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ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1913.
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HELEN KELLER HERE.
CUC lliniil n MISS HELEN KELLER, NOTED BLIND
JML VVUULU GIRL, AND HER TEACHER, MRS, MACY
MILITANTS’ METHODS
Touching Scene at Hotel When
Mother of Human Marvel
First Greets Her.
Helen Keller, human marvel of the
, euutry, who lectured at the Audi
torium under IT. D. C. auspices
Saturday night, made It plain on her
arrival In the city that she holds de-
, ided views on suffrage.
She said:
“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 have militant
longings myself, to strike a blow as
veil as to say a jyord in this great
cause.*’
Miss Keller is always ready to talk
n this theme. Even Saturday morn
ing, worn out by a long railroad jour
ney, and resting under the care of
Hr teacher, Mrs. Macy, at the Hotel
A$sley, she conveyed through her
teacher her eager opinions of suf-
fjige and its ultimate achievement.
n faiMiss Keller was still in bed
t noon.
Tired and Has a Cold.
Sue is very tired, and has a cold,”
X s. Macy said, “add I thought she
•4’Kil l be allowed to rest, for her
v .ice is not cry strong at best. But
suffrage? Well, Helen has formed
'her own ideas from broad and com
prehensive information. And she says
e 1 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
ides of diplomacy and agios of argu
ment had failed.
“In Bloomington the other night she
was saying something like that, and
somebody . the audience said: ‘Miss
*e!ler, 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. "Out of the-Dark,” had recently
been made i part of the Congressional
Record by a unanimous vote of the
Congress 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
’he cause,” Mrs. Macy said. “And if
• w he should be, I know she’d start a
hunger strike promptly, not to miss
any of the joys of martyrdom. She
feels intensely on many things, but
most intensely of all on suffrage.”
Miss Keller was sleeping at noon
"'hen a committee from the Daugh
ters of the Confederacy—Mrs. Wil-
'iams McCarthy, president; Mrs. C.
Helen Plane, honorary president, and
Miss Mildred Rutherford, historian
general—called at the rooms in the
Ansley occupied by Mrs. Macy and her
PupiL
It was something of an odd experi
ence to be there.
In Mrs. Macy’s room the lights
burned brightly. The door of Miss
Keller’s room was open wide, and the
ghts burned in there, too.
At first the women spoke with low,
unstrained voices.
Suddenly Mrs. McCarthy spoke
aloud.
I wa3 afraid of disturbing her,”
R he explained, and then there was a
' ’! embarrassed pause. Nobody
fHt exactly like laughing, and ?et—
And I just caught myself won
dering if the lights wouldn’t bother
her,” said Miss Rutherford.
Then they all remembered. But
'hey didn’t talk so very loud, even
' ie n, though knowing that Miss Kel
ler’s slumber was well protected by
he “ivory walls” of a vast silence
and a solitude not one of them could
know.
And then something happened—
something that no one in that room
will forget.
Her Mother Arrives.
There was a rap at the door, and
Irs. Macy rose and greeted Helens
mother. It was a demonstrative
meeting on both sides; the women
‘ ere like mother and daughter, them-
se.ves; Mrs. Macy called her “moth-
” But the introductions were brief,
*° far as the rest of the party was
concerned. For Mrs. Keller, at a
motion of Mrs. Macy’s hand, was on
Ter way into the next room.
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HOUSE REJECTS SENATE CURRENCY BILL
MISS HELEN KELLER.
Church Will Teach
Youth Decent Dances
NEW YORK, Dec. 20—Dancing is to
be taught the young people of Christ
Church. Bedford avenue, Brooklyn, but
not the “tango" or the “turkey trot.”
The Rev. Canon Chase, rector, 3aid that
the vestrymen have employed Miss
Beatrice Scholes as dancing teacher.
"There is no greater social problem
confronting the youth of the community
than dancing," said Canon Chase. “The
underworld has sought to degrade this
form of amusement, we will aim to up
lift it.”
Briefest Criticism
For Jerome’s Play
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Dec. 20.—The following Is
perhaps the briefest dramatic criticism
on record. It appears in The London
Dally Express:
"Jerome K. Jerome's new piece. 'Ro-
bina in Search of a Husband,’ was pro
duced last night. It Is described on th.
program as an absurd play, n is.
'Oftenest Speaker’
In Council Changes
From 5th to 3d Ward
Beavers’ Dam Floods
Cellars Near Creek
CRANBERRY, N. J„ Dec. 20.—
When 6. colony of beavers dammed
the outlet of Cranberry Lake the cel
lars of nouseholdci* were flooded.
The dam was destroyed. The beav
ers are rebuilding further up.
The
In-a-Hurry
People
You see on the streets to-day are
by no means so occupied that they
fail to take advantage of the pick
ups” advertised in the “For Sale
columns of the “Want Ad” Section.
Many letters similar to the fol
lowing are mailed to us dally:
Cumming. Ga. f Dec. 17, 1913.
The Atlanta Georgian. Atlanta. Ga
Gentlemen: Please discontinue
our ads in your “Want Ad” col
umns and send us the hills so we
can pay you. We have sold out,
and have nothing to advertise.
The Georgian certainly Is a good
advertising medium.
Yours truly.
A. W. PRUITT, Prop.
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While the Fifth Ward is bewailing
Its serious loss, Third Ward residents
are rejoicing. Councilman J. J.
Greer, who during two terms 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,
©t.
“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.”
Autoist Arrest Ends
Police Benefactions
EVANSTON, ILL., Dec. 20.—Be
cause a friend was arrested and
locked up for speeding against his
protest, A. B. Lord, who has given a
large donation to the police pension
fund every year, announced that he
would never contribute another cent
to the fund.
'Highland Fling' Is
Used as Anesthetic
POUGHKEEPSIE. N. Y., Dec. 20.—
Too weak to stand an anesthetic,
Stephen Kianastsky, 14, was lulled
to sleep to the tune of “Highland
Mary,” while Dr. John N. Bassin re
paired an artery in the boy’s hand.
Pastor’-s Salary Cut
As Living Cost Soars
GREENWICH. CONN., Dec. 20.—
As a result of the high cost of living,
which has dented the pocketbooks of
residents of this prosperous little city,
the salary of the pastor of the First
Methodist Church was reduced 20 per
cent to-day.
ACUTE INDIGESTION FATAL.
COLUMBUS, Dec. 20.—H. L. Dud
ley, aged 66 years, former treasurer
of Russell County, Alabama, is dead
at his home, six miles west of Co
lumbus, from acute indigestion. His
funeral will take place Sunday after
noon.
MRS. .JOHN MACY.
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-
gale, and three sons, Milton, Jr., of
Greenville, S. C., and Ormond and
Walter Smith, of Atlanta.
Mr. Smith was born in Smithville,
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.
Cupid Asleep; Xmas
Weddings Decrease
Cupid apparently Is emulating Lit
tle Boy Blue, according to Ordinary
Wilkinson. A comparison of the num
ber of marriage licenses issued at
this time with the same time last
year reveals only one-tenth as many.
"Something is wrbng," said Mr. Wil
kinson. "Last year we issued more
than 200 licenses just before Christ
mas, but the average per day now is
less than half a dozen. We expect a
rjsh next week, though."
Doctor Blows Life
Into Dying Infant
NEW YORK. Dec. 20.—Afraid to
use a pulmotor upon a boy an hour
old, Dr. Michael Quaglia blew his
breath into the infant’s lungs for more
than an hour and restored conscious
ness. The baby will live.
'Bankers Will Out/
Judge Tells Convict
PONTIAC, MICH., Dec. 20.—In sen
tencing Ralph E. Jossman. former cash-
iei* of the E. Jossman State Hank, of
Clarkflton, to serve from seven to twenty
years In State prison for embezzling
over $100,009. the court told him not to
worry, as no Michigan prison could hold
a convicted banker long.
INSURANCE FIRM CHARTERED.
The Department of State to-day is.
sued a charter to the Mutual Live
Stock In surance Company. The or
ganization will have no capital sto -k
and will make Its headquarters at
Colbert, in Madison County,
n
Conference Musf Now Decide on
Currency Measure—Hard
wick Causes Balk.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20—After five
hours of wrangling to-day. the House
sent the Glass-Owen currency bill to
conference, with rejection of «U Sen
ate amendments to the original House
bill except those extending from 60 to
90 days the maturity of bank loans
on paper based cfn farm products and
permitting national banks to loan on
five-year farm mortgages.
Representative Murray, of Okla
homa, met defeat, 254 to 59, on a mo
tion to concur In all Senate amend
ments and to pass the bill apprbved
by the Senate.
He was defeated also in a motion to
Instruct the House conferees to agree
with Senate amendments limiting to
seven the membership of the Federal
Reserve Board and prohibiting Sen
ators and Congressmen from mem
bership on this board or on the boards
of regional and reserve banks.
The latter provision was Inserted
In the bill at a late hour by Senator
LaFollette and is believed to be a
thrust at Senator Owen, chairman
of the Senate Banking Committee,
who is identified as an official with
a number of banks.
Glass Assails Bill.
Chairman Glass, of the House
Banking and Currency Committee,
asked that the bill be sent to con
ference because its enactment Into
law in its present shape would be a
"calamity” to the country. He fur
ther said that there existed no change
that any agreement on a currency bill
could be reached with the Senate be
fore Monday.
Mr. Glass, in opposing the Senate
reserve clauses, said:
“Under these provisions the total
reserves of the banks in the system,
both In cash and in credit, with the
reserve banks would be less than they
are now holding in cash. Within a
few months under these provisions
we would have a saturnalia of ex
pansion and wild inflation.
Deposit Guarantee Scored.
Mr. Glass said that the Senate
bank deposit guarantee provision was
a "mere pretense” and was not work
able.
The House conferees on the bill are
Chairman Glass and Representatives
Korbley, Democrat, and Hayes, Re
publican.
The Senate conferees arc Senators
Owen, Reed, O’Gorman, Pomerene,
Shafroth and Hollis, Democrats, and
Nelson, Bristow and Crawford, Re
publicans.
Representatives Hardwick, of Geor
gia. and Madden, of Illinois, were de
feated in efforts to have the House
name as numerous conference body as
the Senate.
Conferees in Night S«6sion.
Following the appointment of man
agers of the House on points of dis
agreement between the House and
Senate on provisions of the bill, the
conferees met in the Senate confer
ence room. They will sit tonight and
most of to-morrow In the hope of ad
justing differences. Unofficially, they
met during the morning, but could not
reach an agreement.
The principal points of difference
which must be compromised are the
number of regional reserve banka,
guarantee of deposits, length of ma
turity of commercial paper with ro-
gi^nal banks and percentage of gold
reserve to be required against the cir
culating notes.
Mann Offers Substitute.
Republican Leader Mann offered
the Hitchcock hill as a substitute L»r
the Glass-Owen bill, but did not
press It to a record vote.
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.
Hot Protest of ‘Community’ Again
Attacks Supt. Merry's Position.
To Reopen School.
Determined not to he 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 schoolhouse 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 "glanderous gossip"
against two of the young women
teachers has aroused a storm of in
dignation.
Sympath yis expressed for the
young women in the case. 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 have
circulated. It will contend that clos
ing a eehool and depriving the chil
dren of getting their education is
hardly the 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 schoolhouse
was due largely to the efforts of the
residents of the district themselves.
Hatters Can’t Pay
Damages; to Appeal
BLOOMINGTON, ILL., Dec. 20.—
John B. Lennon, treasurer of the
American Federation of Labor and
member of the Rational Industrial
Commission, announced to-day that
the Danbury hatters* case would be
immediately appealed to the Supreme
Court.
There is not enough money in the
treasury to pay the judgment, and
special assessments will be ordered
should the hatters lose again.
Convict Sends $1 He
Earned in Prison to
Empty Stocking Fund
There came !o the Christmas Ed
itor of The Georgian Saturday morn
ing a letter lncloeing 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, hut 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 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.”
Chicago Paper Fails
When Backer Quits
CHICAGO, Dec. 20.—The Chicago
Daily Press withdrew from the news
paper field to-day, probably because
Charles R. Crane, millionaire philan
thropist and manufacturer, who has
been backing the paper, withdrew his
support.
An announcement published in The
Daybook, a pamphlet owned by the
Seri pps-McRae League, stated that
the league woulc? take over the prop
erty.
Cardinal Martinelli
In Serious Condition
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ROME, Dec. 20.—The condition of
Cardinal Sebastian Martinelli. former
papal delegate to the United States,
showed a slight improvement to-day.
Superstitious Italians are reca’llng the
ancient saying that "when one cardinal
dies three die.” Cardinals Oreglia and
Kampolla recently passed away.
Man, 80, in Court to
Adopt a Widow, 31
HAMMOND, IND., Dec 20.—Joseph
Jung 80, filed a petition before Judge
Givens asking to be permitted to adopt
Mrs. Katherine Failing. 31.
The aged man desires to leave his
property to the woman, who is a widow.
No Danger in Floor
OfW.D.Luckie Lodge
The report that scores of persons
had been endangered Wednesday
night by the loosening of supports at
the W. D. Luckie Masonic Lodge in
West End was erroneous, there hav
ing been no publie gathering at this
lodge in several weeks and no meet
ing being held there at the time men
tioned.
The Incident of the sagging floor
was at a lodgo gathering In another
portion of the city. It has been
learned that the danger at this place
was not great, as the storeroom In
which the gathering was held rested
upon the ground and not over a cel
lar, as at first reported.
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 '‘f
Jenkins Supeifor Court and sentenced
to life imprisonment for the murder
of Mrs. Florence Boyer Godbee, sec
ond wife of her divorced husband,
whem 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 of 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-loop 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
grounds for an eighth of a mile.
Previously Peachey had done the
loop three times.
McCurdy Held Mayor
Of Stone Mountain
Phil McCurdy, elected Mayor of
Stone Mountain at the recent munloi-
election, has been officially de
clared the victor over Dr. Wells in
the contest the latter made to pre
vent McCurdy from taking office.
Dr. Welle declared McCurdy was
elected by illegal votes. Ordinary
George, in Decatur, found that after
the illegal votes were thrown out the
McCurdy ticket had a majority of
eight
Trio Believed Leaders of Gang
Caught Making for Train.
Recover Alleged Spoils.
Holidav crowds awaiting trains
witnessed a thrilling chase and cap*
ture of three alleged pickpockets Bat*
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 f
have the ringleaders of the gang
working the streets and railroad sta
tions of Atlanta for the last month*
They gave their names as Mag
Fine, of New York: Louis Goezollo,
of Baltimore, and William Hoffman,
of South Bend, Ind. Fine had $115$
Gozzollo, $58, nnd Hoffman, $8. Hoff*
man, In fleeing from the station to*
ward Central avenue, is eald to have
thrown away five portcetbooks.
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 Andrew*
and Cowan in pursuit.
Fine made a dash for safety white
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 aw&£
in his flight were recovered.
Detective Hollingsworth, who wa*
relieved of a roll of about $68 some
time ago while on a train, Identified
Fine and Gozzollo as the twain re
sponsible.
Mother Shoplifter
To Give Child Toys
BALTIMORE, Dec. 20.—"Rathe*
than see my little girl go hungry ana
poorly clad, I became a shoplifter
When the child began to talk of Santa
Claus, I determined she should hav*
some toys even if I had to steal
them.”
Mrs. Catherine Baird made this ds.
fense to-day. She is in jail for steal,
lng from several stores.
Kappa Sigma Alumni
Meet to Reorganize
The local alumni chapter of th#
Kappa Sigma Fraternity is fD be re-#
organized at a meeting at 8 o’clo'lt
Saturday night in the chapter house
of the Georgia Tech Chapter, No. 323
Williams street.
There are about 150 Kappa Sigma*
living in and near Atlanta, and a|
one time the alumni association wa^
a strong and popular organisation
There will be short talks by promV*
nent members of the fraternity, and
refreshments will be served.
Costly Pearls Found
By Chattanooga Man
Dr. S. W. McCallie, State Geologist^
has received for examination a harhV*
some pearl, taken from a mussel found!
in the Chattooga River, valued at $123.
The pearl was found by J. H Wyatt
in Chattooga County. Some time ago
he found a pearl weighing 700 grain*
which he sold to a New York Jeweler
for $700. •
Mr. McCallie says Chattooga River
pearls are equal to those from the cel
ebrated East Indian fisheries.