purely speculation. 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 'll and influential clientele gives It the premier place among the evening newspapers of the West. The careers of both The Post an3 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 t* * »rgan 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 Franlsco. It was recently bought by F. W. Kellogg and John D, Spreckels and transformed into an evening paper. Since it en tered th everving 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 (’all 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. Formerly Republican in policy, in 1895 it became Independent. Its transformation into an evening paper met with a response unique m 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 it3 own, it reached daily more thoir 100,000 of the Cftv's most representative citizens. Mrs. Godbee, Denied New Trial, Appeals AUGUSTA. Dec. 20.—Judge Henry C. Hammond to-night Issued an or der overruling the motion 'for a new trial for Mrs. Edna Perkins Godbee, convicted at the September term 't Jenkins Superior Court and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Mrs. Florence Boyer Godbee. sec ond wife of her divorced husband, whom she also slew, last August. The case now goes to the State Su preme Court on appeal. Blind Youth Star In Athletic Meet NEW YORK. Dec. 20.—Joseph Har ris, a blind student, furnished the sen sation in the annual indoor games of the public schools of New York held to day in Madison Square Garden. De spite his great handicap Harris went through the trials and semi-finals for the 60-yard dash and only failed by "a nose" in winning a place in the finals For the purpose of guiding the blind pupil, a line was stretched the entire length ot the course and he ran with his side rubbing the string Beachy Loops Loop 4 Times for Record FRESNO, CAL., Dec. 20.—Lincoln Beachy this afternoon broke his own and the world’s record for looping- the-Ioop by doing the complete turn in the air four times, following which he crossed the aviation field and drove over the crowd at the fair ground* for an eighth of a mile. Previously Beaches' had done the loop three times. Policeman's Home Robbed of 5 Suits While Policeman Cochrane was on duty Saturday night, his home at No. 405 East Fair street was robbed and five suits of clothes stolen. The po liceman did not discover the theft un til he returned to his home. New Evidence in Mayson District Scandal Found—Meeting Is Postponed. INVESTIGATION IS STARTED Persons Who Caused Teachers to Quit To Be Punished, Cit izens Declare. The discovery of unexpected evi dence indicating that there is a pos sibility of determining the origin of the slander which caused the resig nation of two young women teachers of the Mayson School District, brought about a postponement Sat urday night of the indignation meet ing called by patrons of the school to protest against the action of County Superintendent E. C. Merry in closing the school as a method of discipline to the community. D. M. Willingham, one of the lead NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—Theodore Roosevelt, John C. Spooner and the late Mark A. Hanna were given credit for the building of the Panama Canal by former President Taft in an ad dress to-night at the annual banquet of the Ohio Society. Mr. Taft also declared in favor of the foundation of the great water way and advocated preferential tolls, expressing the belief that the old treaty gave the United States the right to favor its own vessels. At the same time, however, he was willing to leave the whole matter to arbitra tion. Explaining his award of credit for the construction of the canal, he said that Senator Hanna’s keen business instinct had removed many difficul ties at the outset, Senator Spooner had framed the act under which the work was conducted and President Roosevelt had carried out the ideas. Judge Ben Lindsey Weds Young Nurse CHICAGO, Dec 20—Judge Benja min Barr Lindsey, of Denver, father of the juvenile court, author of "The ing citizens of the district, who is | Beast and the Jungle," and world- said to have bean Instrumental in : famous as a social worker in behalf MAKES BAYS OF calling the meeting, told a Sunday ! American reporter Saturday night i of children, was married to-night to Miss Henrietta Rrevoort, stepdaugh- It Does Not Overflow, but the Pressure Causes Liquid in Wells to Rise. HIDDEN CHANNELS CLOjE Citizens Near Hemphill Station Ask for Damages Because of Freakish Action of Water. A puzzling phenomenon was re vealed Saturday in a petition for dam ages against the city of Atlanta by persons living around the water res ervoir at the Hemphill pumping sta tion, who showed that their wells were being overflowed and their yards turned Into bogs. When, some weeks ago, their wells began to fill to the brim, these people were surprised, but said nothing; but when the water kept rising until the wells overflowed and disgorged such volumes that the surrounding section has become almost a swamp, they were frightened. Though the section is near the city pumping station, it has no waterworks. The convenience of being able to go out to the well and dip out water as from a full that the meeting probably would not j ter Qf Dr R j Clippert of Detrolt be held until the investigation of the Miss Keller Aids Christmas Fund f|PJ FTU [1R PF +•* +.+ +.+ *.* *.* +•* :UuLL 111UIII L Will Talk at Concert To-day immrn nu r - h a o u n t u d i Crowned Daughter of the South Helen Keller writing a letter in Atlanta to Thomas Edison. new evidence is completed. He refused to disclose the evidence, but declared that if the investigation proved successful the matter would be cleared and action probably taken against the guilty persons. Hope to Find the Guilty. "We are going to make every ef fort to run down the person who started the scandal.” said Mr. Wil lingham, "and nothing will be done until we have completed our investi gation. "During the day we came into pos session of information that leads us to believe we will be successful, and it was because we wished to have something definite to go on that we decided to postpone the meeting. "Before we can take any action at Oscar Richmand, a grocer at No. 214 East Gain street, was held up in his store by a negro who robbed his ublic .meeting Wf\ n^t .be register Saturday n'ighfe. The wedding was private. The judge is 43 years old, and his bride but 23. They met last spring In a sanitarium, whither the judge went for a rest after the Denver elections at which the corporations were routed Miss BreVoort had gone there as a nurse, but fell ill, and she and the judge were both patients. "One of my earliest memories of her is when she put a wet towel on my aching head,” said the judge. Holds Up Grooer and Hides Till of $58,00 palled to go into the cdtrrFs, and we will do that if It becomes necessary to vindicate the people of this com munity.” It is generally understood among the patrons of the school that when the investigation now under way is completed the person suspected of having started the scandal will be asked to appear before a meeting of the citizens and prove his statements or face action. Postponement Voted. Whatever information might have been obtained concerning the origin of the alleged slander and the iden- j WASH in G TON. Dec. 20,-Vice tity of the person who started the , president Marshall has made friends trouble was not unearthed until late , th the gray squirrels in ihe Wash- Richman was alone when the ne gro entered and asked for a dozen eggs. As tcji grocer turned to get the eggs the negro drew a revolver and ordered him to hold up his hands. Richman dropped to the floor behind the counter and crawled out of the front door. The robber left 20 cents with a note: "Here’s breakfast money." Vice President Makes Squirrels Playmates in the afternoon, for more than 30 patrons of the school had gathered at Watkins’ grocery, a block from the school, at 7 o’clock, ready for the meeting. When Mr. Willingham announced that the gathering had been post poned many of those who were in the crowd declared that the meeting ought to be held anyway, but when it was put to a vote the majority decided to heed the advice of Mr. Willingham and wait until something definite turned up. Everv man of the 30 or more ex pressed resentment against Superin tendent Merry, and declared that hi? letter to Mr. Willingham, which the latter refuses to make public, was an insult to the communilv. Deny Merry’s Statements. "There has been no talk in this town about either of the young women,” declared T. M. Watkins, owner of the grocery and one of the Influential citizens of the district "and we deny every statement Merry has made. "It would seem, in a place as small as this, that if there nod been any slander circulated about either of the teachers, we would j all have heard it. Both of the young women were high ly respected by every person in the district, and we consider them the best teachers we have ever had. "The statement that the young women were taken from their board ing house in a bugary to school is un true. They boarded within 100 yards of the school and there would have been no necessity for buggy rides They were frequently taken to the car line, three miles away, in a bug gy on Friday afternoons after school and brought back Monday morning, for they spent the week-end in At lanta. But they could hardly have been expected to walk to the car line." Among other patrons who praised the young women and declared that Mr. Merry’s action was an insult to the patrons of the school were T. M. Bryant, W. A. Harper and C. J. Mor ris. ington parks. They all know him and never look in vain for an offer ing of peanuts and other nuts, whh ti the Vice President carries for them in his pocket. Often Mr. Marshall leaves the Shoreham very early in the morning and spends nearly an hour feeding and playing with the squirrels in Jackson square, near the hotel, while the wheels of state go merrily around. Dr. Montessori Seeks Rest in Battle Creek BATTLE CREEK, MICH., Dec. 20. Mm# 1 . Montessori, famous Italian ed ucator, arrived here this evening somewhat exhausted from her Ameri can tour, and went into temporary se clusion at the Battle Creek Sanita rium. She will be the guest of Dr. J. H. Kellogg here for the next few' days. Mme. Montessori is not ill, but is badly in need of rest. Grand Opera Troupe, Stranded, Begs Aid CINCINNATI, Dec. 20.—Members of the American Grand Opera Com pany of Cleveland, stranded at Lex ington, Ky., to-day appealed to the Cincinnati Charities and Correction Department for transportation to their homes. The company was headed by Ade laide! Norwood, a well-known prima donna Plans are under way to as sist the members of the company as far as Cleveland. i spring did not ally their excitement. An investigation of the conditions by Councilman Claude L. Ashley has revealed a strange condition of the ground and a most freakish phenome non. Representing the Council Claims Committee, he went out and made .• thorough examination. H; told Sat urday what he believes to be the so lution of the enigma. Some 800 feet southwest of the res ervoir, across the railroad, are a dozen private wells. They are on the wa tershed in the valley on which the new 400,000,000-gallon reservoir was built. "I do not believe that the water that is flowing out of these wells is oozing out of the reservoir,” he said. -It is coming from the ground from an independent source. "it seems that there were few springs in this valley before the res ervoir was built, hut streams of wat‘r undoubtedly were flowing under .he ground along there which had outl ‘ts farther on. These are the streams that are supplying the wells. • In the reservoir is 80 feet of water. That has a pressure of 34 feet to "he square inch. It is my theory that this pressure has closed the under ground channels of these streams that flowed under it. "The water had to get out. The course of least resistance was the wells. "Proof of my theory is thnt a large spring has opened just at the edge of the reservoir. Its waters are clear. Tile water In the reservoir Is muddy, and if the water from this spring was from that source it also would be muddy." Councilman Ashley has an interest ing method of relieving the water- soaked conditions. "I think if we lay R sewer pipe, with open Joints surrounded uy crushed stone, between the wells and the reservoir it will drain the sur plus water. 1 would not have the pipes laid across the water channels. That would dry up the wells. But tro land about there is so soaked with water that the pipe with crushed stone around it w’ould allow all the surplus water to seep out." ’I 1 1 WO Thousand Hear Blind and Deaf Marvel Speak at Auditorium. Miss Helen Keller, in Atlanta for her lecture under U. D. C. auspices, Saturday night heard the story of The Georgian’s Empty Stocking Fund and at cnce her great heart was en listed in the cause. So Miss Keller is to make a little talk Sunday afternoon at the Empty Stocking Concert that starts at 3 o’clock in the Forsyth Theater, and all those who attend the concert—it is a free concert, by the way—will have the opportunity of seeing and hearing the wonderful young woman whose name Mark Twain bracketed with that of Napoleon Bonaparte, as the “two greatest figures of the nine teenth century.” Mrs. John Macy, Miss Keller’s teacher and constant com panion, will be there, too. It was through her, of course, that the arrangements were made. It It didn’t take Mrs. Macy ten seconds to fall in love with the idea of an Empty Stocking Fund, and it didn’t take Miss Keller any longer, as soon as her teacher’s deft fingers had spelled the Idea Into her sensitive pf im. “It Is Beautiful,” She Says. She very promptly said what she thought about It. “It is beautiful—beautiful!” she exclaimed. “Such a wonderful way of applying the Christmas spirit! Tt is bringing to bear a great principle so sadly overlooked in everyday life— the principle that the good things of life, and the pleasant side, should be shared equally. "Atlanta must feel that principle strongly, to determine that there shall he no empty stockings. I shall be so happy if I can do even a little to help.” Miss Keller sits by her teacher's side Mrs. Macy spells your ques tion into her hand, very quickly; much more quickly than you could spell it off a page. There is practi cally no delay, for Mrs. Macy is trans mitting the question as you talk. Then Miss Keller replies, speaking slowly and with emphasis, if the top ic is one that interests her; some times with gestures; always with ready and smoothly-worded sen tences. There is a slight uncertainty of inflection and accent; about the same as you might hear in the Eng lish of a well-educated Frenchman. It only adds to the Interest. 2,000 Hear Her Speak. The 2,000 persons who went to the Auditorium to hear her Saturday night were intensely interested. Throughout her address they leaned forward, hardly breathing, trying to make out her words. A great part of it w'as unintelligible, but the message at the last came out clear, as she tried very hard to make It. "The world Is full of miracles,” she Continued on Page 4, Column 5. Canvassing Committees, in Whirl wind Finish, Bring Total Within $25,000 of Amount Needed to Have Big School Founded Here. Two Banks Aid in “Clean-Up” of Huge Fund — Executive Board to Raise Remainder, and Work ers Are Released and Lauded. Oglethorpe University now i9 up ;o Atlanta. The canvassing committees Satur day, in a whirlwind finish, whicn brought the fund, after a three weeks’ campaign, up to $225,180 of the quar ter million required, brought their ac tivities t(T a halt, when they turne I the matter over to the executive com mittee. Captain James W. English, head of the executive committee, declared upon this occasion that the campaign | had been the most thorough and mag nificent ever made in Atlanta. It was crowned with complete success, he declared, and the remaining $24,820 would be secured easily. The canvassing committees, which w’ere composed of 60 well-known and active Atlantans, raised $11,727 in their final day’s work. This brought the amount above that which they volunteered to raise. A further Impetus was given tha last lap In the campaign Saturday when two Atlanta banks came for ward with subscriptions of $1,00) each. It is reported alfco that oth**r banks will follow this move. The executive committee will as sume charge of raising the remaining amount. A Splendid Finish. There was pleasant rivalry between the two leading committees over the final showdown. Dr. Cheston King s committee brought its total for the t'. ree weeks up to $15,792, while Mr. Bottentleld’s committee made its final total $14,863.60. Cheers and loud applause greeted the reports from both of these com mittees. A subscription of $100 was an nounced from James Lawrence Highl. 4-year-old son of Emmet Hight, who took it from his own bank account. L. P. Bottenfleld. Dr. J. Cheston King, B. F. Burdett, Henry Schaui and others made brief speeches com mending the splendid work that had been done. • Chairman Ivan E. Allen, of the campaign committee, ;n a speech of congratulation and thanks to the committeemen, said: "This has been the most magnifi cent campaign of the kind ever con ducted in Atlanta. The committee men have done exceptionally fine work from start to finish, and it Is a credit to their enterprise, devotion and self-sacrifice. "I want to say further that this is one of the cleanest lists of subscrip tions I have ever known. I hold in my hand subscriptions for $3,000 which were made upon such condi tions that the executive committee decided it could not accept them, and they have not and will not be count ed in our totals.”, On motion of Dr. William Owens, it was unanimously decided to form an Oglethorpe University society, pledg ed to the everlasting aid of Ogle thorpe. The proposal was received with en thusiasm and the following officers were elected: President. Ivan E. Allen; first vice president, Dr. William Owens; sec ond vice president, Dr. J. Cheston King; third vice president, L. P. Bot- tenfield; secretary and general coun- Free Concert To-day All of the best Musicians in Atlanta will take part in the Empty Stocking Fund's Entertainment At The Forsyth